well just got home from spending all day hunting I did end up buying the fox pro x24 got to my first stand sat down and started calling stood up at about 30 mins walked to my call and started walking went to the bottom of the draw and up the other side and when I topped the him I jumped a bedded coyote. well shit he was with in 200 yards of me the whole time. did at total of 20 stands today and went about 11 miles total walking. last stand of the day put the call out went back and sat down started calling went about 40 mis and then glassed the surroundings before standing up and there is a coyote sitting on the hill 760 yards away so I start calling again no luck he didn't move till a bunch of Antilope ran by and he started chasing them. I dont know if he could even hear the call anyway it was 20-30 mph winds here again all day this morning was nice wind was only blowing at 10. well I call that a success thats the first time in 4 years I have seen coyotes when I was hunting for them.
newish coyote hunter
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Hecouldgoalltheway
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Where in wyoming are you hunting? I can tell you from personal experience that if you are hunting public ground within 20 miles of a major city, you're calling some of the most educated coyotes in America. Everyone in Wyoming in every city buys a call at some point, hits every convenient piece of public that can be easily driven to, and plays lightning jack at max volume before missing everything that they see. Wyoming is a spectacular coyote state, but you're going to have to either get some private access, or get 50 miles+ from any cities. Also, don't even mess with prey distress on public this time of year. I mean, sure, play something, (you should always try all of the triggers before you stand up), but if you're on worked over public, they hear cagie cottontail 4 days a week. This month, howl, breeding sounds, fights, pup distress, fights, pups, fights, den raid, fights, howls, etc. Something like that. Be patient, give them time to get there. Sit for 45 minutes if 15 minutes isn't working. It's like fishing, if you're throwing a plastic worm for an hour, and nothing bites, change the pace you retrieve, change the depth you fish, change the color, change the places you target. If that doesn't work, put a spinner on and then work through the changes. If you're just standing there throwing the same worm all day waiting for a bite, you're not going to catch many fish. You have to be smarter than the guys who are out there pressuring the land you're hunting. It isn't hard to do that, but it is chess, not checkers. Out there, I found that they really liked deer and antelope distress, but play the coyote sounds primarily until at least late summer when the pups start hunting.
will coyotes change elevation with the seasons or do they have the same range all year would it be worth it to try and hunt them in the mountains and go up in elevation I know people dont really venture up in the winter and there are a lot of coyotes in the summer with the sheep and cattle but I dont know about in the winter months
Around there, the elk and deer migrate out of the mountains. The snow stays soft in the forested mountains making travel difficult. I suspect the coyotes will follow down where they can travel on top of the crusted and wind packed snow. Plus there will be places the wind has blown away the snow and they can mouse.
well finally happened got to my first stand sat down started with a howl and a coyote answered back kept calling switched to some yips and the coyote started barking and yipping sounded like it was right next to me finally saw her and she was 300 yards got the scope on her and pulled the trigger and she dropped right where she was standing now im hooked the rest of the stands today I didn't see anything but it was so cool to have one get that excited and bark howl and yip all the way in
Duhhh
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Hell yeah man. I think the ones called in with vocals and get the interact with are so much more satisfying.
Welcome toPM.
limbhanger10
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Congrats!
Now it only gets tougher.....
Cause you'll pretty much look at everything with a coyote stand/coyote location "view". It will consume you lol
When you're driving, you'll think - that point looks like a good stand...or I bet there's coyote in that thick stuff...
Satellite imagery and topography will be a good friend
Now it only gets tougher.....
Cause you'll pretty much look at everything with a coyote stand/coyote location "view". It will consume you lol
When you're driving, you'll think - that point looks like a good stand...or I bet there's coyote in that thick stuff...
Satellite imagery and topography will be a good friend
Yea, I gotta ditto Limbhanger's post.
crapshoot
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Oh it gets better. Wait till you get hooked on calling them close or one kicks dirt on you as it hits the brakes or passes by so close you could reach out and touch it or when you have them so close you can actually see the look on their face change when they realize they f'd up.
That beats the heck out of those 100+ yrs shots.
That beats the heck out of those 100+ yrs shots.
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K22-hornet
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Good job!
