Re: coyote hunting tips
I'll offer a few tips, been hunting them here since 2001, and done a few basic predator hunting seminars. Read up on coyote biology, there is much info out here on the net. Scout your areas well, look for tracks, scat, and most of all if you get a chance....listen. They may howl back if you use a lone howl sound as a "locator", or they'll go off if they hear a local fire siren (Some electronic callers have a siren sound built in). Gain permission to hunt on as many properties as you can, and offer to use your permission to hunt in some type of "work to hunt payback" by doing chores around the property. This arrangement got me more properties, it works every time. Learn to use hand calls (Both open and closed reed) and become well rounded in the use of them. There are many excellent custom call makers out there...(PM me for a good one, I don't think I am allowed to post his business and I don't want to tick off the Moderators) as well as commercial calls. When scouting look for signs of other wildlife (rabbits, birds, deer, pheasant, mice, voles, etc., and supporting habitat (brushy areas, swamps, etc., coyotes won't be there if they can't eat...finally speak with farmers, local police, and most of all your local game warden, many times he'll get reports of coyote sightings and he and the other folks may just be able to help you find the places they are running around in.....don't forget, as the other hunter said, to play the wind as well, hunt downwind or crosswind and try to descent yourself as much as possible..and be quiet going in AND out of your stands or setups..full camo during the day too and be VERY still...they can see quick movements so well it's scary, so move SLOW...I also have $1 million in hunting insurance, and after the accidental shooting of a pregnant woman we had here a few years ago by a jerk of a hunter, insurance helps to secure properties here now. ..so much more but this is a start....good luck.......
John