According to Tim there are 6 tried and true things that one must do in order to be successful on a coyote hunt. The first and foremost one is the same truth no matter what animal you are hunting

• BE PERSISTENT

Too many people simply give up way too quickly. There may be times when you hunt for a full week before you actually shoot anything. Coyotes are cunning and hard to catch. Their biggest defense is wearing out the hunter before he ever fires a shot.

•  PLAY THE WIND

“The most critical thing for the setup, in my mind, is the wind,” Eaton says. “I may know there is a coyote there, but if the wind isn’t right when I'm planning to hunt, I’m just not going to go in. Ninety percent of the time, that dog is going to smell you before you see it. It’s just as important to play the wind getting to where you want to hunt, too. If the wind is carrying your scent toward them, they’re already gone before you make the first sound.”

• BE READY FOR WARM WEATHER

We all know how unpredictable the weather can be. This makes hunting for Coyotes tougher

“They don’t usually move as late when it’s warm,” Eaton says. “And generally, they’ll bed up on thicket edges where they can catch a good breeze and lay in the shade. The opposite is true on really cold days. Coyotes will bed deeper in cover, out of the wind.”

• RESPECT THE SETUP

“It’s good to know how your land lays. Knowing what is within a half mile of you will help determine from what direction those dogs are going to approach you,” Eaton says.

Setting up within a 400-500 year radius of a coyote bed is suggested. Also having an extensive knowledge of the terrain BEFORE you make your first call will help.

“If you don’t set up to where you can see over a break or down each side of a point, coyotes will come in and you’ll lose them, with no idea where they’ll pop up at,” Eaton says.

• SOUND SCARED

“Generally, I’ll start out soft and then work my way up in volume from there,” he says. “I call in 30- to 60-second sequences. After eight or 10 minutes, I’ll go to a much louder call. You can change the pitch by where you’re at on the reed, and the volume by the length of the horn (your hand positioning) on the call.”

• GET GROUND

“Having access to a lot of land is a great benefit because you can’t go into the same territory day after day or week after week,” Eaton says. Fortunately, it's usually easy to get predator-hunting access. “Many property owners and farmers won't let you in during deer or turkey season, but they will let you hunt coyotes at other times of the year,” he says. “Take care of the land and treat the property owners right. Do that, and most of them will let you come in and coyote hunt.”

Sportsman's Notebook: Tips for Eastern Coyote… by FieldandStream

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Source: Field & Stream