Coyotes For Grabs
Coyote Techniques
Editor’s
Note: If you’ll hunt coyotes and try to help the
landowner get rid of coyote nuisances, many times he’ll
invite you back to hunt deer or turkey on prime lands.
The more you get to hunt with your black-powder rifle,
the more value you receive from the rifle, the better
you’ll shoot, and the more fun you can have. Looking
for opportunities to hunt after deer season ends makes
sense. Coyote hunting during the off-season enables
you to build good relationships with the landowners
whose land you hunt.
When you hunt coyotes, you don’t have to stay
in one place for very long. You can make four to six
setups in a morning and the same number of setups in
the afternoon. Ina day of coyote hunting, you can hunt
from eight to 12 different locations and cover quite
a bit of country. You need to cover plenty of ground
when coyote hunting because a female usually has a home
range of 5-8 miles, with the male’s territory
30-40 miles in size. Young males may relocate more tan
100 miles from their birthplaces.
Camouflage
– The Key
The coyote can smell better than a deer, hear better
than a turkey and see as good as an eagle. So, even
though you’re in a blind, wear a full-camouflaged
headnet, shirt, pants, gloves and boots. More than a
few times, I’ve spooked coyotes either because
I’ve moved or have worn some piece of non-camouflaged
clothing. You can wear all the camo you’ve worn
during turkey season and hunt with the black-powder
rifle you’ve used a deer season to take song dogs
in many states, when nothing else is in season.
Tomorrow: Landowner Relationships
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