Coyote in my driveway

[Appalachiannative]

We get visitors regularly at my place. Bears, Deer, bobcat or two. Aside from the bear tearing up the inlaws bird feeder, they live next door, it ain't a problem. Other night though I caught a coyote snooping around at the base of the porch right in front of me. Took off soon as I stood up but I'm just wondering how to I bring em back when I'm ready for em? Bait, call, set up an ambush? Any ideas?

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Generally speaking, food baits usually are not an immediate draw. You could set out bait and wait in place for hours or potentially days if the coyotes in your area don't happen to take notice of it. I have had cameras on dead hogs where coyotes were there on the first night after being killed and the hog was torn apart and dragged off on the second night. I have had a hog that remained untouched in a field for 2 months. Baiting would be a better option for a trap that you are not having to constantly watch.

Calls, however, if they generate a response, it tends to be within minutes, not hours or days. Many coyote hunters will do stands at a given location for only short periods of time before moving to another spot. Some will run calls for up to a couple of hours. I think the latter folks are generally not hunting properties well suited for changing locations.

Run your calls for say 10-30 minutes and turn it off and wait for an equal amount of time as sometimes they will come in after the call stops. Repeat as necessary and time permitting.

If hunting in day time or low light, consider a wiggler to go with the call as it will add visual stimulation to draw in a curious coyote that has come to see what is making the noise.

Of course, if you are porch hunting, simply always be wary and have your rifle ready and ambush as the opportunity presents (taking into account all proper safety precautions, of course).

 

[Appalachiannative]

Generally speaking, food baits usually are not an immediate draw. You could set out bait and wait in place for hours or potentially days if the coyotes in your area don't happen to take notice of it. I have had cameras on dead hogs where coyotes were there on the first night after being killed and the hog was torn apart and dragged off on the second night. I have had a hog that remained untouched in a field for 2 months. Baiting would be a better option for a trap that you are not having to constantly watch.

Calls, however, if they generate a response, it tends to be within minutes, not hours or days. Many coyote hunters will do stands at a given location for only short periods of time before moving to another spot. Some will run calls for up to a couple of hours. I think the latter folks are generally not hunting properties well suited for changing locations.

Run your calls for say 10-30 minutes and turn it off and wait for an equal amount of time as sometimes they will come in after the call stops. Repeat as necessary and time permitting.

If hunting in day time or low light, consider a wiggler to go with the call as it will add visual stimulation to draw in a curious coyote that has come to see what is making the noise.

Of course, if you are porch hunting, simply always be wary and have your rifle ready and ambush as the opportunity presents (taking into account all proper safety precautions, of course).

So you mean some kind of electronic call? I don't know anything about coyote hunting forgive me please lol. I have a flex tone deer call that can make a fawn distress call. Think that might get anything? Also that's a great idea sitting around with the rifle. I spend a lot of time out there after dark as I'm a night owl

 

[rayatphonix]

I live in WNC and haven’t had much luck with coyotes. They’re plentiful in my area, but it’s very hard to predict when they’ll be around. I may see one or two during daylight hours, but they’re very active at night. I saw 5 or 6 together about 2am a couple of months ago. I’ve come to the conclusion I’ll need some type of night vision to be very successful. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

 

[FL-NC]

You could put a road killed animal out as bait- use some wire to tie it down so the critter can't just grab it and run easy. There are small motion detectors sold online that transmit to a receiver. Keep the receiver in the house where you can hear it, and when it goes off, grab your gun and take care of business.

 

[entropy]

So you mean some kind of electronic call? I don't know anything about coyote hunting forgive me please lol. I have a flex tone deer call that can make a fawn distress call. Think that might get anything? Also that's a great idea sitting around with the rifle. I spend a lot of time out there after dark as I'm a night owl

Yes, and it doesn't have to be expensive. (They fancy ones get into the hundreds of dollars. Just get one of these:

https://www.google.com/shopping/pro...K9B41R2VrRVo3Blp8cUv7XPwzIGdIfIQaAtoNEALw_wcB

When I bought one of these, they were $10. Now up to $30. But it will still call in coyotes as well as the bigger electronic calls:

https://www.gofoxpro.com/products/digital-game-calls/shockwave

Add in one of these,

https://www.luckyduck.com/quiver-critter-with-metal-stake/

and be prepared for some fun!

