Author Topic: First Yote Call & Question (Read 1500 times)

Pecci · « **on:** March 11, 2007, 06:27:36 PM »

I went out yote calling today. It was my first time, and I wasn't all that comfortable doing it so late. I took my 7 yr.old. He's perfected an amazing squeak. Because I was so exausted, we only stayed out a short while. I used a couple of mouth calls. Though, in the short amount of time, we didn't see a coyote, we did manage to call in a couple of red-tailed hawks. My question for you experts. Is that a sign that we were doing something right?

highwayman · « **Reply #1 on:** March 12, 2007, 02:20:46 PM »

yes indeed.in louisiana the hawks and owls will always show up first. stay at it, it took me 6 months to call in my first one. not too much trouble after that.

Jerry Lester · « **Reply #2 on:** March 12, 2007, 09:01:14 PM »

Like Hiwayman daid, Absolutely yes. Not only hawks, and owls, but crows, and other birds tend to fly in. If you're bringing in Hawks, and you have coyotes in the area, then sooner or later you'll be shooting a coyote. Just keep at it!

Pecci · « **Reply #3 on:** March 13, 2007, 08:34:48 AM »

Thanks, guys. That's encouraging.

oso45-70 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 13, 2007, 09:27:10 AM »

Pecci

You may not have stayed long enough to reap the harvest, Any time you get Crows and hawks or Eagles hanging around it may be that a Varmint is lurking in the not too distant brush. I have been deer hunting and watched the crows flying in circles around a gut pile and the coyotes would come to see what was going on. Like i said you may have given up too soon, Patience is a must when calling any varmint. Keep on keeping on, Some times it seem like a lost cause but time will prove I am right. Good luck Sir..Joe.......

scrooge · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2007, 04:44:06 PM »

I want to try yote hunting,,what call sounds work the best??? Is there better call sounds for different seasonal times,or time of day or night to use??

gdolby · « **Reply #6 on:** April 26, 2007, 11:59:12 AM »

scrooge, good day to you. Every caller you talk to will have a favorite tone they like. I prefer a jackrabbit myself. If you are hunting near a farm, a cat , chicken or other tame animal sound will work. The best times for me are dusk to early morning. predators are either starting, hunting or finishing up hunting. Good luck and enjoy......Bill

scrooge · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:25:26 PM »

Quote from: gdolby on April 26, 2007, 11:59:12 AM

scrooge, good day to you. Every caller you talk to will have a favorite tone they like. I prefer a jackrabbit myself. If you are hunting near a farm, a cat , chicken or other tame animal sound will work. The best times for me are dusk to early morning. predators are either starting, hunting or finishing up hunting. Good luck and enjoy......Bill

Thank you...I bought one of those FoxProXR6 digital callers and it has some sounds already programed into it for YOTES ...squeeling rabbit is one of the sounds.....Thanks again....

highwayman · « **Reply #8 on:** April 27, 2007, 01:00:22 PM »

if you are hunting this time of year start with the male challenge. then dont make another sound for a couple of minutes. then try the pup in distress for about a minute, pause for a minute then do it again and so fourth. if a yote is in the area they will usually come to you. this setup has killed more yotes for me then any other.

scrooge · « **Reply #9 on:** April 27, 2007, 03:53:49 PM »

Quote from: highwayman on April 27, 2007, 01:00:22 PM

if you are hunting this time of year start with the male challenge. then dont make another sound for a couple of minutes. then try the pup in distress for about a minute, pause for a minute then do it again and so fourth. if a yote is in the area they will usually come to you. this setup has killed more yotes for me then any other.

Thanks

highwayman · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2007, 04:33:40 PM »

anytime scrooge. just let me know how it turns out

scrooge · « **Reply #11 on:** May 03, 2007, 12:48:58 AM »

Quote from: highwayman on April 30, 2007, 04:33:40 PM

anytime scrooge. just let me know how it turns out

I tried yesterday evening,nothing came in,,,IF sometime the call is on and I see a yote in the area that looks like it is coming towards the caller, should I stop the caller or let it keep playing???

mr.theman · « **Reply #12 on:** June 19, 2007, 04:41:42 PM »

When you see a yote coming in stop the caller and wait. If he keeps coming just be ready. If he hangs up start lip squeaking. That should get him heading your way again. Remember they can pick up movement very easily so it is important to be still. If you don't see anything in 15 or 20 minutes change locations and start again. Most of mine have come in within the first 5 minutes. Don't give up you will average a lot more dry stands than productive ones.
Good luck,
Mr.T

Glanceblamm · « **Reply #13 on:** June 20, 2007, 07:45:26 AM »

I couldn’t agree more…Subtle really is better once you have something sighted and it is hunting you down. I think that this is more conductive to getting off a relaxed, accurate shot.An exception would be getting on the distress call after the shot if you have a pair or more coyotes that you can deal with, a lot of times it will stop em or even bring them back to where you downed the first.

