Signs of Incoming Predator
One of the reasons I like to have a vantage while calling is so I can see any predators coming in and get ready for the shot. Ive also called areas where its flat and the coyote or fox is in your lap before you even have time to position for the shot. If you can have your gun up and ready before anything gets in close than you have the upper hand. This way you won't be seen while trying to move for the shot.
This is why it's important to pay attention to any signs that might let you know something is coming in. I've been on stand seen dove or quail spook, and a rabbit running, immediately after the coyote pops into view. It's also very common to see a crow, raven, magpie or hawk hovering over flying low to the ground, this is a very good sign it's following something and waiting for a kill to happen so it can get grabs on a meal.
On this hunt I saw a rabbit running full speed in my direction. I moved my rifle in the direction of the rabbit knowing that something had to have spooked it. I was all ready and positioned for anything to come over the hill and thats when I saw this coyote trotting in. It had lost focus on me and had its attention was on the rabbit. I gave it one more quick and soft call and it came all the way in. I didn't have to move for the shot, I just followed it in all the way in my scope.
Areas a Predator Will Come From
Once I have found an area to call and I am all set up, I look at my suroundings so I can have an idea of where a coyote is most likely to come from. A majority of the time when I call one in, it comes from the direction of which I expected. This has helped me to have my gun positioned in the most likely direction of which I think a coyote will approach.
If you know there is nearby water out in front of your calling area have your gun pointed in that direction. There may be a wash out in front of you or a thick patch of trees, where a coyote will bed down after a long nights hunt. Coyotes love washes, I can't say it enough! If its an open area or grass land anticipate the coyote to come from a small draw, ravine or some trees. Its also common for a coyote to hang out in the flats and bed down. In the winter months they will lay in the fields under the sun, where they can warm up, see forever and blend in.
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