Will a coyote cross a road to come to a call?

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2zwudz

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I am planning on hunting this weekend as I was thinking of a few set up situations, will a coyote cross a gravel road to come into a call. There is timber on one side of the road and tall prairie grass on the other side. I have seen them cross at this spot during the day but I have read that coyotes usually will not cross a road to come into a call. What is the truth?
 
Iv had them cross the road at night 30yds from the truck. Had a group answer my howls halfmile away, i challenged them once and sat quiet. 2 came charging in. With distress, they might be curious. Traffic will play a big roll i think. I dont see it happening during the day as much as night
 
No but a chicken will!!
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I would think that if it was an old Country Rd, then probably so. Might be a diferent story if there are fences along the rd.

Kinda like to know that myself.
 
I once saw a coyote on the PA Turnpike between Philly and Harrisburg. He defintely was out of his comfort zone, but he crossed. I would doubt he would do that for a call.
 
Yep, they sure will, granted most of the roads I'm hunting around are in rural areas with not much traffic. I've seen it countless times on snowy nights. I would have never known the coyote did cross the road coming to the call until I backtracked him in the snow to see where he came from and saw he crossed the road to get there.

My buddy Taylor and I were hunting one night and parked our truck at a pull-off alongside the road. We went up in a field about 150 yds from the truck and called and had a coyote cross the road, walk within' about 15 feet of the parked truck and came in right behind us. The truck nor the road, or the two fences he came through to get to us bothered him a bit, he was to focused on the howls coming from my TC that he couldn't resist it. So, again to answer your question, yes-they will!
 
Well, plenty cross roads all the time. Who knows why they cross, but they are always driven by the same things whether they're crossing roads or fields: territorial instinct, the need to feed, and the need to breed. It makes sense they'd come to the call if the call offers to fulfill their current need(s).

(One crossed I-75 in heavy traffic one night right in front of us. Kiz hit it at 65 mph. --dog down. Thankfully no damage to my vehicle!)
 
If you were hungry enough would you go through your neighbors yard to get to a juicy steak?

If they're hungry enough they will come.
 
Yes. Last year, when I was home on leave, my brother and I had one not only cross the road but use the road to get up to our spot. Brother missed a 15 yd shot!
 
Originally Posted By: YetiHunterYes they do. I have had them cross right by our truck to come to the call. Foxes will too (not that it was the question).

Yep I have seen them cross roads a lot coming to the call and cross in front of my truck also!
 
I watched one of the predator hunting shows on tv a while back. The coyote swam a river to come in. I'm guessing they'd cross a road long before they'd swim a river.
 
I have seen coyotes run across interstates several different times. It was when we were driving, so I can't say why they crossed, but they did. The traffic did not seem to bother them in the least. I guess it all depends on what is 'normal' for them. I've seen them run across country roads the same way, so I don't know why you couldn't call them across anything they would normally cross for whatever reason. I think they tend to stay/travel more along beside roads, while staying in cover untill they need to cross.----Ben Jimmy
 
i was in a local state forest over the weekend riding gravel roads and logging trails in the jeep and you would not believe the amount of yote tracks there were running up and down the road. They are like us to take the path of lesat resistance why run through the thick brush when theres a clear path right beside it. If they will run up and down a road they will cross it.
 
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