I have called them in with the mouth call going hard and fast and had the coyote respond likewise. For the most part they will circle downwind of you at a dead run and you will have to bark at them on the open reed to try and get them to stop…Sometimes they will run straight to you. If you have never had this happen let it come on in, it will be worth seeing the look in it’s eyes when it realizes what you are!

Dee · « **Reply #14 on:** July 10, 2007, 02:52:52 PM »

Pecci, when your scouting for a place to hunt yotes, look for HAWKS. If there are a lot of hawks in the area, that means a lot of mice, which ALSO usually equates to coyotes, as mice and rats are on their menu also.

Ponydog · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2007, 09:23:37 AM »

Got a question.....I have a bobbing duck butt, that uses a couple of AA batteries...you know...just throws a weight around in a circle...anytihing to create motion....so ..I get this idea that I can use that inside this zip up stuffed animal.....so I put in in...turn the switch..and this thing sits there and wriggles and rolls about on an old crop road...my question is....if I put this out....in an open field....and use a rabbit distress call...do you think I 'd have any luck ? The stuffed animal critter is about the size of a cotton tail...and the weight with AA batteries...is about the size of a billiard ball except flat. What do yo think ??

Dee · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2007, 10:00:59 AM »

I think I want one. How much for the duck butt, and where do you get them. Put that where it is in plain view and you got a coyote MAGNENT. Bobcat too for that matter.

Glanceblamm · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2007, 06:54:54 PM »

Very Good Idea!
Some of the guys were also using that weasel ball toy (available at Cracker Barrel) or other places and mounting it to a rod.
I think the procedure is posted here and you shouldn't have to back track too far to find this post on decoys.

My own is just a silly-wet with a few strands of light foam rubber, yard and cotton that moves well with the breeze. I don't take it alot unless things get really slow.

Ponydog · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2007, 08:45:51 PM »

The duck butt is very inexpensive....maybe 14 bucks....the decoys are called Featherlite..by Cherokee sports...they actually take a digital pic of a mallard duck ( or woody, or pintail)..and laminate it on an inflatable decoy.....heck..you blow them up like a pool toy....but man do they look real from 30 yards away..and by then, well , it's too late for Mr Duck......anyway.that is who makes it..got mine at Walmart last duck season..the duck butt itself is just the butt and a pair of orange feet sticking up in the air...the battery powered motor...zips out of the plastic duck, so you can load the batteries (2 AA).......sure makes packing in decoys alot easier....plus they make no noise at all , like hard shell decoys, Anyway ...now that I have a few opinions...I think I'll try it come daybreak...which aint long in coming. I gotta find a place where hawks are plentiful....where there's a bit of woods.....and a pretty decent open spot....and tuck in , and be still..and let the stuffed animal/duck butt motor do it' thing......and I guess a rabbit distress call too , right

Dee · « **Reply #19 on:** July 15, 2007, 11:32:44 AM »

Ponydog, woods ain't necessary. Coyotes are VERY COMFORTABLE laying on the sunny side of an open pasture or plain.

Ponydog · « **Reply #20 on:** July 19, 2007, 06:09:30 AM »

Well here in the Mid South .....it's been pushing mid nineties every day ..heat index over 100....I have not seen a daytime coyote.......thinking they have gone nocturnal .....usually they are anyway .....I am in extreme SE Missouri....in between Tennessee, Ky, and Arkansas.......row crop heaven........lots of irrigation, lots of grain..lots of cotton......lots of vermin....so ...lots of coyotes...better once the crops are out and visibility is better....longer...I am , quite honestly, looking forward to fall, labor Day...and the Dove Season....that kicks it off...then I know my favorite time of yr is close....Hunting season...and fall football.....

Ponydog · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2007, 05:49:56 AM »

Went out again on Sunday am .....out before sunrise.....hit the rabbit distress call, sounded as much like the training tape as I could.....sat for 10 minutes.....( also walked in over a mile along a fence row.....tried to stay as stealthy as I could....)......still...nothing..no hawks...no movement I could see.....moved a half a mile further in .....nothing......so I guess I am either doing it wrong.........or I am in the wrong place, or both........

Dee · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2007, 06:34:51 AM »

Ponydog there are many reasons for not have any success, and some are true for the best of callers. For instance. Food supply. This is baby raising time for most critters, and this time of the year, there is a lot of nest robbing going on, for both fur critters (rabbits ect.) to birds. Calling pressure is another. Someone else may be educating the local predators, or may have already educated them with either poor calling or lots of calling. The list is endless. Keep trying. You'll get it.