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Topic: Most Productive Time Of The Year For Coyotes.
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onecoyote
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posted March 15, 2003 05:31 PM
I can only speak from my own experience and only in the southwest. I have found the months of Aug..Sept..Oct..Nov..Dec to be the best months to hunt coyotes, with Nov and Dec being the most productive. Come Jan.toFeb., the count drops off dramatically.(probably because the animals are starting to pair up and have other things on their minds). Do you find this to be true in other parts of the country and what are your thoughts? Good Hunting.
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Silverfox
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posted March 15, 2003 07:11 PM
I usually don't do any calling until the furs prime up and that is toward the end of October here in North Dakota. The predator response seems to hold up pretty good through most of January, but that depends a lot upon the weather and the availability of rabbits, mice, birds, etc. for coyote food. If they have plenty to eat, you will have to use howling to pique their interest. In October and November there are still lots of young, dumb coyotes dispersing throughout the countryside and they are easy to call. After November, the coyotes that are left may very well have their Master's degree in calling sounds and aren't so easy to fool.
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Leonard
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posted March 15, 2003 07:26 PM
I can agree with Silverfox. Most colder climates, mid to late October, and into March; if you take that whole span.
I am pretty sure that Danny is looking at the question from the perspective of sheer numbers, as any contest hunter might?
I have always felt that September and October are the best for high body counts, in some areas that I frequent. In other areas, I feel that the best time is going to be a week before Thanksgiving, until the first of the year.
But, prime fur is (when and where) you find it. "Most productive" means different things to different people.
Good hunting. LB
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Az-Hunter
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posted March 15, 2003 08:35 PM
I agree with the consensus thus far. Although I don't hunt much here in sept, still to damned hot, lots of flies and mosquitoes. My "season" as it were, begins in oct and I keep pounding right up to this time of year. January is usually my least productive time of year. Went out yesterday with a pard to call up another lion, and made a few early morning stands for coyotes prior to hitting the mountains for lion. We made three stands, and called seven coyotes, all came hot and heavy to little rabbit screams. I have best luck during months of oct,nov,dec,feb and march.As far of highest numbers called in a single month, feb is consistently the best for me.
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Q-Wagoner
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posted March 15, 2003 09:22 PM
My season includes only the prim fur season, which runs from approximately November 1 through Valentines Day. I will fudge a day or two on either side of these dates but that is usually it for me. November is always the best for me. I can expect to take at least half of my total seasons take during this month. December is traditionally slow for me because I have hammered most all of my hot spots by then. January is good but the warmer days are much worse in Jan than they were in November. Again in February the hunting is good but things come to a stand still when it gets warm as far as calling goes. In my area you can do well any time with spot and stalk as long as it is sunny.
Good hunting.
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Leonard
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posted March 15, 2003 09:26 PM
I agree with what you say, Az. Except for February. I'm done by the first or second week of that month.
But, mainly, I have to agree with the itty bitty rabbit squeals. I have never needed a howler to get a response in southern Arizona. Of course, I use one, but I sure wouldn't quit and go home if I lost it!
However, to look at some, (or most) of the footage that Rich Higgins has put together, he sure gets some interesting behavior with his howler, actively combined with distress. I spoke with him just a few days ago, and he is going to do a commercial video, and I suggested that he use voice-over, and learned that that's exactly what he intends to do. It would really help to have a narrative, to set it up, along with the visual.
So, all I ask for is a decent shot, and like a lot of people, I totally miss some of the things that (would) happen, with a howler, if I wasn't so intent on killing.
Good hunting. LB
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20t-n-t
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posted March 15, 2003 09:45 PM
Onecoyote,
I had to go get my logs and look through them and give you an honest ansure. I only went back 5 years and it looks like Feb.and March are the most productive months for me here in Idaho. Most of that comes from running a youth hunting program and the hunting seasons for the kids start in mid Sept. and runs through mid Nov. I have little if any time to hunt predators durring this time.
I do think that now is my best time of year hands down. This time of year the options open up and you can use teritoryal instint as well as the ever presant food thing, then you through sex drive into the mix and for me good things happen. I think if your understanding of the time of year and how the changing seasons motivate coyotes, then you will have more success hunting them, season by season instead of just hunting them the same way in march that you did in August.
I hope you guys can make sense of my thoughts.
smote the yote
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Leonard
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posted March 15, 2003 11:23 PM
You know, Sly.
It is actually institutionalized, out here. Our so called "denning season" runs from March through June; no hunting. It's been that way
for fifty years; a policy started by the CSVCA.
I've never hunted coyotes in March.
Weird, ain't it? ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Good hunting. LB
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20t-n-t
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posted March 16, 2003 12:14 AM
Leonard,
No I don't think its weird. I think its a real good rule but we hunt for diffrent reasons,Kinda, I mostly hunt ranches that want them gone. If I was hunting public lands all the time, I would want it that way. the "seed factor" If I was just a fur hunter I would want it that way also.Don't get me wrong, Leonard, I love to hunt the dog as much as anyone but if it was for recreational purposes I would only hunt them when they were prime, say Nov. to Feb. and then I may hunt them with a camera in the off season.
My youngest daughter used to tell her friends that her dad was a " Wildlife control tech who specialized in predation elimination" I have no clue where she got that. My wife said it sounded better than saying you are a coyote killer or a bounty hunter. I said it was sugar coating the truth.
Well come up and spend a week helping me with the sheep killers that are giving me fits any time you want, you know your welcome anytime and God knows I could use the help right now. We are starting to lamb and just as I get a trouble dog out of an area, one moves in to take its place. So far the rancher has lost no lambs and only one calf. I think it hit the ground dead and the coyote was just there to get a meal. Thats not what the rancher says. o well, Its what I do.
smote the yote
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UTcaller
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posted March 16, 2003 11:43 AM
I usually hunt from mid to late Sept. thru January.But like Q said I might fudge alittle one way or the other.The only exception to this is if a farmer/rancher friend asks me to help with a few problem coyotes in May and June.I agree with Leonard Sept. and Oct. are usually my most productive months.GOOD HUNTING Chad.......
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Barry
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posted March 17, 2003 01:40 PM
Is that coffee I smell brewing or......? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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onecoyote
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posted April 02, 2003 10:50 AM
Barry, I don't get the coffee thing? ![[Confused]](confused.gif) Is that what you do in the off season when you arn't calling coyotes? 20t-n-t, I'm with Leonard, I don't hunt coyotes after Feb, but I do call them for fun. They are hard to call in March April and May for me anyways, ![[Frown]](frown.gif) Good Hunting.
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Terry Hunter
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posted April 02, 2003 05:06 PM
Most years September is to hot for me to hunt.For numbers of coyotes killed my best months are OCT and Nov.
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