How often should you visit a productive stand?

[Pinchecharlie]

Iam very new to trying to call coyotes. Like my first time was today lol! I did a little you tubing and reading went out to a place i thought might be good.

I wasn’t expecting to even see any animals more or less have them come in.

I did the call sequence like guys said and Holly crap I was caught with my pants down before I finished the second call in they rushed.

I learned you need to be ready BEFORE you start the process.

Short story shorter. Now I wanna see it again!
After I blew my cover up there I went to another spot did more right but had no luck .

So just curious if you guys have rules about how much you pressure or if the animals now need some time or I dunno?

If you blow your cover and spook them . Should you lay off for awhile or try again?

Also when laying out your set up and the wind. Should you be more concerned sometimes with the cover instead of wind ?

I set up wind in my face and had a good field of view (in that direction) I thought and was surprised when they charged in fast from the side direction a bit side shore to wind?

Just seemed opposite to me and I didn’t see them till it was to late. Super fun and now I wanna do it again lol! Saw a red fox too.

The speaker was straight out at 65 yards in front of that bush kinda. Wind coming straight on and the coyotes came straight in fast from viewers right through that little depression slot.

It’s on me obviously and note to self chamber a round before you start pushing buttons. I chambered a round and they knew it was off and never broke stride. Then disappeared.

That’s the famous cable moguls ranch across the fence where they do not allow coyote hunting and I think there are a few more in there to be had.

I THOUGHT that learning to hunt coyotes would be an exercise in long range shooting and help me with my pursuit of becoming a better marksman. Now I am afraid I’ll need to learn to hit moving targets fast’ lol

It’s very fun .

 

[JacksonBush]

I’ve always given it a minimum of two weeks and I’ve had some luck. More times than not though a month. Chalk it up to a learning experience. We’ve all had similar experiences to yours at some point. I’ve been doing this for 15yrs and still occasionally forget to chamber a round. It happens. As far as long range unless you’re extremely good at anything over 300yds I would probably hold off. Running shots I’m 150 or less unless say I biff that first shot and they’re bugging out then it’s go big or go home. They’re educated now and you’ve got nothing to lose trying.

 

[Jtb.kfd]

I let three predominant factors dictate how often I hit an area. 1. Type of calling. 2. Time of year. 3. Hunting pressure (not just other predator hunting).

1. If I am using a prey in distress or dinner bell type call and either shoot some or blow the stand I generally give it 2-4 weeks before trying again. These stands are generally in very large areas, in smaller tracts of land or private property I would lean on the more cautious side and go a month.
If I am using coyote vocalizations and shoot one or blow the stand I generally go back in sooner than later. Two weeks is more than enough time. I have shot coyotes from a single stand one day and then got more the next day or several days later when using vocalizations. I try to alter the stand location slightly, but these are usually close to known den sites and so you can’t go too far away.
2. During the breeding/pup season (Feb-April) I don’t give areas much of a break. I have a lot of spots I hunt however, but will rotate through them wherever the coyotes are most concentrated. In summer their range spreads out more and I don’t hunt the same stand much as they move all over the landscape. In late summer/fall I am aggressive and will hunt stands multiple times in a two week period. The young ones are off on their own and easy to call in. They can tolerate a lot of mistakes.
In fall through winter I usually let stands go for 3+ weeks before hitting again. You are hunting more educated animals and they catch on pretty quick.
3. Some areas I hunt get pressure from other predator hunters but that seems more concentrated to the late winter. Very few call other times of the year where I am at. But these areas get hammered by upland bird and waterfowlers. This makes predator hunting much harder. I change my stands after 10 minutes of calling and call quieter. It can be hard to get them to commit unless you are really close when you start calling. I do end the sequence with some sort of oddball vocalization that’s loud and short. If there are some around or sneaking in, curiosity can get the better of them and make them pop out for a look.
In the areas I hunt that get little to no pressure of any kind in the winter I treat the stands like spring and give it two weeks or so.

 

[tkhuntsman]

I've got a few traditionally good stands close to home. If I am successful I give it at least 2 weeks. If I have a dry run maybe 3 days. Most of my stands are for coyotes and they move a lot in this area. I have other spots that I hit only once a winter because they arent as good a habitat or I don't find a lot of sign there for whatever reason. I keep a log of my sets and I like exploring new country. Most years I'm about 60/40 previously used stands to new. I probably average 250 calling set ups a year.

 

[Brookj]

I always give them at least 2-3 weeks. Breeding season 1 week.

 

[Coyote Commander]

I think a lot of guys erroneously believe they're calling an area repeatedly and whittling down on the "same" population of coyotes over and over.

Make no mistake, you get ONE chance to kill a coyote the easy way. Especially these days with every swingin dick out there tooting away at them for six months.

I used to think that if you just backed off a coyote(s), gave them a few weeks to calm back down that they'd "forget". I no longer believe that. I don't think an adult coyote every truly forgets, they may take a calculated risk at some point that doesn't work out for them, but they don't forget.

Population density and times of year with maximum coyote movement are the two big factors in how often you can get away with hunting an area.

November through February, lots of dispersal activity, lots of coyotes, a guy can get away with calling spots more frequently and still be getting some response from relatively "fresh" coyotes that have moved in since the last hunt.

June, July, resident, "stale" coyotes that aren't moving around much, areas with extremely low densities, hunting areas repeatedly is just making those coyotes even harder to kill.

It all boils down to having fresh coyotes, because every time a coyote gets engaged and not killed, that coyote gets harder to kill. Especially when they're in familiar territory.

 

[WCB]

It depends... Coyotes come and go. I had a spot this year...killed a coyote first sit and had 7 on the ice with it. Next day 12 yotes on the lake at the same time. Called in 2 killed 1 missed 1. Walked out 200 yards onto the wide open lake to get the dead yote. By the time I got back to the shore 8 yotes standing on the ice. Called in 3 more killed 2. 15minutes after the killing the first one.
Next day after that I called a single in in the same spot but got greedy and passed a shot at 250yds thinking it would come closer. watched 2 yotes leave the lake and head up over a ridge. Got in the vehicle and drove around. located those two yotes and killed them 1 mile from the other spot.

So 3 days in a row had action and killed yotes essentially off the same spot. I attribute this to shooting suppressed and enough coyotes around.

 

[Skerhunter]

It depends... Coyotes come and go. I had a spot this year...killed a coyote first sit and had 7 on the ice with it. Next day 12 yotes on the lake at the same time. Called in 2 killed 1 missed 1. Walked out 200 yards onto the wide open lake to get the dead yote. By the time I got back to the shore 8 yotes standing on the ice. Called in 3 more killed 2. 15minutes after the killing the first one.
Next day after that I called a single in in the same spot but got greedy and passed a shot at 250yds thinking it would come closer. watched 2 yotes leave the lake and head up over a ridge. Got in the vehicle and drove around. located those two yotes and killed them 1 mile from the other spot.

So 3 days in a row had action and killed yotes essentially off the same spot. I attribute this to shooting suppressed and enough coyotes around.

When all of the water is frozen except the middle of a lake, that hunting is about as good as dead piles!