Why coyotes stop coming?

[hm1996]

Is it a dumb coyote, or am I an incredible hunter?

No such thing as a dumb coyote, Bob, so....................

The real dumb ones are when you’re sitting in your truck waiting for a hog cam to go off and just scanning with a rifle and spot a coyote. Start lip squeaking from the drivers window of a white F150 and he comes in to 50 yards and gets shot.

Still looking for a coyote that dumb, Mark, but don't think cats are as smart as coyotes for the most part. I was driving the two track in the picture below from right to left when this cat crossed the road about 2-300 yards ahead of me. To he left of the road was roller chop w/nothing more that spotty 2' high regrowth, so I pulled truck off to the left, hung my head out the window and sang the bunny blues. Very shortly this kitty meandered out of the brush, walked across the road and sat down about 20' from the truck to study the situation. Finally, he got up and walked so close to the truck that he disappeared behind my hood. I can't find the picture I took through the windshield showing the compass on my dashboard, hood and cowcatcher w/cat just before he disappeared from view. Taken through the windshield the picture was not very good, so I must have deleted it. Cat couldn't have been over 6-7 ft from front bumper when he disappeared.

I have had way more coyotes run right up to my e-callers when they are hidden in grass, rocks or low brush.

I do think fully visible call sometimes causes them to hang up; partially hidden decoys seem to work pretty well. Love the pictures, Bob!

99+% of the time my caller is within 15 to 30 yards of where I'm sitting. Approach is concealed as best I can from where I'm calling to, so the last thing I want to do is reveal myself in the open ground between self and the cover.

Same here, Dennis. Hard to conceal myself when hunting senderos, so usually place call pretty close; usually a bit farther when approaching openings along dry lake beds.