Wind is at the coyote's backside. Hunter is drawing near. From the coyote's up & cross wind angle. He killed this coyote shortly after I took this pic. Both the coyote & hunter are right at 1/2 mile away from me. Coyotes are very light sleepers most often. Unlike Red Fox which tend to be heavy sleepers. The difference between the two canines in my experience is. Red Fox tend to dismiss some ambient noises. Whereas, a coyote does not most often.
A spot/stalker closing the gap on a sleeper coyote.
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Whether a hunter walks into a call area with ground cover. Or is sneaking in on a sleeper coyote he seen from a distance. Be quiet as a cat stalking a bird. Stay out of sight. Use the wind so it doesn't scent you. Use terrain features so it doesn't see you. But just as important or more important. Be stealthy quiet.
From your angle and distance is it a good bet that the exact wind at the coyotes position is coming directly from behind his head over his nose making the hunters angle almost a textbook 2:00 angle on the coyotes wind?
And if so as a new hunter in your position, I wouldn’t want be going all in on the wind at my position to come approach, but more play off the wind at the coyotes spot judging it by the Coyotes body position while considering the wind at my spot as well?
And if so as a new hunter in your position, I wouldn’t want be going all in on the wind at my position to come approach, but more play off the wind at the coyotes spot judging it by the Coyotes body position while considering the wind at my spot as well?
That coyote is due Southwest from where I was parked. The wind that day was from the South West. True, that coyote has the wind at it's back. That hunter is closing the gap. Roughly at the coyote's 2:00 angle. The only times I have seen. Where a bedded coyote has it's nose pointed directly down wind. Is when the wind speed is high. Such as around 20 mph or more. Otherwise, they just put the wind at their back. There are truths about how coyotes utilize wind. A well rounded coyote hunter should learn those small details. As it pertains to walking into a call area. Or stalking a coyote that is seen by that hunter from a roadway. Most often on hilly terrain. A coyote will bed down up high on a hillside. To be elevated & scan it's cross & down wind areas. Use that knowledge of their behavior(s). To get the upper hand on one.
Here is a pic of a bedded coyote. I initially thought it was a wolf he/she was so large. The wind is at it's backside. This coyote is around 750 yards away from me.
This is a long range pic of. A pair of territorial coyotes. A still shot captured from a video. Camera is facing due North West. Coyotes are on the down wind down wind slope of this distant hill. With their back side towards the prevailing wind. I've observed this pair of coyotes numerous time. Pretty much like clock work. When the wind was from the north west. I would see this pair of coyotes bedded down in that focal area. There are some behaviors about some coyotes. That they will utilize a given focal area/terrain region. Based on the direction of the wind. On a specific wind direction that day.
