goose....
My partner and I are in the same boat.
We've seen some promising sign lately, but the infrequency of being able to call our coyotes in makes us look bad.
I realize that our populations aren't as large as the one's out west, but not only are our yotes bigger in size, their also better fed and aren't as readily willing to respond to a call the same either.
Just for S's & Giggles, (and not trying to start a war) I'd love to have some of the guys from out west come up here and hunt them for a while. Not that I'm trying to say that you have to be some "super hunter" to get one of our coyotes, it's just that a realization of how hard they are to hunt could be understood.
I know the lack of success makes you question your ability (at first anyway) at being able to call them in. You keep blaming yourself, or your calling, at first....you know, something you're doing wrong. That is until you get your first yote. After that, if you have another dry spell, you feel maybe that the first one was a fluke.....not so. Honestly, I haven't gotten a kill in the last two years. I played part in getting them by calling them in, but I wasn't the shooter on the last two. I need some "trigger time" on one....really.
So far, I've been getting better responses from my old mouth blown calls instead of the electronic one's, but I'm trying several different recorded calls and weeding out the one's that don't seem to get them fired up. I really try to put a lot into my mouth calls and they really get the fox fired up, as well as hawks, crows and the bunch...it's funny to watch. Coyotes don't seem to respond anywhere near what the fox do.
Fox are mainly what we've had to work with, but the coyote's mating season is just starting up and we've seen a couple out scouting for mates, so things are starting to look promising.
The last big male we spotted (this last weekend) was huge...he was mid 50's or higher easy...probably more.
We spotted him standing on a ridge off the road about 150yds., while on the way home from a setup spot. Couldn't get setup on him fast enough and calling did nothing. He was on "a mission", probably for a mate.
Usually, if we nail 2 or 3 in a season, we're happy. Fox take up the slack. Some of the guys running dogs get 30-40 in a season, but I enjoy calling them far better, even if skunked.
Keep up the good work,
Bob
