Posted: 1/12/2022 8:09:44 PM EDT
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I’ve heard from many people and sites that scouting for coyotes is crucial to success. But being a beginner I really don’t know how to do this. I’ve drove around to spots I’ve heard coyotes before and played a locater call on my e-caller but I’ve never gotten a response. Is there a certain time of day that works best for scouting? Should I try and get out of my car and walk into the land a bit to call? Any tips would be helpful. For reference I live in fairly flat agricultural land. |
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Originally Posted By tanner_sinn04: I’ve heard from many people and sites that scouting for coyotes is crucial to success. But being a beginner I really don’t know how to do this. I’ve drove around to spots I’ve heard coyotes before and played a locater call on my e-caller but I’ve never gotten a response. Is there a certain time of day that works best for scouting? Should I try and get out of my car and walk into the land a bit to call? Any tips would be helpful. For reference I live in fairly flat agricultural land. You ever get snow? Tracks are easy to see. In the winter you can see where the have trails through fences and ditches but this is the high desert. |
| I’ve only seen 1 coyote when deer hunting. I’ve got several on one of my game cameras. All at night. Deer season is over here in Georgia and I’m sure it’s quite different here than there. I’m going to my property this weekend and putting out a piece of chicken and sit in my platform stand and see what happens. Might take a nap. I don’t know anything about scouting them. Looking to responses to your thread to learn more. |
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Originally Posted By 1245xx: I’ve only seen 1 coyote when deer hunting. I’ve got several on one of my game cameras. All at night. Deer season is over here in Georgia and I’m sure it’s quite different here than there. I’m going to my property this weekend and putting out a piece of chicken and sit in my platform stand and see what happens. Might take a nap. I don’t know anything about scouting them. Looking to responses to your thread to learn more. Maybe do a bit of research on predator hunting. A piece of KFC sitting on a log wouldn’t work around here. It could be a long time before something happens across that chicken. |
| Coyotes are just about everywhere. Some may have been called more than others and know something is up when they hear the same thing as last time. Find a spot and get comfortable. Call for 15-20 seconds and wait 4-5 minutes. Do this for 20-30 minutes (heck I've sat longer and had them show up). |
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Originally Posted By harrymank: You ever get snow? Tracks are easy to see. In the winter you can see where the have trails through fences and ditches but this is the high desert. We do normally but it’s been a pretty dry winter. Thus I’ve been trying the calling method. |
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Originally Posted By harrymank: You ever get snow? Tracks are easy to see. In the winter you can see where the have trails through fences and ditches but this is the high desert. We do normally but it’s been a pretty dry winter. Thus I’ve been trying the calling method. |
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Cover Scent like used for bow hunting. Camo You may get a wider range of tone with a mouth call. Hunting Techniques Link |
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I walk in quite a ways when calling. Stay quite, try to stay concealed (don’t walk over the top of a giant hill while stomping on every weed) pick a good spot for a field of view. The wind direction is crucial because they will get down wind and smell you. Edit: I’ve got one spot I’ve shot 7 coyotes from but I’ve had several people bitch about the almost half mile walk. It’s flat and there aren’t trees though so I can see way further than I can hit a coyote. |
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Originally Posted By harrymank: Maybe do a bit of research on predator hunting. A piece of KFC sitting on a log wouldn’t work around here. It could be a long time before something happens across that chicken. I’ll do that. I’ve watched some of those YouTube videos of coyote hunting out west. Those coyotes come running and you can see them a long way off. Wiley creatures, to say the least. |
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so I do a little bit of coyote trapping and calling and what I would call "scouting", is not looking for the coyote itself, just the signs they are in the area. I look for their tracks in the dirt along dirt roads or animal paths, coyote poop, their hair in a fence where they went under. If you see those kinds of things, they are there. My game cameras tell me they are active at night about 99% of the time in my area, so that is when I call/hunt them. |
