Coyotes from above
Does it work to call them from a little elevation? I'm helping a local and can use the loft in a smaller barn. The window looks over the hunting area and would be convenient and give me a good view.
Originally Posted By marko16:
Does it work to call them from a little elevation? I'm helping a local and can use the loft in a smaller barn. The window looks over the hunting area and would be convenient and give me a good view.
Can't say from experience, but I don't see why not. Might make them a little more confused where the sound is coming from (which means it won't be as easy for them to draw a bead on you) and the elevation might help with them winding you.
Elevation is always your friend. The sound disperses better, you can see farther, and that means you can get a bead on something coming in quicker. I call from ladders, roofs (when possible), even trees. Obviously the easiest way to get elevation is to sit on a hillside, and while elevation is not needed for every stand, it generally helps.
Do you have an e-caller or hand calls? Decoys?
Hand call for now, we'll see how it goes this evening. They are active after 6. It's a good thousand to the woods, I could set up closer if the wind is right, but I'll try the loft first. Great view for sure.
We built a 'hide' in the top of an old barn on one of the areas that we hunt and it works out great. We can see over 1k yards to the far woodline with little dips and valleys in between. We set our mojo critter on a little rise 60 yards out in front of us and most day's it's a perfect crosswind.
It's amazing at how a coyote can lock it's eye's on an object from a great distance and stay focused on it while it closes the gap. That is of course when our blood pressure starts going off the scale and all of our long range practice goes right out the window, literally.
We plan on filming some long range kills this winter from this spot if we can avoid 'yote fever' long enough for a good shot. We have taken most within 200yds from this place in the winter due to our percentage of high wind day's in late winter but we now have an AR10 set up for long range and hopefully we can do better with wind drift and connect on a few.
I hate to miss a long shot when a close shot is more of a slam dunk but we have to give it a try.
I love hunting Coyote's and it's good to see that there are some fellow hunters around here with the same addiction.
Good luck to you all this season.
What a buzz kill. The barn window offered by the owner ended up looking straight at a tree. The two other nice windows are sky high in an empty barn. So back to ground level. I'll just have to wait for the corn and beans to be gone, and their is still a nice hill about 200yds from the woods with a field dividing line pile of junk that would make a nice hide.
