Posted: 2/2/2010 7:08:35 PM EDT
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This past weekend I was down at the lease in S. Texas. We ended up wacking one female yote with the fury, and one bobcat without the caller. Problem is we had yotes all around us but they really wouldn't come in. We were hunting with NV (d-760 and helmet mounted pvs's) set up in my fj-40. Caller was set up 75-80 yards with a cross wind to the caller. I was primarily using distress calls then switched to female howls. I used a locater and had 3 different groups of yotes within a couple hundred yards of us. There was also a male answering the female howls but wouldn't budge.
Any ideas why there not coming in? We don't use a caller at the lease very often. I called back in august with very good results, and have called maybe 2 times since then. The yote that we did shoot was out of a deer stand at night with the caller set up 60-70 yards away. It took 30 minutes or so before she came out. I also killed a couple of cottontails and threw out beside the caller. Would this spook them? Thanks for the help. This place is covered up with yotes, and were trying to weed some out. |
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Once you locate them, try some more female howls, some challenge howls, or some coyote distress or pup distress. Might also try some distress noises that most guys don't use, like turkey, chicken, cat, bird, etc. And just because they howl back, doesn't mean they are interested in coming to you. Some times they are just saying "FU AROCK!"
And tossing a couple dead rabbits out there won't do much - they are looking for movement in a decoy. |
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This past weekend I was down at the lease in S. Texas. We ended up wacking one female yote with the fury, and one bobcat without the caller. Problem is we had yotes all around us but they really wouldn't come in. We were hunting with NV (d-760 and helmet mounted pvs's) set up in my fj-40. Caller was set up 75-80 yards with a cross wind to the caller. I was primarily using distress calls then switched to female howls. I used a locater and had 3 different groups of yotes within a couple hundred yards of us. There was also a male answering the female howls but wouldn't budge. Any ideas why there not coming in? We don't use a caller at the lease very often. I called back in august with very good results, and have called maybe 2 times since then. The yote that we did shoot was out of a deer stand at night with the caller set up 60-70 yards away. It took 30 minutes or so before she came out. I also killed a couple of cottontails and threw out beside the caller. Would this spook them? Thanks for the help. This place is covered up with yotes, and were trying to weed some out. Now you're just bragging! 
I would guess they either busted you, they've been hunted and wised up to the tricks, or your calling skills need some work. I'd tend to lean toward the latter because you got them to come in , but not all the way. Sounds like they didn't like what they heard. IMHO and FWIW |
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Cool. I'll try some different calls on them. Just weird how early in the year they were on the caller in less than 5 minutes. I guess everyone taking pop shots at them everytime they cross our sandero's doesn't help much either. I'll be back at them in a few more weeks when I check on the lease. Guess I need to hit the books for awhile.
thanks |