Made it out Mon and Thurs nights last week. 3 sets Mon with nothing heard or seen but a bobcat and they are not in season here.
Thurs, on the first set I had one come and look down in my direction for several minutes from a ridge at 650ish per onx but would not come in. It appeared to go into a block of woods North of me so after a 50min set I moved to the N edge of that woods and set up with the call about 50yds downhill and N of me out in the pasture. Wind was from the N so I was 'iffy' as are a lot of my stands because of terrain. The fence I am sitting against runs E/W down into the hollow. I did not sit where I could see into the bottom of the hollow to the N because I thought the coyote was in the woods to my S and I wanted to stay as far E as possible because of the N wind.
Nothing to the low stuff so I upped the volume and saw a critter at the head of the hollow a long way away. Onx later said 460. I looked in the scope and identified it as a coyote walking North. I was playing rabbit and upped the volume until she stopped and turned around. Would not commit. Changed to a jack rabbit and she advanced about 50y then sat down. Vol up/dn/off a couple times-no movement so back on. Still no reaction. Went to 'scrappy pup' on the call and she started slowly coming/stopping/coming.
Finally, she committed but not directly.
This <3min vid is edited from the total 12min when she first turned around.
Adult female about 18min into set. 102yds per onx--ugly front view but the 58vmax did not exit.
2 more sets produced 1 coyote to howl back but not in a place conducive to calling and another bobcat walk by.
Thurs, on the first set I had one come and look down in my direction for several minutes from a ridge at 650ish per onx but would not come in. It appeared to go into a block of woods North of me so after a 50min set I moved to the N edge of that woods and set up with the call about 50yds downhill and N of me out in the pasture. Wind was from the N so I was 'iffy' as are a lot of my stands because of terrain. The fence I am sitting against runs E/W down into the hollow. I did not sit where I could see into the bottom of the hollow to the N because I thought the coyote was in the woods to my S and I wanted to stay as far E as possible because of the N wind.
Nothing to the low stuff so I upped the volume and saw a critter at the head of the hollow a long way away. Onx later said 460. I looked in the scope and identified it as a coyote walking North. I was playing rabbit and upped the volume until she stopped and turned around. Would not commit. Changed to a jack rabbit and she advanced about 50y then sat down. Vol up/dn/off a couple times-no movement so back on. Still no reaction. Went to 'scrappy pup' on the call and she started slowly coming/stopping/coming.
Finally, she committed but not directly.
This <3min vid is edited from the total 12min when she first turned around.
Adult female about 18min into set. 102yds per onx--ugly front view but the 58vmax did not exit.
2 more sets produced 1 coyote to howl back but not in a place conducive to calling and another bobcat walk by.
Did you leave the call running while she was behind the rise?
