Predator hunting

[BRUTUS IS A BEAST]

This is a female coyote that my dad shot off the tractor the other day by the barn at about 5 pm. It was eating after birth for like 15 minutes. I've been seeing quite a few of them lately but this is the time of year I always see alot.

[ballboy1]

I like the .17 caliber. Nice hard hit, very accurate. My dad and I bought one last year.

[Mercerville Monster]

I would say go with the Johnny Stewart Electronic call. It seems to get them going. Other good calls are the Primos mouth calls made by Randy Anderson. They work good, take a little while to get use to, but you pick up on them quickly.

Coyotes are very smart and can tell the difference if you are not experienced so I would go electronically first. If they know its you calling they will stay in the woodlinew and howl at you but if they think it is a real animal, they will come running at you usually full speed.

Camo is another think you have to consider. They have very good eyes so you must wear camo like you are Turkey hunting with your face covered and its best to have something blocking your body like a hay bail or something. All that should be exposed is your gun and face.

And NEVER hunt downwind of a coyote. You wont even see them because they will smell you so quick. Always hunt in a crosswind. That gives you the best results.

Coyote hunting in this part of the country is VERY challenging. There not even close to being overpopulated and are very smart. It is probably the most challening animal to take down, that is what makes it a thrill, and the fact that they are dangerous. Just the other day on the news they showed where in California, a coyote snatched up a baby that was outside playing but dropped it before it could get it in the woods.You see these guys on video killing coyotes at will, that is because they are hunting out West or in Canada and the coyote population in those places are like the deer population around here.

[Mercerville Monster]

Have you went out after some Yotes yet Bassmaster?

[Bassmaster]

I have went out and called a few times with no success. I've spent most of my spare time turkey hunting so maybe now I will have more time but I am also wanting to fish.

I had a yote come in Friday morning when I was using my mouth call. He spotted my hen decoy from around 150 yards out and he came right towards it and then dropped out of site in a dip before he came all the way in. He must have winded me or saw something he didn't like.

[Mercerville Monster]

I had a yote come in Friday morning when I was using my mouth call. He spotted my hen decoy from around 150 yards out and he came right towards it and then dropped out of site in a dip before he came all the way in. He must have winded me or saw something he didn't like

Yeah that happens frequently. Yotes really like Turkeys and that decoy helps out alot. They say always use a decoy so the coyote will keep his eye on that instead of you. I guarantee if you would have had one of those Turkey decoys that moves you would have bagged that Yote. That seems to be when everyone kills them is during Turkey season, They love them for some reason.

[Bassmaster]

Wild turkey is one of the best tasting meats that I have ever eaten. I made a batch of turkey jerky a couple of weeks ago and it was delicious

[kantuckyII]

I've never owned a dog that didn't love turkey (domestic but?)...they'd about attack you to get that turkey meat. When I was a kid, we had a cat that never bothered anyone during dinner but when we had turkey, we had to put him outside because he'd try to jump on the table to get that turkey...could that by with the coyote likes it too?

[Mercerville Monster]

I've never owned a dog that didn't love turkey (domestic but?)...they'd about attack you to get that turkey meat. When I was a kid, we had a cat that never bothered anyone during dinner but when we had turkey, we had to put him outside because he'd try to jump on the table to get that turkey...could that by with the coyote likes it too?

Very well could be!!