Should we try coyote hunting???

[peytonbowling]

My friend and I are thinking about getting some calls and other gear and take up coyote hunting. They are a lot of coyotes around were we live and it would be something fun and challenging to do. Any advice or tips? How hard is it to call one in? What are just some of the basic things we need to know? Any info would be great! Thanks

[weedwalker]

Yes, you should try it. It's fun. You don't need a lot. A 12 gauge shotgun with #2 or bigger shot, (I use BB shot loads), or a rifle. Your deer rifle will work just fine. A rabbit distress call. There are several to choose from but they all sound somewhat similar. I like the Haydels "Babby Rabbit" call. About $8. I like the Primos "Lil-Dog" set of open reed calls too. About $17. They take some practice but will make any sound you need for hunting. Get a coyote hunting DVD and watch it and you'll get an idea of what you need to be doing. Any Randy Anderson DVD, or Brent Saxtons "Calling In the East".
Wear camo like you're turkey hunting and sit against a tree or bush in the shade to break up your outline. Sit still. Any movement will give you away. Coyotes will usually circle you to get downwind of you. Try to shoot them before they get to that point. When they smell you, they're gone.

[peytonbowling]

Thanks for all of that information. We're gonna start on it after the fall turkey season. Thanks again.





Yes, you should try it. It's fun. You don't need a lot. A 12 gauge shotgun with #2 or bigger shot, (I use BB shot loads), or a rifle. Your deer rifle will work just fine. A rabbit distress call. There are several to choose from but they all sound somewhat similar. I like the Haydels "Babby Rabbit" call. About $8. I like the Primos "Lil-Dog" set of open reed calls too. About $17. They take some practice but will make any sound you need for hunting. Get a coyote hunting DVD and watch it and you'll get an idea of what you need to be doing. Any Randy Anderson DVD, or Brent Saxtons "Calling In the East".
Wear camo like you're turkey hunting and sit against a tree or bush in the shade to break up your outline. Sit still. Any movement will give you away. Coyotes will usually circle you to get downwind of you. Try to shoot them before they get to that point. When they smell you, they're gone.

[KentuckyWindage]

weed- I thought it was illegal to have anything larger than #4 shot in the field here in the commonwealth. I could be wrong, but I'm almost sure that's what I read in the new hunting guide.

[k-9 krippler]

My friend and I are thinking about getting some calls and other gear and take up coyote hunting. They are a lot of coyotes around were we live and it would be something fun and challenging to do. Any advice or tips? How hard is it to call one in? What are just some of the basic things we need to know? Any info would be great! Thanks


Deffinatly a good idea. I wish I had started years before I did. Coyote hunting is the bomb man. Once you figue out how to put it all together you will love it. Take deer & turkey hunting roll it up into one and that's what it is. you can hunt them all year long no preassure to get it all crammed into two weeks. The respond to a call, somtimes running in your lap and other times circling down wind at 500 yards. I have called in and killed yotes in every month of the year. When the lake is so full of Buckeyes that I want to throw up, I go coyote hunting.

[KentuckyWindage]

Yes, you should try it. It's fun. You don't need a lot. A 12 gauge shotgun with #2 or bigger shot, (I use BB shot loads), or a rifle. Your deer rifle will work just fine. A rabbit distress call. There are several to choose from but they all sound somewhat similar. I like the Haydels "Babby Rabbit" call. About $8. I like the Primos "Lil-Dog" set of open reed calls too. About $17. They take some practice but will make any sound you need for hunting. Get a coyote hunting DVD and watch it and you'll get an idea of what you need to be doing. Any Randy Anderson DVD, or Brent Saxtons "Calling In the East".
Wear camo like you're turkey hunting and sit against a tree or bush in the shade to break up your outline. Sit still. Any movement will give you away. Coyotes will usually circle you to get downwind of you. Try to shoot them before they get to that point. When they smell you, they're gone.

As an avid coyote hunter, the only thing I would add to this (aside from the previous question about shotgun loads) is try to get in some rather open woods (with thick cover relatively close around) where you can get a clear shot rather than hunting open fields (at least until it gets really cold).Yotes love cover, and move much better where they feel comfortable. If you're hunting open fields, you'll get a lot of hangups (yotes that stay just out of range, where you either can't see them or can't get a shot off).

[Jimmie in Ky]

Other than turkey season you can use shot up to bb in size. During turkey seasons you are limited to shot smaller than size four. Hope I cleared that up for you.

And definately set up with that open field at your back in the edge of the woods. Preferably at a corner or other intersection of the woodsline. By using outside corners you can limit the likely trails the coyote will use to come in. Thereby limiting the amount of movement you have to make and the amount of ground you have to keep a good watch on. Jimmie

[weedwalker]

weed- I thought it was illegal to have anything larger than #4 shot in the field here in the commonwealth. I could be wrong, but I'm almost sure that's what I read in the new hunting guide.

I was wondering the same thing. So I e-mailed the KDF&W and they told me it was legal to use anything smaller than .24 inches, which is the size of #4 buckshot (not #4 shot). You can use "T", "F", "BB", or anything smaller than #4 buckshot.
This is for general statewide hunting. Some WMAs have different regulations.