Baiting for Coyote

[wcalcaterra]

Quick question! If I wanted to bait for Coyote HOW would I do it and WHAT would I use?

[fishinglink]

i got one during deer season and it was off a gut pile. but if it stinks and sits awhile they usually visit daily til it's gone from what i have read and observed from a deer stand. i have had them steal squirrel from my traps but it is highly unreliable much better luck with deer guts. but be creative.
artificial vanilla extract too don't ask but i know and confirmed that it works. i usually mix it with a little meat and blood and put it in a small jar and let it sit at room tempurature for a few weeks and 90% of the time it will draw them in usually from down wind even if i am between them and the scent.

not an expert or official in anyway shape or form but this has all worked for me before.

good luck, cody

p.s. never hunt or trap a carcass

[Yoopertrapper]

Try getting a hold of a local butcher,they always have scraps!
Then just put out a bait pile,kinda like deer hunting.

[Rumajz]

Get a road killed deer if you see one, not the easiest but you will get a chance to hunt it a few times before they get rid of it. (providing it was not killed while you witnessed it, in that case forget the yotes and fill up your freezer if you get a road kill tag).

I hunted with road killed deer a few times and even if they clean up the carcass the first night (which often happens) they will come back a few times to look for leftovers. Almost a sure think they will come so you don't waste too much time waiting many days without seeing one.

Most of the work involved is getting a road kill permit because Law enforcement needs to prioritize their calls and getting a permit for a few day old carcass is not a high priority issue in anybody's book including mine and so if there is nothing a LEO needs to respond to, it generaly is not a problem. The other "work" involved obviously is transporting the deer to your hunting location.


Locate your stand, factor in the wind and hope there is snow around so you can see at night and don't have to duck tape a flash light to your gun like me :lol: .
Enjoy the excitement, it's really cool to see them tear the thing apart.

Roman

[spikehornkid]

Pile of cheap dog food. Shot one over it will I was bear hunting.

[chuckinduck]

I almost learned the lesson of just taking a road killed deer the hard way, so make sure you get a road kill permit. My buddy and I found a dead doe along the side of the road just outside of Rudyard while heading to hunt coyotes one night. Being freshman at Lake state, we of course were young, dumb and didn't really think about it. Luckily the coyotes ravaged the carcass the first night, and when the DNR finally caught up to us two days later, there was little left to convince the DNR we'd killed the doe out of season. While we didn't shoot it, the person who reported the call claimed we did, because they saw us dragging it down the snowmobile trail while carrying High Powered Rifles. The funniest part was, I told my buddy Justin "we'd better leave the guns in the truck while we drag the deer out to the swamp just in case". So I'm not sure where this person saw "high powered rifles". Its funny to talk about now, but a great lesson was learned. Hope this helps anyone else in the future.

[bglong]

Here in West Virginia I have never had law enforcement come out to give me the tag. They are supposed to, but they just take my name and tell me I can have it. I always ge tthe officer's name just in case there is a problem.

I called a few years ago to report some spotlighters shooting deer. They told me they couldn't come because there were two accidents in the county and both deputy sherrifs were at those scenes. Comforting to know there are only two cars out on a given night.

[btg-ducky]

How do you guys determine your bait sites ? Convience or knowledge of yotes in the vacinity ?

Do you call right at the bait or is it for running dogs from to pick up a hot track ?

[gregg vannortrick]

I thought the only thing that was allowed in mi was fur bearing animal. :dizzy: This would greatly change how things could get done. I hope to hear back.

[hyperformance1]

fresh deer.

[anon3292009]

Well, I went to our local DNR office and told the officer that I wanted to get a permit to pick up two road killed deer for coyote bait. He went with me, checked the 2 deer, wrote the permit, and wished me luck. Since then I have gotten another permit from the Sheriff's office for the same thing and same reason. I'd say that makes it OK...eh?:D

[Rumajz]

It certainly is OK if you take above mentioned steps and get a road kill permit. Road killed deer might be the best way to get coyotes to go where you want them. :D

Have fun

Roman

[gregg vannortrick]

thanks guys for the in put I will be putting this info to work this fall if not sooner . I am guessing the rule that i read about was for trapping only.:idea:

[bucko12pt]

Road Commissions are generally in charge of picking up dead deer. I know a few guys that work there and they call me now to see if I want any and they will drop them off at my house. It saves them about a 15 mile drive to one of their gravel pits where they dump them.

I wrap them up in cow fence and use a couple of pieces of rerod to stake them down. The carcass will last a lot longer as they work to get to it thru the fencing.

Set a game cam up and you will get some great pics also.

[Fishigan21]

bucko,

Great idea adding the cow fence. I'll have to try that this winter. We also stake down our deer...keeps the dogs from dragging them away from the blind.

Thanks!
Dan

[GettinBucky]

Are you kidding me.....???? I had no idea you could bait for coyote's!! I'm all over this one. I will deffinately be putting some dog's on dirt this winter. We being over run with them......Can't wait to put the new 204 barrel on the Encore!!!

[Mitchell Ulrich]

...I've used the leftovers from the deer that I get in every year. A few tips that I have learned.