 

[AK Hunter]

Just put out a bowl of dog food. Remember the only good coyote is a dead coyote.

 

[ericuda]

Coyotes are survivors and not stupid.

 

[entropy]

But they can't resist a rabbit distress call, and with the house at his back, it eliminates the coyote being spooked when it circles. Dog food will only attract coons and possums.

 

[Appalachiannative]

But they can't resist a rabbit distress call, and with the house at his back, it eliminates the coyote being spooked when it circles. Dog food will only attract coons and possums.

voles chipmunks and neighbors dogs as well ha ha ha

 

[Appalachiannative]

My only concern about the call is it will probably make the local dogs go crazy. But then again they were baying and barking the night I spotted it. Also with bait I'll have to retrieve is each morning or it will be a dog treat. Thing I'll go with the call or maybe just use a small bait with the motion detector

 

[Chuck R.]

Coyotes are survivors and not stupid.

My experience exactly!

I've got a pair in my "backyard" that a couple of us blew a chance on last year while calling, we had them run in, one of the guys missed. We basically gave them an education, and they've now become call shy. I've used the same call sequence in other areas with great success. It looks like I'm going to have to either luck into an opportunity, or go the trapping route.

Meanwhile last week while deer hunting I watched one work a field for close to 40 minutes. He came within 60 yards of me a couple times. Probably a good thing that i left him in the gene pool.

When we hunt them, we'll set a "stand" for 15-25 minutes and then move to a new location when we don't get a response. I don't normally hunt them till post our late doe season the 2nd week in JAN. It is a lot of fun when they run into a call, a couple times and you'll be hooked.

 

[1942bull]

The problem with baiting with food is that it will likely draw a variety of scavengers long before it draws a coyote. Bait food could also bring that bear that tore up the lawn back. You would just be attracting a different set of animals to your property instead of the coyote. Maybe you ought to simply discourage it from coming around. You can do that by setting out ammonia soaked rags in open plastic bags. Most mammals including humans are repelled by a strong smell of ammonia. It also works on snakes. Once the smell starts to wear off just add more ammonia. Use household ammonia because greater concentrations of ammonia can present a health risk. Of course if you have outdoor pets don’t do it.

 

[alsaqr]

Yes, and it doesn't have to be expensive. (They fancy ones get into the hundreds of dollars. Just get one of these:

IME: Those inexpensive calls work very well; especially the rabbit in distress call.

Coyotes here seem to hear gunshots as dinner bells. Coyotes have beat me to deer killed 150-200 yards distance. Next time you harvest a deer, set up on the gut pile: Works for me about 50 percent of the time.

 

[Appalachiannative]

The problem with baiting with food is that it will likely draw a variety of scavengers long before it draws a coyote. Bait food could also bring that bear that tore up the lawn back. You would just be attracting a different set of animals to your property instead of the coyote. Maybe you ought to simply discourage it from coming around. You can do that by setting out ammonia soaked rags in open plastic bags. Most mammals including humans are repelled by a strong smell of ammonia. It also works on snakes. Once the smell starts to wear off just add more ammonia. Use household ammonia because greater concentrations of ammonia can present a health risk. Of course if you have outdoor pets don’t do it.

I've got a dog and my father in law has 4 intacked female hunting dogs pinned up outside that run loose by day so the ammonia ain't gonna work. What with his dogs not being spayed I'm worried about making coydogs. Also I kinda want the sport of shooting one. Never have before
Make a nice pelt to hang up in my office (garage)

 

[Ranger99]

. . . Remember the only good coyote is a dead coyote.

