new to coyote hunting

[no10ring]

:Welcome: i have a marlin 917 hevybarrel. im tryin to get into coyote hunting this year in the end of the pinky finger area. mostly steep hills and a vast maze of fire breaks. last year was my first year of hunting, so any advise is great.

[waterboy_fishing]

Wow, where to start? As with any hunt keep the wind in your face and with coyotes watch for them to try and circle down wind of you. They trust their nose more than anything. If you can grab a couple of quality videos from Byron South or Randy Anderson. You can learn a lot from just watching and listening to their advice.

[crittergetter]

I highly recommend that you buy a Dan Thompson "Red Desert Howler" Practice, Practice, and Practice with it (remember to keep it tilted up 45 degrees) Nothing irritates a coyote more than another coyote in it's territory. If you're just after coyote, then start out with a howl or two, Then along with a decoy, use a distress call to make them break cover. Play the wind, and cover, don't walk across open fields to your stand and expect the coyotes to come charging in. Don't silhouette yourself by sitting on top of the ridges, but sit down a ways. Read, general coyote calling tips if you haven't yet. Check out predatormasters-dot-com

Most important.....Don't give up...took me 14 stands before I had one respond to the call, and that was with neighbors dog going crazy and barking the whole time I was on the stand.

[uptracker]

Also try those cedar swamps around there in the winter. Take a shotgun with some #4 Buckshot. You may even call in a bobcat, so buy a furharvesters license.....you should buy one anyways just for the sake of it. It helps "us" out.

Check the regs and know them too.

[waterboy_fishing]

I also use a red dessert howler and like it a lot. There are a lot of calls out there and you will have to find one that you can gain the confidence in it. Don't rule out electronic callers. A lot of times I will use them together.

[Ansel]

Wow, where to start? As with any hunt keep the wind in your face....

I am new too...never been once...but I did sit with an old timer last year and he told me to hunt with the wind at my back. I am a deer hunter and this did not make sense to me.

Wind in the face or At your Back.....Can you clarify?

Thank You!

[waterboy_fishing]

I usually set my electronic caller upwind from me so when they try and circle down wind of the sound they might be in between me and the sound. I want them to key in on the sound so if I have to make any adjustments there is less of a chance they'll see me. If you are hand calling looking down wind will cause you to get busted probable before you ever see them. If anything watch the cross wind, where you think they may come from and try to circle around you.

[Cobra]

Generally sit with the wind at my back blowing into the most wide open area available. They'll loop downwind often and distance gives me at least a chance to see them and get a shot. But they will come from anywhere form slow to fast, simply depends on what's going on in their life.

[TheBigEasy]

Take a shotgun with some #4 Buckshot.

"T" Shot is the largest size you can use to hunt coyote at Night. So remember if your going to stay out Late, load up some T Shot. Hevi shot makes a nice load called dead "coyote".

[XHAWKEYE]

I try to keep the wind at my face or at least at a 90 degree angle from me. Coyote are not afraid of a loud call. I use a Wildlife Technologies call and use it at full volume. I have seen them coming from as far as a mile away to it. Change up the call during the set, use a distressed rabbit, territorial and and a distressed coyote sound. 15 to 20 minutes per set the move a mile or so and try again. Sun-up and sun down may be the best times but they will come to a call anytime during the day. To save yourself some time, try going out along the roads near where you hunt at night and do some locating. Drive up, roll your window down, and let loose a few howls from your call. Then listen, most of the time, but not all of the time, you will hear the coyotes answering back in the distance. These are the areas where you want to go call first at sun-up. Good luck!

Rich