4949: Kirby does a fine job of hunting his coyotes but he is still hunting them like we used to do back in the early 80's.
Up here we have evolved with the coyote and the changeing times, Kirby hopes to see or get one coyote in a day where we set our goals much higher. We hunt them for the fur and for us its all about numbers. Its kinda cool to sit there like Kirby and watch a coyote, i've done it myself, but there is nothing to gain by just watching a coyote lay around or watch as it hunts its prey..
By watching coyotes under hunting pressure is where all the learning is at and this is what puts more numbers on the stretchers. Not all coyotes will get up and run when a hunter is close, some will act just like a ring-neck pheasant and just move to one side to let a hunter pass or may lay tite and let you walk by hopeing you don't see them..
The same goes for calling them, you can look at them all day long and not going to learn anything about calling them in..
The learning is when you are calling to them and you can see how they react to different sounds and you learn what they like to hear and what they don't.
You can also Howl to them to locate and once again learn from them by knowing whats there and this will dictate what sounds you should use on youre stand..
Like i said Kirby is doing a fine job, but he needs to take it to the next level.... One thing i have learned over the years is a coyote is a coyote which is a creature of habit..
