Getting coyotes to commit

[TxLite]

Looking for some tips on night calling coyotes. We pretty regularly can get coyotes to respond back, often close, but most nights we can’t get them to come in.

They just hang back and give us a couple great responses then they just go quiet.

I’ve tried responding back with invitations, challenges, prey distress, etc but usually it’s the same outcome of them going silent and never showing up.

The ones we do kill are generally singles and come in quietly.

Any tips?

 

[realunlucky]

There some really good tips in this Rokcast with Jeremy Dugger-

https://www.rokslide.com/tt51-jeremy-dugger-on-killing-coyotes-and-saving-deer/

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[TxLite]

There some really good tips in this Rokcast with Jeremy Dugger-

https://www.rokslide.com/tt51-jeremy-dugger-on-killing-coyotes-and-saving-deer/

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Thanks, I’ll give it a listen

 

[TxLite]

There some really good tips in this Rokcast with Jeremy Dugger-

https://www.rokslide.com/tt51-jeremy-dugger-on-killing-coyotes-and-saving-deer/

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Some good info in there and some things I’ll definitely try. I usually set up with the wind at my face but the cross wind setup makes sense so you can see the downwind side more easily

 

[Eleven]

Pup distress

 

[TxLite]

Pup distress

Is that something you’re having luck with year round or primarily around the time they’re having pups?

 

[doc holiday13]

Looking for some tips on night calling coyotes. We pretty regularly can get coyotes to respond back, often close, but most nights we can’t get them to come in.

They just hang back and give us a couple great responses then they just go quiet.

I’ve tried responding back with invitations, challenges, prey distress, etc but usually it’s the same outcome of them going silent and never showing up.

The ones we do kill are generally singles and come in quietly.

Any tips?

If you can figure that part out, you'll be the man with highest kill rate on coyotes in history

I don't hunt them as much thes days, but spent plenty of cold moonless nights had coyotes hanging out just on field edges and/or in thick brush out of range. Coyotes are smart A-F. they didn't earn the moniker of "wiley" by getting shot/trapped/fooled easily

 

[TxLite]

If you can figure that part out, you'll be the man with highest kill rate on coyotes in history

I don't hunt them as much thes days, but spent plenty of cold moonless nights had coyotes hanging out just on field edges and/or in thick brush out of range. Coyotes are smart A-F. they didn't earn the moniker of "wiley" by getting shot/trapped/fooled easily

That's fair.

We are probably hovering around a 10% success rate at this point and figured there has got to be something we're missing on the calling side. The area we hunt most often is extremely densely forested with a few open pockets/fields/pipelines, so it limits our visibility substantially. It also gets a lot of human activity during the day so they may just be a little more cautious

 

[justinspicher]

After killing or shooting at coyotes at work, they are rarely around anymore. If we do see them they are at full speed to get out there.

Calling them has been hard, right now they are pretty suspect and avoid us.

 

[omicron1792]

Some good info in there and some things I’ll definitely try. I usually set up with the wind at my face but the cross wind setup makes sense so you can see the downwind side more easily

If you setup with wind in your face they will circle around behind you, smell you, and be gone and you never see them.

 

[TxLite]

If you setup with wind in your face they will circle around behind you, smell you, and be gone and you never see them.

Yeah I have severely miscalculated how far they will circle the downwind side. I plan to start setting up for the crosswind moving forward

 

[MallardSX2]

Use a motion decoy upwind 75-100 yards. Its the best way.

 

[TxLite]

Use a motion decoy upwind 75-100 yards. Its the best way.

Have you had good luck with them at night? I've considered getting one but haven't bit the bullet yet

 

[Skerhunter]

Take a hard look at your set up. If you give them a way to safely approach (think cover or terrain) to get down wind of the call (you still need to be able to shoot there) they don’t tend to hang up like that. They don’t want to approach from up wind or in the wide open and give you the upper hand (only dumb ones do).

If they are close what typically works for me after I get a response is to respond with interrogation howls, the whines, then pup distress. Wait a few minutes between each. If they are let’s say a mile out just proceed with your original plan.

If a group is hung up for a long time but keeps answering I have good success simply cutting the distance on them. Usually they run you over on the first howl.

Challenge howls rarely work for me. The ones I have observed doing it to each other usually results in a long stand off (two drunk guys yelling at each other about how hard they are gonna kick their ass).

Wild card for breeding season - if it is a lone female looking to pair up she will answer you a lot, but typically won’t come in. It will pull lone males into the area but good luck convincing him you’re a better mate.

 

[doc holiday13]

Use a motion decoy upwind 75-100 yards. Its the best way.

This is not really effective for night hunting

After killing or shooting at coyotes at work, they are rarely around anymore. If we do see them they are at full speed to get out there.

Calling them has been hard, right now they are pretty suspect and avoid us.

Yeah I forgot to mention this. Generally once you've killed a coyote at a location, you've burned that spot for about a month or 2 or else they'll be educated really quick. Once they're educated, that spot is useless for at least a year

 

[MallardSX2]

Have you had good luck with them at night? I've considered getting one but haven't bit the bullet yet

Cant say I have ever used one at night but anything would help I would think.

 

[TxLite]

They don’t want to approach from up wind or in the wide open and give you the upper hand (only dumb ones do).

This may be why we are only getting singles to come in vs pairs or a pack. My first night out a few years ago I had 6 come in and was completely unprepared for that (but it got me hooked immediately)

Challenge howls rarely work for me. The ones I have observed doing it to each other usually results in a long stand off (two drunk guys yelling at each other about how hard they are gonna kick their ass).

This seems to be what I've experienced as well before they go silent

If they are close what typically works for me after I get a response is to respond with interrogation howls, the whines, then pup distress. Wait a few minutes between each. If they are let’s say a mile out just proceed with your original plan

I'll give this a shot. I am probably not waiting long enough between calls to pique their curiosity

 

[JF_Idaho]

I always have good luck going to something quiet and whimpering when they're hung up. Think mouse squeaks, voles, etc on a low setting. Sounds like whatever they heard first (rabbit or whatever) is on its last dying breaths.

 

[TxLite]

Cant say I have ever used one at night but anything would help I would think.

I've read their night vision is actually pretty good so it may help on the ones we haven't spotted yet that are observing the field before coming in.

 

[TxLite]

I always have good luck going to something quiet and whimpering when they're hung up. Think mouse squeaks, voles, etc on a low setting. Sounds like whatever they heard first (rabbit or whatever) is on its last dying breaths.

I hadn't considered that, but you make a good point