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Post by kirch86 on May 17, 2011 23:55:31 GMT -5
My dad called me last night and wants me to start thinning out the coyotes at his place. He left the chickens out a couple weeks ago and he when he came home and 4 were missing and a lot of them were really skinned up. He got woke up in the middle of the night last week from his dog barking. He looked out the back and saw a coyote standing 20 yards from his chicken coop. I have never hunted them in the past. I did manage to kill one last deer season when he wondered by while I was in the stand. Anyways, I am looking to spend some time out there trying to thin them out. What kind of call should I start out with? electronic calling system or get a mouth operated call? Just looking for some tips. He has 24 acres 6 in woods the rest in hay field. Most of his property is surrounded by farm fields. Not sure if I should set up in the woods in a treestand or up by the house/chicken coop. He has a huge swingset about 20 feet from the chicken coop with a nice tower on it that I could use for a blind. Thanks guys. I do realize that I mainly need to use the wind in determining my hunting location, however 90% of the time it comes out of the southwest. Which would work well in both locations.
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Post by Bentwrench on May 18, 2011 8:11:25 GMT -5
I have had to work on coyotes (and other K-9) in livestock farm situations alot. I do not claim to be a coyote hunter even tho I play at it occasionally. But I have been very successfull at what your dealing with. Use the swing set tower & or any other nearby barn or shed. Go sit & wait, let'em come in and have at it. Use a shotgun, I have best luck with #4's. You'll maybe kill one or two but you will start making them think about changing their routine. When you go for this ambush do not use calls. Keep quiet & out of site, let the 1st one get to the chickens if there is more it'll come when the 1st gets things started.
After your 1st encounter with them it maybe acouple nights before they return or if you kill one and burn a couple they may lay off. Now you can try hunting them and that is a different game. Which I'll let soomeone else help with that.
And be sure and put your dog somewhere out of site & secure! Your tower sounds good for vision and will have you shooting which is always alittle safer.
Good luck & let us know how it works out.
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Post by coyote6974 on May 27, 2011 21:27:29 GMT -5
Without knowing the lay of the land around your dad's place, it's hard to say say how I'd set up to hunt them. If its possible, I would try to sit in the tower near the chicken house where I could call them from the woods and fields into the open hay field. If I couldn't sit in the tower I'd set up in a fencerow with the open hay field between my stand and the area I expected the coyotes to be bedding in. Just be sure to stay downwind of where you are trying to call the coyotes from. The best time of day to call is right at first light. Also I would suggest you use a rifle chambered in nothing less than .223.
You can buy a closed reed mouth call for less than 10 bucks. Primos makes a great cottontail mouthcall. It's a plastic green job, I think a #110. I love the one I have, and have called many coyotes with it. I wouldn't spend the money on an e-caller until I knew I was hooked on coyote hunting.
Luck to ya.. Coyote 6974
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Post by sgtwal on Jul 4, 2011 21:34:44 GMT -5
Right now they are feeding pups. Get the adults and the pups are toast. If some birds where skinned up and not killed it may be older pups running with the adults for training.
HOWEVER, do not jump to conclusions on the yotes being the problem. I do ADC for a living and folks are quick to blaim the first critter they see. Look things over real good and look for tracks around the pen. Describe the injuries to the other chickens and let's see if it sounds like yotes just to be sure.
Getting the yotes is a good idea just because there are too damn many of them but that may not stop the problem.
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Post by cdeckard1 on Dec 30, 2011 8:13:06 GMT -5
I have had the best luck with a catnip and a Haydels cottontail. I use electronic calls as well.
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