Well I finaly found someone to hunt coyate with. His name is Andy. Anyway Andy and I went out about two weeks ago and did four differnt set, we used a Jonny Walker tape caller with a rabbit in distress call, with a peice of fur and a vibrating kids toy in it. I turned the caller up loud for about ten sec. than back down just so I could here it. The moon was full and since we were hunting close to feilds Andy was carring his 25-06 and I was carring my 10ga. We were both in good camo. I am not sure what we did wrong because we did not see anything. Any tips would be greatly welcomed and used to kill these deer killing criters.
thanks guys

Sounds like you and your buddy have all the bases covered as far as fire power goes. You just have to remember to keep your scent under control as much as possible and watch what way your wind is blowing, but sometimes they just don't come in. I know I've gone as many as 10 sets before I got a coyote to come in. Be patient, pick your set carefully, and watch what the weather and the wind is doing. I know I have much better luck when it's below zero than I do when it's above. Good Luck!

I've never used anything but mouth calls so I can't talk about the electronic ones. I like to set on a call site no more than about 20 minutes. If you don't have yotes coming in by then they are out of earshot or educated and won't come in.

I would run the caller on loud or medium. I call loud and yotes come in. Once you get a coyote coming in I use a squeaker to stop them.

If you get a yote in and shoot it leave it lay and keep calling. Often another will come in. After about 15 or 20 minutes pick up and go to another set.

Like HillBilly says below zero and snow on the ground works well, but out here in Idaho winter is good. I don't hunt when it's raining.

I use a 243 with a sit down bipod and try to find some brush or a hillside that will break up my outline. Camo is ok. I like to find a place that I can see at least a couple of hundred yards.

I've only got a couple this winter so far, but been under the weather. Last year was a humdinger here. My son and I usually run over 50 a winter. I've been doing this coyote thing since I was fifteen.

I'm 59 now and it's just as much fun. It's a great pastime that keeps your shooting skills sharp. I shoot a Ruger #1B in 243 and my son shoots a VLS Remington 700 heavy bbl 243. I've used .223's, 22-250's 220 Swifts and all work well. I don't harvest hides anymore as fur prices have just gone away. We both shoot the 55 grain noslers at around 3900 fps and they work great. It also helps with the deer population.

Here is the country I hunt in.

Well I finaly found someone to hunt coyate with. His name is Andy. Anyway Andy and I went out about two weeks ago and did four differnt set, we used a Jonny Walker tape caller with a rabbit in distress call, with a peice of fur and a vibrating kids toy in it. I turned the caller up loud for about ten sec. than back down just so I could here it. The moon was full and since we were hunting close to feilds Andy was carring his 25-06 and I was carring my 10ga. We were both in good camo. I am not sure what we did wrong because we did not see anything. Any tips would be greatly welcomed and used to kill these deer killing criters.
thanks guys
You djdn't do anything wrong.
I used to hunt them all night long, and always wondered why we would hunt for 3 or 4 hours and have nothing come in, then go to one spot and call in 2,3 and sometimes 4 in one area.
I have come to the realization that you need to hunt when they are hunting. I swear by the soluner tables and its major and minor feeding periods. Too many times, the times at night when we shot dogs coincided with the times of the soluner tables. But like most of us, I go when I can.
During the full moon, especially around a field, I do much better hunting in the evening as the coyotes position themselves for an all night hunt in the fields.
Just my opinion

You djdn't do anything wrong.
I used to hunt them all night long, and always wondered why we would hunt for 3 or 4 hours and have nothing come in, then go to one spot and call in 2,3 and sometimes 4 in one area.
I have come to the realization that you need to hunt when they are hunting. I swear by the soluner tables and its major and minor feeding periods. Too many times, the times at night when we shot dogs coincided with the times of the soluner tables. But like most of us, I go when I can.
During the full moon, especially around a field, I do much better hunting in the evening as the coyotes position themselves for an all night hunt in the fields.
Just my opinion
That sounds great can you tell me what he soluner tables are? I think that the have something to do with the sun and moon but not sure.
thank for the tips

I've never used anything but mouth calls so I can't talk about the electronic ones. I like to set on a call site no more than about 20 minutes. If you don't have yotes coming in by then they are out of earshot or educated and won't come in.

I would run the caller on loud or medium. I call loud and yotes come in. Once you get a coyote coming in I use a squeaker to stop them.

If you get a yote in and shoot it leave it lay and keep calling. Often another will come in. After about 15 or 20 minutes pick up and go to another set.

Like HillBilly says below zero and snow on the ground works well, but out here in Idaho winter is good. I don't hunt when it's raining.

I use a 243 with a sit down bipod and try to find some brush or a hillside that will break up my outline. Camo is ok. I like to find a place that I can see at least a couple of hundred yards.

I've only got a couple this winter so far, but been under the weather. Last year was a humdinger here. My son and I usually run over 50 a winter. I've been doing this coyote thing since I was fifteen.

I'm 59 now and it's just as much fun. It's a great pastime that keeps your shooting skills sharp. I shoot a Ruger #1B in 243 and my son shoots a VLS Remington 700 heavy bbl 243. I've used .223's, 22-250's 220 Swifts and all work well. I don't harvest hides anymore as fur prices have just gone away. We both shoot the 55 grain noslers at around 3900 fps and they work great. It also helps with the deer population.

Here is the country I hunt in.
realy looks nice there. Thanks for the tips I will try them on sunday night.

Sounds like you and your buddy have all the bases covered as far as fire power goes. You just have to remember to keep your scent under control as much as possible and watch what way your wind is blowing, but sometimes they just don't come in. I know I've gone as many as 10 sets before I got a coyote to come in. Be patient, pick your set carefully, and watch what the weather and the wind is doing. I know I have much better luck when it's below zero than I do when it's above. Good Luck!
thanks for the tips hillbilly can't wit to try them going again on sunday

At the N. Maine camp this year, we propped a fellow in tree stand near some scapes who is not exactly Jeremiah Johnson. My buddy, always generous with his doe juice, liberally coated the area the day before, and the 2 of us left him to do some armed hiking.

We got back to camp at dusk and rousted the mountain man from his rack (he hadn't seen anything and went back for lunch) and he regaled us with a tale of 6 wolves surrounding him in the tree.

"Coyotes. Did you shoot?"
"No, I didn't think it was legal."
"We told you last night that you have a license for everything, but moose."
"Looked like wolves. I was surrounded."

I'm not a varmint hunter (we do shoot them when we see them), but we're wondering if the coyotes think that there's a newborn in the area - can't differentiate between the rut and a birth scents? Won't bring them in, but might hold them in an area?

That sounds great can you tell me what he soluner tables are? I think that the have something to do with the sun and moon but not sure.
thank for the tips
They do!
You can usually find them in the sports page on the local newspaper. If not, any newsstand will have the farmer's almanac. There's a good reason farmer's plant by the dark of the moon. Both the sun and moon exert solur radiation and tidal pressure on the earth.
Without going off on a tangent here, fish and wildlife hunt for success and want to exert as little energy as possible in order to do it. ( I'n not talking about deer feeders that go off at 7:00AM and 5:00PM)
I would try to get a copy of John Alden Knight's book,"Moon Up, Moon Down" I think it would really open your eyes about this whole idea.
All of these "How to" Books about hunting, including the tools that you must buy in order to be successful, are a dime a dozen and will have no effect if you are not hunting when the coyotes are hunting.
I know, I know, Most folks just go when they can, but it might help to explain their feeding patterns.

Anyway, good luck, and kill a bunch of them.