Location

Where to Hunt

Where you hunt predators is key to your success.  The best place to hunt is where no one else has been calling and where the most predators are. Which is why I wont tell you where I hunt predators. As a hunter you have to think outside the box in other words think like no one else would do. Just like any other sport it takes practice and time. Get out in the field because that is the best way to learn how and where to hunt.

See habitat page to better understand what kind of wilderness the predators like.

Techniques for finding areas to call:

• Study Maps to know whats legal and not legal. Also find hidden areas that people are not reaching.
• Look at Google Maps to see terrain for hills, to find washes, to see how thick or thin vegetation is for visiblity when calling, and to locate water.
• Call areas that are off the beaten path. I usually like to hunt from stand to stand from vehicle but try walking further for a place to set up.

How to find coyotes:

• Set up a trail camera near water or salt lick.
• Buy bobcat fox and coyote urine and use to lure predators in for finding.
• Siren coyotes for locating. (see Locating)
• Set up on a hill over looking a valley and washes.
• Go spot lighting the night before a day of calling.
• Look for sign especially scat and tracks on roads, fence lines, washes, game trails and water sources.
• Look for scat while driving on dirt roads. Scat is a sign of marking territory boundries. If you find scat park the vehicle and call near by.
• Talk to farmers and ranchers.
• Talk to Game and Fish Officers.
• Talk to deer and antelope hunters. Most of these hunter could care less about calling coyotes especially with there trophy tags to fill. In fact they would love to tell you where to kill coyotes especially since the coyotes tear up the fawn population of the game they plan on hunting for the future

The more areas you have to hunt, the better the predator hunter you will be. If you over call your areas then your success rate will decrease.

Techniques for Calling Different Locations

 

The area I call has a lot to do with how I call it. If I am calling a really open area such as an open prairie, brush or flat desert I always call for a longer period of time. I call longer on stand in these areas because the sound travels further and a coyote could be coming from a ways out.