Yeah. You shoot every single one of the dirty dogs you can every single chance you get. lmao
Probably not as big of an issue as last year. No snow cover. No long cold spells yet. They have plenty of food sources available. I have seen a bunch of critters out lately. I am sure the coyotes are not starving.
rgecko23
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I have seen more squirrels and rabbits in my area than I ever have this year...I dont think the coyotes are hurting for food, at least in my area.
As my uncle was tracking that big male through the woods Sunday morning, he came upon a fox squirrel that was freshly killed and mostly eaten by the coyote he was tracking! All that was left was the tail and some fur.
Positive it was from coyote? I was walking into my stand last Saturday and saw a big hawk flying away from close to my stand. Got into the stand and later saw a fox squirrel carcus. Put two and two together to realize it was the hawk I watched fly off. My point though was simply the fact there are a lot of critters moving around still.
Yeah, 4" of fresh snow don't lie.....he was tracking the yote that, at the time didn't know he was being pursued. He went into a thick area and went running out from behind a big tree and nabbed the squirrel........skinned him right down and ate him like a shishkabob, left the tail and a couple of bones behind and went right on through the woods. It was about an hour later I killed him.
Gotcha. No denying that one. The one I saw had no yote tracks close by. Just the remnants of a squirrel and snow messed up snow around it.
http://www.myfox28columbus.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wsyx_vid_15831.shtml
Couple take aways from the news:
If I see a coyote make noise - translation: shoot the dirty dogs. Guns make noise.
Don't feed coyotes - translation: use a synthetic decoy vs. dragging out roadkill into a field to draw in the yotes. It's much cleaner, and can be used on multiple hunts.
We can live in harmony with coyotes - translation: as long as they're not living.
We need snow in a bad way. It's hard to be successful up here without snow. Long term forecast don't look good either. This will certainly mean more coyotes will survive till next year and there will be more females to breed.
I saw one in the field just off I75 today when taking Geoffrey to school. Tonight I thought I saw one, but it was sitting along the road very close to houses. Could have been a pet out there. If it was a yote, I would say it was the runt of the litter this year. Pretty small. 20lbs max. I need to get after some but like Charles and Chad said, we could really use some snow that sticks around.
Well, if the snow isn't going to come then you just have to go after them...........
My uncle and I killed these 3 coyotes and 1 fox on Saturday. And no, it isn't an optical illusion......that yote is a MONSTER. 54" from nose to tail, 45 lbs!!!
Just for size comparison, those other 2 coyotes were 30 and 32lbs and were about 44" from nose to tail.
That makes 12 coyotes and 2 fox for us in the last 3 weekends.
My uncle and I killed these 3 coyotes and 1 fox on Saturday. And no, it isn't an optical illusion......that yote is a MONSTER. 54" from nose to tail, 45 lbs!!!
Just for size comparison, those other 2 coyotes were 30 and 32lbs and were about 44" from nose to tail.
That makes 12 coyotes and 2 fox for us in the last 3 weekends.
rgecko23
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We killed 2 yotes in Ohio and a red fox in Indiana yesterday. Season totals are 15 yotes and 3 fox.
camofry
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I skin all The one I get with a air hose or if there gut shot to bad I use a golf ball and winch.
Got 2 more yotes......17 total on the year now.
The first one we tracked into my grandpa's 40 acre wetlands. My uncle walked it out and jumped him in some heavy cattails. He came out about 150 yards from me....too far for a shotgun. So he headed for the truck and I got on the yotes track and ended up tracking him for 6-1/2 miles straight through before I finally jumped it on a ditch. I have been on some long tracking jobs in my day, but I would say this was the longest consecutive track I've ever walked. My uncle ended up killing it on the other end of the section hiding along a ditch.
The second coyote was much easier, tracked him into a tall corn stubble and jumped him about a half mile out....shot him running like a rabbit at about 50 yards!
The first one we tracked into my grandpa's 40 acre wetlands. My uncle walked it out and jumped him in some heavy cattails. He came out about 150 yards from me....too far for a shotgun. So he headed for the truck and I got on the yotes track and ended up tracking him for 6-1/2 miles straight through before I finally jumped it on a ditch. I have been on some long tracking jobs in my day, but I would say this was the longest consecutive track I've ever walked. My uncle ended up killing it on the other end of the section hiding along a ditch.
The second coyote was much easier, tracked him into a tall corn stubble and jumped him about a half mile out....shot him running like a rabbit at about 50 yards!