Making stands

I’m still learning and have limited areas to hunt during deer season. But I’ll go one night or early morning and set up for the wind and try to illicit a response. If I’m on them then I’ll work them. If not, I break out OnX and mark where I think they are and call it a night or move to the opposite end of the property and try it and repeat everything again.
Once I have the pin on OnX I’ll figure out where I want to set up and what kind of wind I need and when conditions are right I’ll go after them.
This has worked out really good “for me” it may not work for someone else. Yes, it requires coyotes to be vocal, but until our weed fields get narrowed up I’m limited as to where I can call from and actually see something.
We’ll start blocking Oct 1 and start harrowing fields right before quail season in November.
With that said, I haven’t heard or seen a coyote in several months, that includes about a couple dozen cell cams around the property.
 
They just made it legal to hunt coyotes at night 1 November 2022. Before that the only thing you could hunt at night was Ferral hogs, and you had to register the property through the department of wildlife
 
hunt0168 said:
As the season progresses and the coyotes settle into these “newer” living conditions, have you noticed any sort of time frame to where they settle back in (adapt) to a more relaxed or typical pattern? Or will you continue to deal with this pattern until the next big change?
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I think they have the most predictable patterns during denning season, once they are not anchored down to an area with pups their ranges seem to open up much larger areas.

That really was not a new tactic thee last time I hunted, other than the sounds I okayed I just focused on the areas and terrain I would during denning season
 
Infidel 762 said:
I think they have the most predictable patterns during denning season, once they are not anchored down to an area with pups their ranges seem to open up much larger areas.

That really was not a new tactic thee last time I hunted, other than the sounds I okayed I just focused on the areas and terrain I would during denning season
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Our NY season runs Oct 1st thru March 31st so I don’t get to hunt denning coyotes here. I can start getting after them right when a bunch of things start changing here. Cooler weather, pups ranging out, vegetation die off, ag crops getting harvested and human presence in places there hasn’t been all summer, etc, etc.

I just wondered in your case, if the coyotes were just in a temporary transition of sorts because of the recent changes? Something you would see them revert back from with a little time, or would you pretty much stick with this slower/longer tactic from here out?
 
DoubleLungRage said:
For night hunting coyotes/hogs, we have to get online and register the property we are hunting. Then we are good to go.
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Yep I always call our game warden, when I night hunt and let him know my location. I don’t need no busted stands, I got enough troubles on my own. Not to mention it’s a courtesy if he gets a call of lights or a shot he don’t have to come check it out
 
Haha, in my county our local Sheriff has put out not to call just because folks hear shots at night…it’s hog hunters.
There's even a few properties with local LEO and farmers permission, we can shoot from our trucks and the roads. If you ride by and scan the field and there’s hogs there, kill’em!! The farmer will either hear the shots and know there’s pigs down or he’ll send someone to do a ride through after daylight to pick the hogs up.
 
I went out last night and had one of the coolest experiences I've had since I started chasing coyotes. I recently bought a Foxpro X24 caller and I've been pretty impressed with it. The sounds are clear and loud. On with the story. I showed up up around 10:15 and made my way to my stand. I had scouted this area before and it has a swale that runs Northeast to southwest. The wind was blowing from the Northeast but kind of swirling a bit. I set up on the up sloap of the east side trying to conceal myself in some trees. I went ahead and set the call down the slope behind some bushes so they couldn't immediately see it. I began calling with some prey sounds and got nothing. After about 15min I decided I would try some coyote yips and almost immediately I got a reply from across the swale to my Northwest. Things got a bit quite after a bit and I decided to try some lone male howls and this caused a huge eruption of sound in return. At this point we are trading sounds and this keeps up for probably 5 min. I'm getting a huge rush and my nerves are on edge and I'm half expecting to see him emerge on the other side of the swale. After 10 minutes of scanning I notice something in the brush across the swale and almost cross from the call. The night was so humid that it was making the image very blurry and hard to identify what I was seeing. I ended up not shooting as it kind of looked like a deer but I couldn't be sure at 250ish yards. I was going back and forth in my head cause it seemed improbable that a deer would have come to look but I also couldn't rule it out. I waited 10 more minutes but nothing ever broke cover to give me a good look. I don't feel bad about not shooting but I wish I would have known. I tried a couple of other calls but the coyotes went completely quiet. I gathered my things and headed out. As I walked out I hit a small open patch and heard a shriek that made the hair on my neck stand up, coming from behind me. I think it was a owl but I never laid eyes on it. Overall, it was an awesome experience. I have to believe I'm close to getting my first one. Any ideas on hoe to coax them out of cover are welcome. Thanks for reading.
 
Dead rabbit or crow? I put a bad watermelon (cut up) and some raw eggs near the feeder in the afternoon. Yote sat at the edge of the clearing waiting for 'dinner' - some animal getting the bait. I don't have a caller but one near the feeder with quiet rabbit/mouse sound would work. Smell gets them coming and call gets them in the open.
 
I've made 2 stands since my last update. First one I got winded and was uneventful. Tonight though I set up with the wind and played coy family first. I got an answer almost immediately. Sounded really close so I decided to use male howls. The grass is pretty tall on public land so I was wasn't able to see far but I had one walk down a trail. As soon as I flipped my safety he bailed and gave me zero opportunity. I was at 80 yards and thought he wouldn't hear it. I'm kicking myself for not being ready but I know I'm on the right path. Gonna give it a few days and try again.
 
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