Yote hunting

[embry112]

Any Coyote hunting tips for wide open land or coyote hunting in general? I would be pleased with any tips that will help me bag my first yote with my new .270

 

[JoeMal]

Dunno anything about hunting laws in AZ but a few things that come to mind are a predator call and bait (if it's legal). A known area where yotes have been spotted would help

 

[embry112]

I have multiple hand calls and one electric caller but i stil need to know where they are.

 

[husker]

Yotes are all over out in the dessert. Find your self a nice high spot that you can watch out to 500 yards or so. Make sure you clothing kinda blends in with your surroundings, & move as lil as possible. Watch your down wind if using hand calls. If using an E-call? Set up the E-call where you want it. Then move your self 15-20 yards down wind of the E-call. Dogs are gonna wanna circle the wind & get a sniff of what ever they hear screaming. Be careful to not educate the dogs to your hand calls & E-caller. If you are sure the dog has busted you before you ever hit the calls. DONT start throwing out your calls.The dogs wont come,they busted you. & now they heard your call & will never come to it. You just educated them. If busted,best to just leave & go set up somewhere else. If a dog is being lazy or slow when coming in don't move. Wait till the dog get's to a trot. Then move ever so carefully if you have to. If the dog is stopping & looking behind its self,you can be sure another 1 is coming to. Be patient you might get a double or hat trick.

When using hand calls . Get your self a set of good rifle sticks. That way you can keep the rifle at the ready with one hand & the other hand is free for the call. I keep the call close to my mouth at all times as to keep my body movement as lil as possible

Next thing I would do is. Invite Husker to AZ for a good old dog shoot. Always wanted to do some night hunting in the dessert

 

[Birdhunter1]

I hunt some wide open fields and I have found it best to sit patiently and glass everything real good and watch and see what is out there before calling. When I am confident nothing is out there then I will call.

 

[husker]

Yup/ thats great advise Bird hunter
patient is #1

 

[Birdhunter1]

I thought I typed it but I guess I didn't.

I find it just as amusing to pick off a coyote that is sleeping at 300 yards as it is to call one in and shoot it at 50 yards. If you can find a ridge and just pop over it and start glassing without exposing your body to plain view you'd be surprised how often you can find one laying somewhere. Sometimes from there you can sneak closer, sometimes you can call them and sometimes you just get to take a long shot. Either way it hones your skills.

 

[Bobson]

In case you didn't see this (from the "Maine Yote Hunting" thread):

Here is some information on coyoter hunting. Hope this helps.

http://www.wcp-nm.com/coyotes/

 

[BP Hunter]

husker,

thanks for your important contribution. I have hunted on this same spot for awhile. Twice with 2 different calls within a month, I called in a coyote but was not close enough to shoot. I went 2 days ago and used the same call...and you were right, nothing showed up. And that was what I was suspecting, the coyote must have recognized my call. I wil give it a few more weeks and return with aother call.

 

[husker]

keep me posted on how things go. Howling is another great way to go. I have kinda moved in this direction the last couple winters. Its a lot of fun to learn how to use. I have thrown a couple challenge howls out & literally had a male come at me on a dead run. Damn near ran me over.

& like Birdhunter1 said. get settled in & glass over the aria real good before you start tossing out sounds.