Calling Coyotes

[Thumper Dunker]

Any one here likes to call in coyotes ? The deer hunting here is so so ,so I tried calling predators a few years back with the rifle . Much more fun than hunting deer here. Been trying with the recurve last year and a half much much harder but much more fun. Only got one with the recurv so far but its still a blast trying. Using a rifle seems like cheating now.Ground squirrels are also a kick in the pants tough little targets.

[Ragnarok Forge]

I do so frequently in both western and eastern Washington State.  It works really well. I reccomend getting several of Randy Andersons coyote videos.  During the videos he works thru the calling process he uses.  I expect to call in five or more coyotes every day.  I like his third thru fifth videos best.

[LongStick64]

Love to call in the Eastern Yote's !!! Nothing beats the thrill of having a coy dog run in at top speed looking to snatch up a wounded tree rat or run another coyote off his turf. Calling works if you have a solid plan and don't over do it. Coyote's may be the smartest animal in the woods, never gets fooled twice. By the way I've had them come in looking for deer when I've tried to rattle in a buck or two and even when I use a deer bleat call. Best advise is to sound like the food they are hungry for.

[straitera]

I've hunted coyotes only at night. 1st time I went w/friends & didn't know anything about anyone using a call. Pitch black in the middle of the woods when my pal wailed this dying rabbit scream. I nearly caught the woods on fire! Since, we've called in most everything from deer to coons to coyotes by the dozens. Take nothing illegal after dark. Try it folks. Don't tell any newbe's about the call.

[LAR43]

Have someone several yards behind you call. The dog will come past you looking for the source of the sound.

Larry

[twitchstick]

Dogs are fun to call for sure. If you can afford a good electical call they are great when placed behind you with a decoy placed at 10 to 15 yards away. They are hunted heavy around here because of a $20 bounty placed on them. Its been great for the deer herds but has made them call some what shy. So if you mess up on the mouth call they will hang up. Around here I do better hunting the thicker cover were the rifle guys don't hunt as hard.

[Kid's Pastor]

twitchstick gave you good advice. A good call with a moveable decoy is almost mandatory for archery.

When they come in they are focused on the decoy and you will have a very short window to draw and shoot. If possible find a good partner it will greatly increase your success.

Good luck and God Bless

[Thumper Dunker]

Out here in the central vally they are educated electrics do not work all that great They have herd all the sounds before.I think you can control the mood with hand calls better. I hunt mostly orchards , they love apricots and almonds. Was doing good on them with the 243 ,shoots a little farther than a recurv. But that seems like cheating now. Best decoy I had was a mojo dove decoy. Its a real kick to have them running in on you.

[myshootinstinks]

In past years I've spent hours at this.  When I was 20, (33 years ago),I met up with a man that was a professional at hunting coyotes, Mr Gene Peters.  He worked for the state or federal gov't, ( forgot which), and his job was predator control. He was able whistle / howl like a coyote using only his mouth and hands, no bugle or call. He always wanted a second gun with him because the coyotes would typically come in 2-5 at a time, his calling method was that effective. Once they got within 200 yards or so we would coax them on in with a low volume mouth call.  I have been able to bring them in and have shot many on my own but I never got as good at it as Gene.

    We killed as many with a shotgun as we did with a rifle so there is no doubt they can be called in to bow range.  The problem you're going to have is when you draw the bow, that coyote is going to see your movement, turn inside out, and skidaddle. This may not happen so much with "city" coyotes that are used to seeing people but the coyotes we have here are shot at regularly and they are not stupid.

     It should be a lot of fun though.

[Bonebuster]

I agree with LAR43.

When a 'yote responds to the call, he has the ability to get your location pinpointed even when he is a long ways off. If he doesn`t catch your scent as he approaches, and he finally makes it into bow range, he is on red alert.

A hunter positioned on the likely path is the one way a bowhunter has a much better chance. The 'yote is not looking for you yet, because he already knows where the sound is coming from.

Here where I`m at, daytime 'yotes do not rush into 15 yards and stop. They stop at ranges more like 30 yards,(if they get that close) and when you do get a shot, the 'yote is long gone before the arrow gets to where he was standing.

I love to watch videos where the 'yotes respond, and rush across open areas for hundreds of yards, and continue until they are within easy bow range. I have NEVER seen a coyote do that where I live, while it is daylight. They use every bit of cover possible to gain the wind in their face, and if they cannot get the wind, they probably will not come in, and you better be able to shoot as far as necessary. Nighttime 'yotes are different. They will do at night, what they WILL NOT do during daylight.
My experience anyways.

A coyote killed with an arrow under any circumstances is a true trophy. If you head out with a bow, and some calls and actually call a 'yote in and kill him, then you have done something that I believe is nearly impossible.  

[Gehrke145]

I do it alot!  Once cat season opens on the first I get out and put the miles on.  I got a good speeker and run my sounds of an MP3 player.  For a decoy I use a turkey feather on a chunck of decoy cord with 6 inches of flyfishing backing on the end, to make it move more. I also am one who hunts thick cover.

[legends1]

Give me a call.I have a few good spots up here.I'll show you what works for me.209-854-2475.

[Michael Arnette]

Try getting up in a tree. I have killed several that way.

[Lonehowl]

Thumper Dunker

Im also in Central Kalifornia, here in Porterville/Tulare area. I hunt them quite a bit, make my own calls. Get a few with the ol recurve every year.
Mark