CowboyinIL, A lot of my hunting ground is in and along river bottoms, and while finding the 'ideal' spot based on wind and sun can be time consuming.
I try to set up about 5-10 yards inside the tree line, with an open field in front and a little up wind from my location and with my caller/decoy right at the edge of the field, also a little up wind and hopefully with the sun to my 'weak' (left) side or to my back.. If needed, I can pivot to my left easier than to my right for shooting..
Usually I will have a river levee on the other side of the field, as they (Coyotes) like to use them for cover and hopefully they choose to pop up and I see them before they locate me...
The down side to being in the trees is that the 'yotes also like to use them for cover while traveling to investigate and usually bust me before I know they are in the neighborhood...and able to do anything about it..
A couple of years ago, my son-in-law had a tree stand set up on one of our river bottom properties... I tried it for a couple of days, but the position was just too restrictive for easy shooting or observation...What little of the field I could see was great, but I wasn't lucky enough to have one come across that field of fire..
