Today I made my first coyote hunt of the summer. I had two public land spots close to home in mind for this morning. The spot I wanted to go into, where I located some coyotes a few weeks earlier, was a no-go with the steady west wind. Pretty much, given my entry and where I think the coyotes are, it seemed almost impossible to not get winded. I hit Plan B, favorable wind, but not an area I have located them in the past few weeks. The setups (made just 2, small place) seemed solid and my entry was pretty clean, but I blanked on both setups. I'm still liking this dove stool I picked up from Cabela's for coyotes and possibly for use in a ground blind. It's pretty comfy, quiet, and light weight.
I carried the 870 20ga with 3" turkey loads today, knowing it would be close quarters encounters if anything showed.
I hit them with some coyote vocals with no response. After several minutes, I went into fawn distress and did a few sequences of that. On the first set, I finished with some woodpecker distress, the second set I finished with some pup whines/distress.
The Primos KiYi is the only commercial call on my lanyard. It's sounds so good for the pup stuff that I don't think there's any point in changing it or putting the guts in a wood barrel. It ain't broke. The howls I did on an MFK "Howlin Mofo" diaphragm. The local dogs got going, but no coyotes.
I only had a few hours this morning, so the next trip will hopefully be into the other chunk of public where I have located them. Ideally, I'll locate a night or two before I hunt and pinpoint where they are.
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I carried the 870 20ga with 3" turkey loads today, knowing it would be close quarters encounters if anything showed.
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I hit them with some coyote vocals with no response. After several minutes, I went into fawn distress and did a few sequences of that. On the first set, I finished with some woodpecker distress, the second set I finished with some pup whines/distress.
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The Primos KiYi is the only commercial call on my lanyard. It's sounds so good for the pup stuff that I don't think there's any point in changing it or putting the guts in a wood barrel. It ain't broke. The howls I did on an MFK "Howlin Mofo" diaphragm. The local dogs got going, but no coyotes.
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I only had a few hours this morning, so the next trip will hopefully be into the other chunk of public where I have located them. Ideally, I'll locate a night or two before I hunt and pinpoint where they are.