1) Size (of deer or bait) doesn't seem to matter.
2) Keep it light enough to carry in a (1) box or trash bag. (DON'T LITTER)
3) Same bait sites tends to draw better.
4) Rotten bait that gets on your hands can make you sick! (surgical gloves)
5) Really rotten bait wont freeze down. (it will repel woman & some friends)
6) Most deer hunters think that you are spooking deer. (It wont)
7) GREAT source for bait is your local Taxidermist! (unless he hunts coyotes)
8) Non Native game to your area doesn't seem to work as well...Antelope, Wild boar, Elk, ect...and may contribute to the spread of diseases in Mi. So for that reason I refuse to use it.
9) Coyote hunting IS addictive!
10) Night time coyote hunting feels illegal (and is addictive too!)
11) Your Ol 'lady will never believe that you were hunting until sun up!
12) Never have a beer after your done 'yote hunting. (see above tip)
13) Have more than one site location if possible.
14) Stay at least one hour per site, longer the better. (doubles ARE possible)
15) Calling Coyotes is a lot like calling Turkeys..the more you do it the better you get.
16) If I keep listing 'Tips', some of you guys are going to get pissed at me, so I better stop. (even though I could prattle on for a long time)

Mitch

[crittergetter]

Good tips Mitch, especially the one about the taxidermist...very true with the one I sold a fox too, had lots of deer parts.

Now, I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but I thought the new law I thought was, (and since this is for trapping I cannot see why it would be different for baiting coyotes)......We are now supposed to be able to use for bait, any legally harvested game parts as bait for trapping....no longer limited to just fur bearing animals. So why not any road kill?? I see lots of coon, and squirrels on the roadsides. (under the major changes for 2007-2008 section)

[DeerManager]

i use butcher scraps.

Funny story if i may; We (my father, his friend, and I) used to go yote hunting and we'd stop at the local IGA and get a few 10 lb bags of scrap that was being thrown out. Well we got to the register and i was about 16 at the time and the cashier looked at us as to say, "what in the hell are you going to do with that crap," It had bones sticking out of the bag and so on and so forth, after that i pointed to the bone and said to my dads friend (farmington hills cop, huge bodybuilder type) in hill billy accent, I want that bone for dinner! He then proceeds to tell me SHUT UP or you'll get my belt for dinner, do you hear me?

At that point the transaction was done and we were walking out the door in tears laughing hysterically.

Anyway back to your question, old butcher scraps, or a few boned out deer carcasses put back over the bait piles works for us.

[P.C. Tweek]

Could you use other road killed animals too? I would think that any animal besides skunks might work and you may not need a permit to pick them up.
There are lots of smaller animals hit on roads by me.

[Rumajz]

Good tips mentioned above. I would add another one that applies to all of us who hunt in fairly populated areas. Since the safety zone is only 450 feet, there are a lot of homes around (where I hunt anyway) where people will hear you shooting. If you live in a small town and know the local police officers or even if you don't know them, call the local PD (non emergency number) tell them when and where you will be hunting so they know already what's going on when they get a call from someone about shots being fired in the area in the middle of the night.
It might just prevent your hunt from being "spoiled" and an annoying "chore" for a police officer (I would not like hiking during a cold night in the woods not knowing who and why is shooting somewhere at night).

[XHAWKEYE]

I have recently relocated to Michigan from Iowa. There it is illegal to hunt anything at night without the "treed" aid of dogs(coon hunting), you can hunt coyotes at night with night vision or under a full moon(snow really helps here). It has been my experience that a coyote is very weary of anything it didn't kill itself. We have laid out roadkill deer and watched it night after night with nothing but opossum. Then eagles during the day. I have heard though that if you do this type of baiting, that a red light is the best to use. They(coyotes) seem to be less distracted by it. Keep the light between you and them so as not to cast a silhouette. I have also talked to people who have shot at the eyes they see near the bait only to find out they have shot a neighbors farm dog etc. I have my best luck using a call for "yotes". Distressed rabbit works real well along with coyote territory and distressed coyote(like a dog getting it's a** whooped. Calling coyotes is effective almost anytime of the day. It is best at sun-up or dusk, but I have had them come in at all times. When you do this, a usual set is 15 to 20 minutes, then you move a mile or so and call again. This keeps you from sitting in the cold all night for a probability that one may show up. Good luck in whatever works best for you.

Rich

[HoytRLWinstonGuy]

My buddy hunts up north on state land and says theres a spot where guys have been throwing out butchered deer carcasses. Thought those would be good. figured on wrapping a cable around one and cabling it to a tree so they can't drag it off.

[Krackerracing]

My buddy hunts up north on state land and says theres a spot where guys have been throwing out butchered deer carcasses. Thought those would be good. figured on wrapping a cable around one and cabling it to a tree so they can't drag it off.

Down here in the pinckney rec area there are about 30 deer carcassed being dumped. Now the police are potroling the area.:rolleyes:

[BGB]

May be a little late but I found this thread in a search and remember reading this other thread.

You can only use a deer or other game animal for bait if the bait animal is in season. Road kill or otherwise.

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210744&highlight=road+kill

BTW: There is no closed season on porkies or red squirrels which both make good yote bait although a small pile.

[Rumajz]

This only applies to trapping, not hunting over legally acquired bait.


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