What weather is best to coyote hunt in and what is the worst

[Wiscohunter1234]

I am pretty new to the predator hunting and was wondering what weather is the best to hunt coyote in, it’s supposed to be in the negatives tonight and wasn’t sure if it was worth it. What is the ideal weather/wind speed and what is the worst!

 

[KurtR]

The colder it is the better i have done. A decent wind so you know where they will try and circle. When its blowing 25 plus it seems to get alot harder. I am hunting the open prairie of Sodak.

Im getting a thermal for my self for Christmas so getting excited to bust some yotes this winter

 

[RedAtlas721]

I have better success November till june. Mostly november to mid april. Cold snap and then a little warm up and they seem to be more active in my area. South east colorado area. If its cold or snow for more than a week!! Its almost a guarantee i will have one or two a week! Go find a sheep rancher that is lambing. Guaranteed success!

 

[dirtytough]

Weather matters and it doesn’t.

No wind sucks. A steady 5-7 mph is perfect. I love high wind for day hunting. Night hunting I don’t like it if it’s above 15 mph.

Usually when it’s cold it’s easy. Prey distress is your friend. And sometimes they just don’t respond. It can seem perfect and nothing.

I would try to hunt during good conditions. Cold, clear, mild wind, no moon.

 

[Wiscohunter1234]

Weather matters and it doesn’t.

No wind sucks. A steady 5-7 mph is perfect. I love high wind for day hunting. Night hunting I don’t like it if it’s above 15 mph.

Usually when it’s cold it’s easy. Prey distress is your friend. And sometimes they just don’t respond. It can seem perfect and nothing.

I would try to hunt during good conditions. Cold, clear, mild wind, no moon.

We went out last night and it was blowing 25 with a -10 wind chill, seen one coyote through the thermal. Was only able to make three stands before we about froze.

The colder it is the better i have done. A decent wind so you know where they will try and circle. When its blowing 25 plus it seems to get alot harder. I am hunting the open prairie of Sodak.

Im getting a thermal for my self for Christmas so getting excited to bust some yotes this winter

When doing distress calls do you do 4 on 5 off and just continue to play the same distress sound??

 

[Jtb.kfd]

I’m sure each region is slightly different, but for Washington we do well when you have a steady wind that is below 25mph with temps ranging from 15-50. With stronger winds we hunt much tighter to cover, it works but those days are not as productive. The one exception with weather for me is when you have an abnormally cold snap, I won’t even go out anymore in that. For example, the areas we mainly hunt average winter temps from 10-30 degrees for the lows. Last year we had a sudden cold snap that dropped the temps to -15 at night with a high of 0. I went against past experience and tried calling for three days and didn’t see a single coyote. Not even wandering around. Doesn’t make sense, but its what we have experienced consistently over the years. I also prefer cloudy days, but we do well on sunny days.

For calling sequences it kinda depends on how pressured an area is. For the most part we run the call for a minute or two with one call. I will pause for a minute and then replay the same sound usually for another minute or so and pause again for a minute. If we don’t see anything I switch sounds and try again. The total time on stand is 10-15 minutes. This is for coyotes, for cats we run the call almost nonstop for 30-45 minutes.

 

[weekender7]

Rain is the worst.

 

[Wiscohunter1234]

The colder it is the better i have done. A decent wind so you know where they will try and circle. When its blowing 25 plus it seems to get alot harder. I am hunting the open prairie of Sodak.

Im getting a thermal for my self for Christmas so getting excited to bust some yotes this winter

I’m sure each region is slightly different, but for Washington we do well when you have a steady wind that is below 25mph with temps ranging from 15-50. With stronger winds we hunt much tighter to cover, it works but those days are not as productive. The one exception with weather for me is when you have an abnormally cold snap, I won’t even go out anymore in that. For example, the areas we mainly hunt average winter temps from 10-30 degrees for the lows. Last year we had a sudden cold snap that dropped the temps to -15 at night with a high of 0. I went against past experience and tried calling for three days and didn’t see a single coyote. Not even wandering around. Doesn’t make sense, but its what we have experienced consistently over the years. I also prefer cloudy days, but we do well on sunny days.

For calling sequences it kinda depends on how pressured an area is. For the most part we run the call for a minute or two with one call. I will pause for a minute and then replay the same sound usually for another minute or so and pause again for a minute. If we don’t see anything I switch sounds and try again. The total time on stand is 10-15 minutes. This is for coyotes, for cats we run the call almost nonstop for 30-45 minutes.

Thanks brother I had the same thing happen last night with a sudden cold snap and high winds nothing came into range

 

[Wiscohunter1234]

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I have better success November till june. Mostly november to mid april. Cold snap and then a little warm up and they seem to be more active in my area. South east colorado area. If its cold or snow for more than a week!! Its almost a guarantee i will have one or two a week! Go find a sheep rancher that is lambing. Guaranteed success!

have mostly cattle by us but I assume it would be the same concept? Thanks buddy!

Weather matters and it doesn’t.

No wind sucks. A steady 5-7 mph is perfect. I love high wind for day hunting. Night hunting I don’t like it if it’s above 15 mph.

Usually when it’s cold it’s easy. Prey distress is your friend. And sometimes they just don’t respond. It can seem perfect and nothing.

I would try to hunt during good conditions. Cold, clear, mild wind, no moon.

Is it possible to over call if you keep switching it up to bring them in??