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I started the season on Friday and despite a bit more wind than I normally like, action wasn't too bad. On the 2nd stand of the day, things got kind of western. 5 came so I left one for seed. Took all the rest of the day to match these numbers, ending with 8. 3 of them had mange, one of which was nasty mangy.
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Can you talk more about your calling technique please? Also, about what ranges are you engaging them? Do you have any idea from how far away you are calling them in?
I use electronics nearly all the time these days. FoxPro caller, other sources of sounds. Get the wind in your favor or at least make sure that you can see downwind, and let'er rip. This time of year I usually always start with a rabbit flavor of some sort. If nothing shows by the 10 minute mark, I begin to mix it up with various coyote vocals/sounds from pup distress to coyote fight etc. 15/16 minutes, nothing shows I move to the next spot and do it again.
On the quad, I shot the 1st one at about 30 yards, 2 and 3 were both about 100 yards and the 4th was about 250 or so. The other 4 coyotes that I shot were any where from 50 yards to 250 yards. In general, I'll let a coyote keep coming to the call as long as I am positive it is not going to hit my scent cone. If it looks like a coyote may get to my scent cone, I will stop it and shoot it at my first good opportunity.
In general, I don't call at full volume on my caller because I am often doing what I call, "walk abouts" where I will basically walk 1/2 mile from stand to stand, so I don't try to call them from much further than that 1/2 mile. I've found that a coyote will be more willing to come to the call if I can get with-in 1/2 mile of it. Really seems like you have to have a motivated coyote to get it to come from further, and consider that I only stay on stand 15 minutes generally, a coyote coming from a 1/2 mile might not get there in that given time, unless they are hustling the whole way in, and once again, if they're not really motivated to get to the call, they some times won't get there before I am ready to move on.
Not saying a guy can't call them from further than 1/2 mile, but if you're trying to, I'd suggest more volume than I run and stay on stand longer because they don't always come on the run.
I've been asking about calling for a while, and I don't think I have the set-up to really do it. I've got access to private land, but it is only 1 mile by 1/2 mile. So it'd pretty much be just setting up a stand and staying there. Not quite as hilly as I'd like either. Thank you for your input.
Nice work! How much time in between shots? I've learned this year to just keep calling after a shot especially with the pup distress. They seem to just keep coming in. Best I've done is call 5 different coyotes on one stand. Sometimes 5 or 10 minutes between shots.......never got 4 down......congrats!
from the 1st shot to the last, probably took around 45 seconds, maybe 1 minute as the 1st got there a bit quicker than the next 4 did.
I also don't stop calling after I shoot one, especially now that I am shooting suppressed. I am convinced that it does make a difference, but I also know several guys that shoot multiples without suppressed rifles, so it's not a must. But since I've gotten my suppressor 4 years ago, the number of multiples that I shoot each year has gone up.
I just looked and if anyone is interested, the fur buyer will again be making stops in Bennett, Kiowa, Limon, and others this winter. They buy them whole, if you don't want to skin them. I freeze mine and they don't mind buying them frozen. If you want to see the routes that Petska takes, including times and dates, just look up Petska fur routes and you can find out if they come close to your location.
Thanks for the fur buyer info. What do they typically pay for whole carcasses?
around $20. Prime, with very little bullet damage, will be a little higher, early and late season maybe a little lower. That was last years prices.
Went out yesterday & made a couple stands; got them to respond to Coyote Howls but they wouldn't come in. Switched to Pup Distress & the one visible at about 800yds just up & walked away; tried several other sounds but it just kept on walking.
Once you get them to respond, what sound gets them coming your way ??
no right or wrong answer to that question, IMO. What didn't work this time very well may work next time. But over the years I've had vocal responses and used more howls to call them in, but I've also switched to rabbit of some flavor and had it work too. And I've had times where they did exactly what they did to you. We had a coyote yesterday that I spotted after we had been calling for 10 minutes that was 1000 yards out, and he would stop and listen with each sound we made, but it eventually just wondered off without a care in the world.
If and when someone figures out how to make them come every time they can hear a call, they will be a rich man.
With all that said, this time of year rabbit should be the primary successful sound, and with the cold weather finally coming in, their drive to find food should only get stronger. This warm weather has been making it easy for them to survive without running too every dying rabbit that they hear.
sold my first batch of coyotes today, and they averaged $18/ea. with $25 for a high and $10 for a low. Not too bad for early season coyotes. Mine were the only coyotes the buyer had picked up on his route so far.
sold the 2nd batch yesterday and averaged $21/ea. with $30 for the high and $15 for the low. Buyer had several raccoon, a beaver, and a few other coyotes this time. Prices should get better as season progresses.
Awesome, I'be been seeing a couple here and there while pheasant hunting so I'm going to start carrying a rifle with me to drop some.