Hello to all from Downeast Maine. I have realy enjoyed reading this thred about baiting. I just found this site yesterday and I must say its one of the best forums I have found.After seeing the way some of you set up your bait sites I thought I would show you how some of the boys in this area harvest a few coyotes in the winter. Feel free to comment on the setup as everything can be improved.
This is a set up that 8-10 guys I know use in this area. This has proved to be quite successful with one guy shooting and killing over 70 in four years. Most all guys kill 15-20 per winter.
First we set up a bait pile from 70-200 yards from a window with a good rest. The window must open very quiet (very important). This is my bait pile in the first photo.
I set up the site about 250 yds back further in the woods from the house to help build confidence and I think it worked they started eating 1 55gal barrel a week. There is 2 barrels of cow,deer and pig parts with some partridge parts from a hunt 9 days ago in the photo.
Once I moved the site to its final location,71 yds from my window,it only took 4 days until the coyotes started hitting the bait. When I got the bait to where I could see it from my house,its final location, I installed a Chamberlain wireless motion alarm ($94 radio shack) This is the sensor. see picture
This is the beeper on the desk in my office. Its very important to put the beeper away from the window you will be shooting from because when you open the window and the beeper beeps the coyote will be gone.
As I said I have only had the bait at this site for 5 days,on Wednesday night we had a coyote at the pile at 7pm. My son spotted it with a flashlight and it ran only to return 5 min later. Two nights later the coyotes were on the pile from 10:30pm to 1am we did not bother them at all just let them feed and get comfy.
On friday Newyears eve we installed a light system. I bought a outdoor rectangle box,outdoor lamp holder and a photo control for the light. I needed 250' of 14-2 wire to run to my home. The whole thing cost me $93.18 at EBS. pic
The only thing I did differently is I oped for a red 100 watt flood light. I thought it will work better then a white flood light but the coyotes are still getting use to it, coyote may not get as spooked by the red light,we shall see. The regular flood light works but sometimes it takes awhile for the coyotes to get accustom to the light. If you mount the light back 30-40 feet shining away from your home and on the bait, its believed that it helps blind the coyote when he looks toward the your home. But some have the light shining strait down on the bait 20-25 feet high.
This is the view from my shooting window
If you live in a residential area the red flood light may not assure you that its a coyote and not something else so keep that in mind. This system has worked very well for a number of guys here in Downeast Maine for a number of years. One guy that uses this system has no light he uses the beeper and a open field and shoots many but he needs the snow to offer him enough visibility for a good shot. Good luck.