Pretty much it ^ ^ ^ right there
Folks that haven't suffered damage from
varmints like coyotes and feral hogs and
such don't know of the destruction and
property loss they will cause
You could kill them until you grew tired
of it and still not make an appreciable
dent in the population. You probably wouldn't see as many because they'd go
nocturnal and grow more wary, but they'll
be back eventually if you let up

 

[Appalachiannative]

It was actually first spotted in day light behind my inlaws house eating discarded table scraps before it visited my house after dark. If it was the same one that is

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

I've seen them eat the apples that fall out back in my little orchard. They are omnivorous,prolific and smart varmints that is for sure.

 

[Aletheia]

Bait will attract anything (and everything) that eats it. We use bait to attract coyotes to an area with good places to call from. Once they are in the area due to the bait, you can try to call them close enough, but I have no desire to sit in the cold for hours over some bait while I watch ravens and magpies eat it. The OP needs to figure a way to call it.

 

[CoalTrain49]

Get some chickens and let them free range.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Pretty much it ^ ^ ^ right there
Folks that haven't suffered damage from
varmints like coyotes and feral hogs and
such don't know of the destruction and
property loss they will cause
You could kill them until you grew tired
of it and still not make an appreciable
dent in the population. You probably wouldn't see as many because they'd go
nocturnal and grow more wary, but they'll
be back eventually if you let up

I killed them until I got tired of it...started to leave a bad taste in my mouth if you know what I mean. So now I have declared peace on them. Saw two just yesterday while Elk hunting. One even stopped when I whistled, but I didn't even put the sights on him/her/it.

I used to call them in. They will get educated fast if you miss. I think 30 minutes of calling at least is more realistic. I like to call in cougar now, and 40 minutes is my minimum. But that's cougar and they come in slow. Still...

Fawn in distress is good in the spring, a wise coyote won't fall for it this time of year. A dumb one might. I called in two wolves spring before last with the fawn call, they came within 20 yards. One ran off, the other circled around behind me, but I had a good back-stop so there was no way he was gonna sneak up on me.

One thing to keep in mind is that you won't always see them come it. They will just "appear". Just like on Star Trek when someone beams down. It will just "materialize", I'm not kidding. So be ready for that. And sometimes the come in fast, like run in.

 

[Appalachiannative]

Get some chickens and let them free range.

Ha ha ha we got 2 chicken coops. Could already be part of the draw. Probably hang up one of the electronic calls in a tree I can see from the porch. My house has a big halogen light like a street light that I run anytime I'm outside so everything is used to it. A bear walked right into the radius of the light. The coyote was right up against my garage door below my back porch in the light. I heard what sounded like canine footfalls and when I stood up from my chair it bolted just out of the light but I could hear it continue to crunch leaves just out of the light circling the house

 

[Ugly Sauce]

We have a dozen or so chickens, but Coyote never bothers them. The hawks, owls and raccoons on the other hand, we are constantly at war with them.

 

[AK Hunter]

Pretty much it ^ ^ ^ right there
Folks that haven't suffered damage from
varmints like coyotes and feral hogs and
such don't know of the destruction and
property loss they will cause
You could kill them until you grew tired
of it and still not make an appreciable
dent in the population. You probably wouldn't see as many because they'd go
nocturnal and grow more wary, but they'll
be back eventually if you let up

I shoot every coyote I can find while hunting in season or not. But I understand you can't do that with hogs. Killing them randomly just allows more food for the rest & triggers their breeding instinct, then you will end up with more than you started with. In KY they have learned that they have to capture the whole sounder (family group) & exterminate them to keep from triggering the breeding.

 

[Appalachiannative]

I shoot every coyote I can find while hunting in season or not. But I understand you can't do that with hogs. Killing them randomly just allows more food for the rest & triggers their breeding instinct, then you will end up with more than you started with. In KY they have learned that they have to capture the whole sounder (family group) & exterminate them to keep from triggering the breeding.

Really? Here in NC there is no closed season for either when hunting private land.