Coyote hunting, distress sounds or breeding sounds?

Distress prey call. Coyotes hunt every waking hour of their life. Why wouldnt you play on that.

Why do you want to murder coyotes? Have they been killing pets in your neighborhood?

Bob schul country wrote:

Distress prey call. Coyotes hunt every waking hour of their life. Why wouldnt you play on that.

Coyotes are very intelligent, shrewd and cunning animals. I hunt heavily pressured public land and by this time of the year the dogs have been hunted pretty hard and are very well educated. Distress calls that bring them in on a rope in November and December seem to send them running the other way in Jan and Feb. Keeping this in mind their instincts to breed are just as strong as their instincts to feed. For these reason I feel like I've had much better luck this time of year with breeding sounds and coyote vocals. What "distress prey call" do you have luck with this time of year?

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Why do you want to murder coyotes? Have they been killing pets in your neighborhood?

I choose to go through life making educated decisions based on science, biology, and logic rather than emotion.

true conservationist wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Why do you want to murder coyotes? Have they been killing pets in your neighborhood?

I choose to go through life making educated decisions based on science, biology, and logic rather than emotion.

As a fellow hunter, so do I.

The science is overwhelming that removing predators isn't beneficial. It sounds like you're in an area where the excessive levels of hunting pressure are the actual issue.

Sailerman wrote:

true conservationist wrote:

I choose to go through life making educated decisions based on science, biology, and logic rather than emotion.

As a fellow hunter, so do I.

The science is overwhelming that removing predators isn't beneficial. It sounds like you're in an area where the excessive levels of hunting pressure are the actual issue.

I agree that balance is important, but I can assure you that coyote populations in the valley I live in are doing very well. Three trappers this winter have trapped over 500 coyotes in an area that is 15 miles wide and 23 miles long. My family who are ranchers have lost 10 calves this year already to coyotes. This is why biologists for the Department of fish and wildlife classify coyotes at varmints and have no bag limit set on them.

If you want to control their population, stop wasting your time with hunting and build a wall:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170831101505.htm

YMMV wrote:

If you want to control their population, stop wasting your time with hunting and build a wall:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170831101505.htm

I'm familiar with the research, but give it time and someone else will do more research to the contrary. In the mean time if I see a coyote chewing on a $1000 calf I'm going to have a real hard time letting him walk away.

Hunting them is a waste of time.

Shoot them out of the truck window when you see them. That’s about all you can do. When wolves come back there won’t be so many.

true conservationist wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Why do you want to murder coyotes? Have they been killing pets in your neighborhood?

I choose to go through life making educated decisions based on science, biology, and logic rather than emotion.

Well here's a learning opportunity for you.

true conservationist wrote:

YMMV wrote:

If you want to control their population, stop wasting your time with hunting and build a wall:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170831101505.htm

I'm familiar with the research, but give it time and someone else will do more research to the contrary. In the mean time if I see a coyote chewing on a $1000 calf I'm going to have a real hard time letting him walk away.

Set up next to the calves then.

A real rancher wrote:

Hunting them is a waste of time.

Shoot them out of the truck window when you see them. That’s about all you can do. When wolves come back there won’t be so many.

It's not very often that a coyote hangs around long enough to shoot them out of the truck window, but trust me I'll take those opportunities when given. Wolves are problem that I wont get into on a public forum.

Those calf-munchers are illegal alien coyotes. When Trump gets his wall, this problem will be taken care of.

Why would someone want to hunt coyotes? They're cute and not even an animal people eat.

true conservationist wrote:

A real rancher wrote:

Hunting them is a waste of time.

Shoot them out of the truck window when you see them. That’s about all you can do. When wolves come back there won’t be so many.

It's not very often that a coyote hangs around long enough to shoot them out of the truck window, but trust me I'll take those opportunities when given. Wolves are problem that I wont get into on a public forum.

Then they must not be a problem or you are hunting on public land where killing cows isn’t a concern.

Shoot as many as you want. But don’t think you are solving any problems.

Disagree.

The 10 or so coyotes I have encountered on runs/MTB were surprised by me running up on them, and freaked out and ran away.

The only intelligence I detected was their hauling ass away from me.

I regard them as big freakin sissy’s.

I regard Jon Gault in the same light by the way.

As an aside, is your family's ranch privately owned?

Here is a genuine coyote caller.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPfEqn8RTys

My father is a hunter and he brought coyote carcasses from the night hunt many times. By nature, coyotes are nocturnal animals and are activated with the onset of darkness. If you want to successfully hunt coyotes, then you will need a special device such as a night vision monocular https://www.prgdefense.com/night-vision/night-vision-monoculars . This will make your hunt as convenient and successful as possible.