Well, at least the wind was nice for entry … The following photo is how I made the set. I’ve had my best luck with giving the coyote a chance to get “close” to downwind without letting him GET dw & stay in cover. I decided to take advantage of one of the radial fence lines that was grown up into a mini-thicket that allowed plenty of cover. This allowed the coyotes a somewhat comfortable place to come in with the wind still somewhat in his face. I set my shooter in a bushy cedar tree (red X) looking down the fence line that was about 20yards wide; made up of small trees & brush. The wind was very light breeze @ our 10:00 (in light blue, we’re facing south-east) & the fence line was linear about our 11:00. We put the foxpro (in yellow) in a sparsely covered fence line about 50 yards down (the particular fence line was more brushy than appears on photo). I then tuned completely to my shooters back (I believe he thought I was chit’n him getting to look at the larger area) to cover any hard chargers (mythical creature in the woods I hunt) that may come from the woods despite not having nosed the seen. Eventually the coyotes did all come up the fence line (into the wind as planned) and showed their self ( at the spotty dark blue) by edging from the thicket to get a better look straight at the caller. I doubbt it but perhaps they might have came out & circled in the open, but neither got the chance.
Moral of the story, we gave them a corridor to approach that kept them in their comfort zone (in the thick) without letting them be strait downwind. We didn’t make them cross any extreme opening that was near the caller, come strait with a tailwind, or jump any other hoops they didn’t want. We simply let the coyote do something that was natural to them.
Set
And the hero photo. BTW- he was not a yearling dog
