flatsticks
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Been on the lookout for coyotes this season and only heard them once in the early stages after deer season was over .
Been scouting around and looking for tracks and finally found some scat along a well traveled trail , foot traffic only a few weeks ago .
Set up a trail cam with some meat scraps in front of it and left it sit for a week in a tiny field.
Saw some deer and had one image at night that looked like a coyote way off just out of range of the camera, looked like a dog shape in the pitch black .
Last week was out looking for more signs as we had fresh snow and found nice tracks and followed them up to a small 100 yard by 30 yard field right off the main trail.
Set up my trail cam in the opposite side of the field entrance .
Went back a few days later and swapped out the sd card and left some meat scraps in front of the camera . rained heavy so that should have helped cover my scent some .
Got home and checked the pictures and lots of deer and did end up seeing a coyote in the early morning in the field , it came in exactly as how the tracks lined up a few days before .
Torn on if i should get out to the spot tomorrow morning as it will be light wind , fresh snow on the ground and any wnd will be in a good direction to cover scent and can leave some scraps and exchange the sd card, if I dont see it
As the weather warm. up the wind will be coming from the south which is the wrong direction and next week wont be able to get more than likely.
I could keep throwing meat scraps there every couple of days but the run the risk or leaving your scent around and spooking it , and I have worked hard to find this one .
Other option might be if I went down the trail more and threw scraps on the other end of the field after going through the woods to get there and do that a few times in the next couple of weeks to keep it going into the field .
What do you all think ?
Been scouting around and looking for tracks and finally found some scat along a well traveled trail , foot traffic only a few weeks ago .
Set up a trail cam with some meat scraps in front of it and left it sit for a week in a tiny field.
Saw some deer and had one image at night that looked like a coyote way off just out of range of the camera, looked like a dog shape in the pitch black .
Last week was out looking for more signs as we had fresh snow and found nice tracks and followed them up to a small 100 yard by 30 yard field right off the main trail.
Set up my trail cam in the opposite side of the field entrance .
Went back a few days later and swapped out the sd card and left some meat scraps in front of the camera . rained heavy so that should have helped cover my scent some .
Got home and checked the pictures and lots of deer and did end up seeing a coyote in the early morning in the field , it came in exactly as how the tracks lined up a few days before .
Torn on if i should get out to the spot tomorrow morning as it will be light wind , fresh snow on the ground and any wnd will be in a good direction to cover scent and can leave some scraps and exchange the sd card, if I dont see it
As the weather warm. up the wind will be coming from the south which is the wrong direction and next week wont be able to get more than likely.
I could keep throwing meat scraps there every couple of days but the run the risk or leaving your scent around and spooking it , and I have worked hard to find this one .
Other option might be if I went down the trail more and threw scraps on the other end of the field after going through the woods to get there and do that a few times in the next couple of weeks to keep it going into the field .
What do you all think ?