Too Cold To Coyote Hunt

[jds holler]

I think I've finally decided that we do best in dry, very cold, and calm days. Very best in early morning, and not a bright moon. I also like fog, except it makes it hard to pick my stand if I'm hunting in unfamiliar country. jd

 

[searcher]

Back when I was young and tough, we would go CAMPING and calling when it was sometimes minus 10 or 20 degrees. It was brutal, but the coyotes were hungry, and we killed a lot.

What I've never had luck with was the wind. That seems to shut them down completely - at least with the methods I use. -- Heck, I guess I oughta say "used to use." I hardly do it anymore. No longer young and tough. jd
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Now that's a great picture. If it were mine and showing it to others, I'd naturally start off with "back in the old days...."

 

[jds holler]

Now that's a great picture. If it were mine and showing it to others, I'd naturally start off with "back in the old days...."

Whadaya meen "old days"!?? Why, that wasn't more than forty some years ago! jd

 

[762willdo]

I once hunted pheasant in North Dakota, it was so,cold the birds wouldn’t flush until the dog put his nose on them, I swear to god it’s true……… it was around Williston

 

[nmkid]

I hunted coyotes in the High Sierras of California for almost 15 years. The cold didn't bother me at all. Then, we moved to Wyoming. I went out once in the 16 years we lived there.

 

[L1986]

I once hunted pheasant in North Dakota, it was so,cold the birds wouldn’t flush until the dog put his nose on them, I swear to god it’s true……… it was around Williston

Bout 10 years ago in western Kansas on a pheasant hunt…damn cold with the wind blowing 20…Britneys we were behind caught 6 live birds…they refused to flush…after the first couple we were having more fun watching the dogs get our limit then actually shooting

 

[searcher]

Whadaya meen "old days"!?? Why, that wasn't more than forty some years ago! jd

If that photo was done in black and white - you could say it was 80 years. Ha!

 

[jds holler]

If that photo was done in black and white - you could say it was 80 years. Ha!

Well, here ya go ya danged whipper snappers. jd

 

[JohnW...ski]

Haven't been out in a few days now. High temps have been below 5 degrees, lows like -12 or so. Snow cover on the ground for several days now, wind speeds 5 to 30 MPH. Plowed fresh snow off the driveway yesterday with the ATV which had to be started with starting fluid. Was out there working for maybe 20 minutes before I froze out.

Might catch a break tomorrow. They are saying high of 30 with a low tomorrow night of 17 (not the -9 we had last night).
Hell I might even try right after dark tomorrow evening.

Thinking the yotes will be competitive inbound. Should be fun but I may not last long.

When I was a young man I tried it once at -14. Mouth calls turned into a frozen stick. Didn't try that again but will usually go if it is 20 or better with little or no wind. Ready and waiting

Thats why I stopped hunting bare.

 

[butchlambert]

If that photo was done in black and white - you could say it was 80 years. Ha!
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Well, here ya go ya danged whipper snappers. jd

That's the way it ought to be. When I take photos to the frame shop that Wyman has given me the people there thought the photos were taken in the late 1800s.

 

[jxb]

IMO the colder the better, just makes em come in harder/dumber. However when I did it all winter I'd usually wait for the weather to turn and start prepping as the wind started to die then be out there hitting it hard when the wind calmed. Nothing like being out on those 0 to -20 clear, cold, calm mornings with a good thick butt pad for sitting and of course dressed for it. The calls carry far and wide and you can see em coming on a run from all directions way off.

 

[AP2020]

I love hunting the cold weather!

 

[ohlongarmisle]

I think I've finally decided that we do best in dry, very cold, and calm days. Very best in early morning, and not a bright moon. I also like fog, except it makes it hard to pick my stand if I'm hunting in unfamiliar country. jd

Coyotes love cold weather makes them stand up straight.

 

[johnmyers]

7 degrees just right male and female