any arkansas hunters here?

[arky65]

looking for some help getting started, where to hunt coyotes in the natural state.

arky65

[james]

Arky,
I can't help much but I'll tell you what little I know.   I went to Bentonville Thanksgiving and coyote hunted one morning.  We didn't see anything.  We used a Primos predator call and drove out a couple of wood lots.  The yotes must have been in someone else's back yard.  The area has become too populated to hunt but my family has one of the last large farms in the area. We usually take a couple when we specificly go coyote hunting.   I deer hunt in Fulton County also and shoot (or at) a coyote occasionally while deer hunting.   My buddy usally takes over 30 gray fox a year with a predator call in Craighead Co but only one or two coyotes.  If I was bounty hunting for coyotes for a living I would starve to death.  30 years ago we had a lot of fun running them with hounds but thats now impossible with so many highways and houses.  Most deer hunting is outlawed with dogs too so its not worth keeping a pack of hounds.
I still hear them howl and see their tracks but don't have a sure fire way to bag one.
Good Luck
james

[Arkie-06]

Arky65, i don't coyote hunt very often but there seems to be quite a few in  my area. I hear them howling alot around here , i live about 4 miles from the border  of Felsenthal  refuge. That is the first place that comes to my mind, most of the land around here is leaesd  you would have to join a club perhaps. I too have tried to call them in with a mouth blown call  but never can seem to draw any of them in. Idid  hit a Bobcat late Saturday evening crossing my deer lane, found some blood  but he ran off so i don't think i hit him very good , very little blood and no hair. Hope this helps.

[varmit_master]

Hi e mail me i will try to help you out arkie-06 i hunt in the NE part of the state VM

[Vern Humphrey]

Hi e mail me i will try to help you out arkie-06 i hunt in the NE part of the state VM

I'm from Stone County (Mountain View) and there are plenty of coyotes around here.  I like a .22 Hornet for them -- with a 35 grain V Max and a case full of Li'l Gun, I get about 3000 fps.

[varmit_master]

Hi Vern i live around Melbourne but my mom and dad lives on the other side of Batesville i go hunting down in the bottoms alot around Newport my dad work in Mtn Veiw VM

[Vern Humphrey]

I'll be durned!  Didn't have any idea we were that close.

We'll have to get together and do some calling.

Vern Humphrey
(I'm in the book)

[varmit_master]

Hi yes we will have to go after the holidays VM

[Vern Humphrey]

Great -- I'm looking forward to it.

Vern

[varmit_master]

Hi Vern just let me know when you can go VM

[Vern Humphrey]

After Christmas we'll be visiting the Grand daughter in Virginia for about a week -- date not yet fixed.  I'll let you know when we get firmed up.

Vern

[varmit_master]

HI ok i let my coyote hunting buddy use my feather flex fawn decoy and he used it yesterday and the fawn in distress tape he said he had time to make one sat and a coyote come in at a dead run stop at 50 urds and he he had to stop the dog with a 50gr BT out of his Savage model 11  he said that coyote like the looks of the fawn decoy have a safe trip and happy holidays VM

[Vern Humphrey]

Bring that feather flex and caller!! :grin:

[firstshot]

arky65

I live in Bentonville and am just gettin back into preditor hunting.  We've got a lease just south of huntsville that has a lot of coyotes on it and a few bobcat have been seen as well.

I'm going to work up some varmit loads for my 6.5x55 swede and give it a go.  Really looking forward to getting back into it.

firstshot
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Make your first shot count!

[arky65]

hey, guys thanks for the response, i work offshore and have been out a while. i need info on types of calls and techniques that work. i will proabaly hunt alone due to my work schedule . it is hard to plan anything , i am suppose to work 14 days on and 7 off  rotate on wednsedays but that does not always happen. i have a small place on the caddo river 30 miles 70 of hot springs, i  have alot of national forest available. any hints on how to hunt the cut overs, what has worked for you and what has not worked for you will be helpful. plan to hunt with any of several rifles and tc contenders. calibres range from .223 to .270. with a few wildcats for the contender. i used to deer hunt but burnt out. i have been punching paper for last few years, and want to get into hunting again in a different direction than deer.

thanks again and keep the comments coming

arky65

[Vern Humphrey]

The best advice is to find an area where you can position a call and decoy upwind of you, with some visibility all around -- not necessarily clear-cut, or pasture, but where you can observe a predator make it's approach.  If possible, position yourself higher than the decoy and call.

At least, that's how I do it -- and I've been fairly successful.

[varmit_master]

Hi arky65 i used to deer hunt down that way around Umpire or Athens not to far from the Caddo Mtns alot of cat sign and coyotes i would love to had time to trapp and done some calling down there some places you couldnt see 50 yrds and other places you could see farrer than you could hit some thing i would take a good shotgun and rifle with me i would try if you have a e caller  the tapes by Johnny Stewart Superjack yellowhammer woodpecker good cat tape fawn in distress a chicken tape in distress or a pig in distress  or try a grey fox and cottontail rabbit fight here is alot of fox down there too i like deer hunting down there but that was when i was young i would like to just go back down there and predator hunt i am like you i would like to predator hunt more than any other hunt But spring turkey hunting i like them about the same VM

[Hawgcaller]

Arky65,    
Small world isn't it? I live in Hot Springs. I just bought a NEF Sporster 17 HMR. I have a old wooden crow call, and a wooden predator call that need to come out of retirement. I am a business owner with flexible hours. I would enjoy hunting in the ONF. I have been wanting to find a good place to do some squirrel hunting in there any way. We can learn together.
It sounds as if we have quite a few varmint hunters close to us. I would like to see how they do it also.

Law Dog

[arky65]

:-D   lawdog, just got in from offshore i have a few days. sunday i'm going out to the camp. do some reloading and paper punching. working a load up for a new to me 22-250, i plan on using this rifle to varmint hunt with. send me a pm and we can exchange phone numbers.

arky65

[arky65]

v_mstr, thanks for the info on the type of calls to use.  you mention the johnny stewart equipment, have you any experience with other type
e-callers. i have been lookin on line and being a newbie i would like to here opinions on the different e-caller manufactures and what to look for. i am a bit overwhelmed after my research on e-caller.

arky65

[varmit_master]

Hi i have had mostly Johnny Stewat callers the first one i got was a 512 caller and it work great and i got aonther one for a back up never needde it i got a new 612 caller when they came out it is a good caller too i have hunted over a Lohman caller my friend has one it a good one too the little hand e caller Cass calls works my buddy used one last yr and called in 5 coyotes with one and you can pick one of them up for around 24.00 dollars i am going to a FOX pro caller with remote at the first of the yr good luck VM

[varmit_master]

Hi Vern i sold my caller i am going to put in a order for a new fox pro with a remote it would take about 2 weeks i hope VM

[varmit_master]

Hi Vern i order my Fox Pro Monday and they was a little over 900 orders in front of me said it would take about 4 weeks hope to get it before season goes out VM