Tomorrow and Sunday I'm trying out some coyote hunting for the first time. I'm wondering if you guys think this setup sounds OK, or if you have any suggestions:
Location: About 1.5 hours outside of Salt Lake City, UT: sagebrush, juniper, rolling hills. public land, but near cattle ranch with lots of calves.
Rifle: Armalite AR-10(T) - long range .308 w/ 4.5-14x Nikon (my DPMS isn't sighted in yet) RRA AR-15 Tactical Car A4 as backup in case all hell breaks loose.
Calls: I downloaded 2 mp3 call sequences from varmintals.com, 1 20 minute and 1 16 minute and have them burned onto a CD. I also have several Primos calls (but alas, only newby skills)
Sound system: Nice Sony boom box hidden in bushes
Decoy: (haven't figured this out yet... need to find something furry and cheap) will position decoy next to boom box on a barb wire fence or something.
Camo: Full 3-D suit.
Tactics: I'm planning on getting there about 4 hours before sunset and hiking about 15 minutes from my jeep. I'll position the decoy and boom box about 100 yards (?) up-wind from me. I'll play the call sequence, if nothing shows up, try 10 minutes of manual calls, then move on to a different location and try again.
ANY TIPS? Thanks for the help.
--Grizz
Location: About 1.5 hours outside of Salt Lake City, UT: sagebrush, juniper, rolling hills. public land, but near cattle ranch with lots of calves.
Rifle: Armalite AR-10(T) - long range .308 w/ 4.5-14x Nikon (my DPMS isn't sighted in yet) RRA AR-15 Tactical Car A4 as backup in case all hell breaks loose.
Calls: I downloaded 2 mp3 call sequences from varmintals.com, 1 20 minute and 1 16 minute and have them burned onto a CD. I also have several Primos calls (but alas, only newby skills)
Sound system: Nice Sony boom box hidden in bushes
Decoy: (haven't figured this out yet... need to find something furry and cheap) will position decoy next to boom box on a barb wire fence or something.
Camo: Full 3-D suit.
Tactics: I'm planning on getting there about 4 hours before sunset and hiking about 15 minutes from my jeep. I'll position the decoy and boom box about 100 yards (?) up-wind from me. I'll play the call sequence, if nothing shows up, try 10 minutes of manual calls, then move on to a different location and try again.
ANY TIPS? Thanks for the help.
--Grizz