Hey Jeff, don't be scared. We rednecks are really harmless. However, I do recognize that my PVC pipe, ie sewer pipe, does somewhat resemble a gernade launcher.
Scalloper, great photos and setup. Even though the distance is relatively close to your home, it seems to pay off rather well. My site is 60 yards from the cabin, but seems the coyotes are very nervous, and they don't always come to the bait every night, making it really hard to be there at the right time.
DannyK, you have a really good looking place to hunt. It looks pretty remote there. Do you have a finished photo of your shooting cabin? I know you posted one earlier but just curious if you have a new one, especially in the snow. I'd like to see it again just to keep things up-to-date.
You know, when this thread first got started, some elites probably thought there was very little interest in baiting, and probably looked down on those of us who hunt that way. Maybe this forum has helped some get down off their high horse and recognize that one size doesn't fit all. In the East we may have to do things a bit different in order to be successful. Even baiting is not as easy as it seems. I haven't taken a single coyote from my bait site though I have devoted a lot of effort to it.
My trip out West this past October had me shaking my head in disbelief at the sheer amount of coyotes, and the ones that seemed to come to the call so easy as if lambs to slaughter. Those of us who live and hunt in the East recognize that things here are just different. I wish I could hunt coyotes as easy as in the West, but that's just dreaming.
I am really enjoying this thread, meeting you guys and seeing how you do things. I've borrowed a lot of techniques and ideas from you guys too, even if you did turn me into a blazing redneck. It's been a lot of fun.
Here are photos of one of the elusives, doing what he does best - working the bait over and avoiding me. In the one photo he is growling at something, not sure what. I first thought he may have been chewing on some bait, but when viewing the full-size photo it is clear he is growling.