This has been a very interesting thread & a ton of knowledge has been added. Thought I would post this to possibly return to original intent…
I had a guy call me that had permission to hunt a farm with a lot of recent coyote sightings. He had never killed a coyote before & wanted me to go with him, as he had been several times with no kills.
From as soon as we got out of the truck, I started thinking about this thread. He was aware enough not to slam doors or park too close. He talked a lot but tried to keep his voice to a whisper but was louder than needed to be. He was wearing rubber boots but they “flop-whapped” with every step, & never even paid attention to the wind. All things that offer: “different results”
I wanted to try this as a learning tool; so I’m going to post a photo of the hunt to give everyone an opportunity to make there “set-up” & then I’ll post what I/we did. Not saying I was right, but we did call 3 coyotes. A single came in @ 7 minutes. My hunting partner missed a near broadside shot ~95 yards as the coyote was starring toward the foxpro (50-60 yards away from us). Then at ~22 minutes, a pair came in and he redeemed himself with the second shot.
I’d be interested to hear opinions. Maybe we should have killed 6-7. However, in our ramblings with me never actually seeing the place until that morning (aerial photo only) & inexperienced partner, I thought we did pretty well in un-ideal conditions. (I would have preferred to scout the place & come back at the right time, but I was on his time & had to hunt Sat morning conditions or miss an opportunity at the place all together)
