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??

 

[dirtytough]

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

For sure. Although calling longer works sometimes.

I was day hunting with a buddy. Almost right away a couple coyotes pop over a ridge 650 yards away. They sit down. I wasn’t in a good position to shoot that direction. My buddy rolls through sounds and nothing. One walks off. I tell my buddy to pause the call so the other one will leave. Once it goes over the ridge I’m going to run up there and kill them.

He pauses the call. It walks a few yards and sits behind a bush facing us. After a 5 minute stare down I tell my buddy to kick on another prey distress. As soon as he turns it on that coyote came on a run.

A lot of times calling for cats I call them in at the 25-45 minute mark. No pausing really. 6-8 minutes then I change distress sounds.

 

[TheGDog]

Most important is your sit-spot and your FOV at that sit spot when you do a Coyote set.

Cause sometimes, like if you're in a widened-out opening within the middle of a Juniper "Orchard".... when you're calling them in to a particular Juniper where you've stuffed your eCaller into it at about chest height, so the coyote comes up to the tree, then has to stop and pause before he then attempts to raise-up on his hind legs to per chance investigate up into the tree there.

Some times they can be leary about crossing an open space like what I've engineered by shoving the eCaller into that particular Juniper... found within this widened-out, opened-up area nestled within this "Orchard" of Junipers.

So... I say the FOV is very important because what you also sometimes get.. is that you HAVE called one in!... but... he's being cautious and leary about the final approach.. so you'll likely see him at the base of some Juniper around the edge of your FOV, looking in the direction of your eCaller.

And when it comes to sounds to try when typical stuff doesn't seem to be working, another thing I like to do is pay attention to what kinds of birds are farting around in the area. Like if there's Scrub Jays... maybe try playing distress of one of them, AFTER... you've tried your other things like prey distress, pup distress, yada yada.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

This is 100% regional and micro climate dependent.

 

[Wiscohunter1234]

For sure. Although calling longer works sometimes.

I was day hunting with a buddy. Almost right away a couple coyotes pop over a ridge 650 yards away. They sit down. I wasn’t in a good position to shoot that direction. My buddy rolls through sounds and nothing. One walks off. I tell my buddy to pause the call so the other one will leave. Once it goes over the ridge I’m going to run up there and kill them.

He pauses the call. It walks a few yards and sits behind a bush facing us. After a 5 minute stare down I tell my buddy to kick on another prey distress. As soon as he turns it on that coyote came on a run.

A lot of times calling for cats I call them in at the 25-45 minute mark. No pausing really. 6-8 minutes then I change distress sounds.

No kidding! Thanks for the info

 

[Wiscohunter1234]

Thank

Most important is your sit-spot and your FOV at that sit spot when you do a Coyote set.

Cause sometimes, like if you're in a widened-out opening within the middle of a Juniper "Orchard".... when you're calling them in to a particular Juniper where you've stuffed your eCaller into it at about chest height, so the coyote comes up to the tree, then has to stop and pause before he then attempts to raise-up on his hind legs to per chance investigate up into the tree there.

Some times they can be leary about crossing an open space like what I've engineered by shoving the eCaller into that particular Juniper... found within this widened-out, opened-up area nestled within this "Orchard" of Junipers.

So... I say the FOV is very important because what you also sometimes get.. is that you HAVE called one in!... but... he's being cautious and leary about the final approach.. so you'll likely see him at the base of some Juniper around the edge of your FOV, looking in the direction of your eCaller.

And when it comes to sounds to try when typical stuff doesn't seem to be working, another thing I like to do is pay attention to what kinds of birds are farting around in the area. Like if there's Scrub Jays... maybe try playing distress of one of them, AFTER... you've tried your other things like prey distress, pup distress, yada yada

Thanks brother hopefully I can put one down this weekend!