coyotes .....

[hunterhawk]

Curious are they rubbed up pretty good? Fluffy looking suckers! Congrats!

[TRnCO]

the center coyote had mange, the other two still look real good.

[Buckaroobonsai]

Very cool. I need to try yotes. I'm still popping pdogs regularly out to 300+ yards, but I'd love to try larger targets at twice that!

[TRnCO]

long range coyotes aren't near as exciting as having them in your face. I've only shot a few over 300 yards this year and that's normal for called coyotes. The 3 yesterday were at 60, 100, and 140 yards.

[Buckaroobonsai]

Wow, I didn't realize you could get em to come in that close! I was thinking my .22-250 would be ideal, but my Bushmaster Varminter should be able to handle that just fine. Let me know if you need back up. That would be worth a road trip!

[davsel]

I've been hearing them at night at our place near Florissant.
I picked up a FoxPro electronic caller from Bass Pro yesterday.
Which sounds give the best results for yotes? I'm brand new to the game and looking for some pointers.

[eneranch]

Hopefully TRnCo will chime in here; would love to hear what he has to say. I can get them to respond, but can't seem to get them to come in.

[TRnCO]

davsel, the key right now is to know if the coyotes you are targeting have been called to, or not, by someone else. If you'll be hunting on private property that you are sure know one else has access to, then about any flavor of rabbit distress will work just fine. It is breeding season, BUT they still gotta eat. IF you suspect that the coyotes have probably been called/hunted by someone else any time recently, then it's a good time to switch to 100% coyote vocals. What works well for me this time of year is I use some lone howls, some people call them interrogation howls, and if I get a vocal response that I believe to be over 1/2 mile, if possible with terrain, I will move to with-in 1/2 mile. Then I start with some howls and I very well may howl off and on for 3 minutes, no matter if the coyotes are vocally responding or not. Then I sit quiet for a minute or two, then I go into some whimpers, or something that is kind of quiet but something that they can hear that may peek their interest. If they don't show up to that, I then move into aggressive sounds such as switching quickly between growls and barks and then without any quiet break I go into coyote fight sounds. There are a few different coyote fight sounds available through different sources. I've found that they all seem to work equally well this time of year. If you get through a sequence or two of coyote fight and they still haven't shown up, end your stand with some coyote pup distress. Again, several sources to choose from, they all can work. IF you got with-in 1/2 mile of them, without them knowing you were around, your chances of getting them to come are pretty good with aggressive sounds right now.

[davsel]

TRnCo, thanks for the tips. My daughter and I set up this evening at 6:00 and were able to call one in at 7:20. I used some female and some male howls off and on, and a jackrabbit distress. I believe he may have come in closer if I'd been more patient. I got excited and missed on a 200 yard shot with the Tavor - ears are still ringing. Tomorrow I'll be better prepared with my heavy-weight long-range AR setup (and ear plugs) now that I've found a good stand not far from the road.

[TRnCO]

Alright davsel, that's a start. I took a couple friends out Friday morning and called in 2 pairs. The first pair came in to howling only, at about 5 minutes, They missed'em both even though the 1st shot was only 100 yards. The 2nd pair actually was spotted while I was doing some howling at about 550 yards. They broke loose and came to a pup coyote fight sound that I have. The boys got one of them shot at 155 yards, but missed the other. I was running a video camera and got that stand on film.