Keys to success

[buckshooter]

I live in Northeastern Ohio, and have been wondering how important the moon phases are for coyote hunting.  I know they move more on a full moon.  Should I plan on hunting around the moon phases? Does it really matter at all?  Or is a storm more important?  I have also heard of the lunar table, which tells when the moon and the sun move.  Doe's anyone use this?    

I was also wondering if any one has ever killed a coyote with a SKS or another name for it the 7.62x39.  What kind of damage can they do?  I have mounted a scope on mine and am accurate out to 200 yards.  

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buckshooter

[chutesnreloads]

You will have to hunt pretty often for a pretty long time to notice a real difference in moon phases which brings us to the real secret of hunting (or fishing for that matter)............go often.

[Glanceblamm]

+1 on chutesnreloads reply. I have hunted within the Major/Minor times enough to say that they do seem to be more productive but I dont let them stop me if I am out of sync with them.

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[kansasj]

I have tried on and off for 30 years to accomodate the moon phases and have come to the conclusion that they actually overlap if you spend enough time in the woods.  In bowhunting deer I pay a lot more attention to the temperature, wind, and set up than I do the moon.  I usually sit there long enough that I actually pick up the beginning or end of a moon phase.  Calling coyotes to me is just going.  A lot of times I will set up in what I think is a honey hole and not see a thing.   Then I will go out in the middle of the afternoon at what appears to be a low percentage spot and call one in 5 minutes.   Its kinda like fishing---ya just gotta go! 

[highwayman]

just go when you have the chance to go.

[Ron 1]

could there be such a thing as hunten  to often? i have been going out close to every day and trying to set up call spots 300 yrds apart. i have talked with all my neighbors and hey all gave me there blessings to hunt there land. so as a dry waller in todays econemy no work means grab the .204, calls,decoy and coffee. i have hunted from before light tell i cant see my crosshairs. i have noticed that coyotes have been turning around when they find my foot prints in the snow. i think there on to me. so now im trying bait a deer i found on the road. three days and they have not touched it.     

[Sourdough]

When I was a kid and wanted to go hunting, My grandfather would point to the cows, He'd say "Boy when the cows get up and start feeding, we'll go hunting".  "When they are laying down, the deer are laying down as well".  We always got what we went after when my Grandfather went.  Years later I noticed the cows would feed at the same time the Solanar Tables in one of the outdoor magazines said the deer and other wildlife would be up and feeding. 

Then I moved to Florida.  There the locals only fish the tides, the times inbetween the tides are slow and not real productive.  I noticed the solanar tables also reflected the tides. 

While I don't use them exclusively, I do and try to be out and looking during those times when I am in the field.  And those times seem to be when I am the most productive.