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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 11, 2021 20:56:14 GMT -5
Last night an ambulance went down our road with the sirens on. I heard at least a dozen distinct howls answering it. I see them some and have taken a few careless ones when they gave me a shot, but haven't specifically hunted them.
It's time I start thinning them out. I called bobcat and fox most of my early days but should I try baits, calls, or what? Planning on using one of the 357's mainly, so 75 yards are about the best I can see to shoot something that size now. Any suggestions?
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Post by lwfpdchief on Apr 11, 2021 21:21:45 GMT -5
Right now during the mating season I use challenge and locator howls
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Post by Longhunter1750 on Apr 11, 2021 22:44:04 GMT -5
Pup distress.
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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 11, 2021 22:47:33 GMT -5
Here in NC, we can use electronic devices to call coyotes. What should I be looking for in a call? Any specific suggestions?
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Post by x101airborne on Apr 12, 2021 6:43:47 GMT -5
Watching with interest.
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Post by flyingzebra on Apr 14, 2021 9:59:22 GMT -5
I've used the horn end of a simple mouth call (with the mouthpiece/reed removed) to hold against the speaker of my mobile phone while playing recordings of actual animals.
Search YouTube for animal sounds, like rabbit or fox or whatever, yote too - and you'll find examples that aren't in the overused selections of electronic game calls.
Just thought I'd toss that out for you.
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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 14, 2021 14:58:55 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. Now to get rid of the pests
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Post by foxtrapper on Apr 16, 2021 11:39:38 GMT -5
Where u located? Shame to take em when the fur is not prime! But u gotta do what gotta be done!
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Post by jeffer on Apr 18, 2021 1:48:17 GMT -5
Foxpro
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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 19, 2021 3:27:29 GMT -5
I'm in NC. Fur from the southern states is never prime anyway. Mostly looking to get rid of an invasive predator
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Post by x101airborne on Apr 19, 2021 7:30:04 GMT -5
PETA killed our fur trade down here. Now they are shot just as a nuisance. 5 bucks for a pair of ears in Gonzales County bounty though.
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Post by bigbore5 on Apr 19, 2021 15:31:28 GMT -5
PETA killed our fur trade down here. Now they are shot just as a nuisance. 5 bucks for a pair of ears in Gonzales County bounty though. Too bad it's not $5 for the peta morons' ears. If you don't know anything about nature, then they shouldn't be trying to use their Disney view of wildlife to regulate it. Nature ain't Bambi |
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Post by white eagle on May 10, 2021 10:41:03 GMT -5
I normally call them in with my Primos Alpha Dog however
this past season I had to leave a deer out over night to
track in the daylight because I lost the trail because of no light
I found the deer early the next a.m unfortunately the coyotes
found it before I did
This year I decided to start to trap them so I will be trying to trap
and remove more than I could by calling it's a tricky thing this trapping gig
but I can have more lines in the water and get more on the stretchering boards
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Post by bula on May 16, 2021 7:30:21 GMT -5
Here in far N.E. Ohio, the fur does get prime. Have friends that nuisance trap coyotes here. They favor snares. They nab roadkills and pile brush over them so the whole carcass can't be dragged off. After a few days, you can tell where the coyotes have tunneled in to the bait and place the snares.
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Post by parallaxbill on May 16, 2021 19:29:49 GMT -5
I had just finished bush hogging my 5 acre field behind my house in upstate SC and was walking around a bit when a healthy coyote walked out in front of me at about 75 yards. I had my Kahr Arms CW9 on my hip but stood there kind of dumbfounded before he ran off into cover. This was at 1PM on Friday.
It's time for me to set up my caller and decoys.
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