Coyote problems

[Soilarch]

Yep, time for "open season" to be declared.

There's about a million ways to go about it but around here it seems the most "productive" way is to do it at night with a remote electronic call and a shotgun with #4 Buckshot.

(MAKE SURE that night-hunting season is "in" for your area and electronic calls are legal.  Back home in Illinois it's year round for day hunting but not for night, and all electronic calls are a no-go.)

[the not so straight arrow]

ny is good to go with night hunting but no electronic calls. i know some guys set up bait piles in other areas where its legal. could try that if its ok legally speaking where you are. just pick em off as the come in, use a big ol light with a ed filter ( they wont spoke to that ive heard) and then just use that scatter gun with some number 4 like soilarch siad.
but then again i prefer to stick to my traps.
good luck fella
-cory

[snag]

A friend killed 132 coyotes here in eastern Oregon last year...with a thunderstick...aka rifle.

[pintail_drake2004]

i know a guy who shoots 100 yotes every year from 1 county. I have hunted with him a few times he is good at what he does. Get ya an E-caller, and a good fur frendly rifle. Skin them things out when ya shoot them. Easy to put up and well worth it in the end when the fur checks roll in!!!

[the not so straight arrow]

pintail's right. get cha cash for all that hard huntin! first thing i buy with it every time is new broadheads lol, could ya honestly think of a better use than bowhunting money?
-cory

[WidowEater]

I have no ethical problem with hunting them with lights where permitted, baiting where permitted, using dogs where permitted, and trying to hit them with my car.

They need to make it legal to carry a rifle with you while bowhunting so you can reach the ones way out there.

[Teacher_of_the_Arcane]

Hi All,

Back about 1965 only Upshur County, West Virginia had coyotes, and no-one was quite sure how they got into the middle of the state untracked.  They were hitting poultry and lambs, and had attracted a couple hundred hunters, including a couple of professionals hired by the state.  I don't know if anyone ever got those rascals...best guess was there were three.

These days I believe we have coy-dogs, as they're a lot bigger than any coyote I've ever seen.  I've had a few of my students bring pictures of their kills.  

Take care, you don't want to be dinner!!

[rg176bnc]

Got bad news for ya the furs aint worth squat this year.  Might sent them to the tanner and do better.  Find a trapper if your not interested in trapping them your self.  If you are interested and its legal snares are the way to go. Once you get the learning curve down and get a system you can run 200 a day pretty easy.

[TroyH]

A week and a half ago I shot one with my bow.  Tracked him for 300 yds but finally lost the trail.  I'm pretty sure he's dead, arrow through the vitals and lost lots of blood, probably liver shot and maybe more.
Anyway, that evening shot a buck and a few days later cut the antlers off the head.  I tossed the head over the back fence, 30 yds from the back door.  I always put out my camera on the fence to see what comes up, and here is what I got the next morning.

 

[Soilarch]

Originally posted by WidowEater:
I have no ethical problem with hunting them with lights where permitted, baiting where permitted, using dogs where permitted, and trying to hit them with my car.

They need to make it legal to carry a rifle with you while bowhunting so you can reach the ones way out there.

Don't know that I'd TRY to hit one with my truck but I sure have spent a lot of time wishing I had my 22-250 with me!!!!!!!!  

But it does feel strange having a weapon that makes 300yards a "chip-shot" when you grew up only hunting with a bow, a shotgun, and a .22lr.

[LeeNY]

The last 2 years at my Son in laws farm coyotes out number the deer or so it seemed.

So starting in January we changed the coyotes diet from Venison to lead (a more traditional coyote diet). Between 3 (grandson also) of us we managed to trim the area by 22 coyotes.

The instant result seems to be more deer. Last year according to my journal I saw exactly 0 deer for 8 times out. This year 3 times out and 2 bucks, 6 doe and 5 fawns.