AMBUSH
Coyotes have a home range and travel corridors that they use on a regular basis just like big game animals . They will often use the same travel corridors to bedding areas , dens , water holes , or even to move closer to human dwellings . If you ’ re unfamiliar with the land you ’ re hunting on , talk with the landowner . Landowners are on their land daily and know it like the back of their hand , and they know where and when the resident coyotes move to and from these areas . Once you locate their travel routes and know when they use them , set up an ambush . I have one area where the coyotes move from one field through a small cluster of trees to get to another field . I have a treestand set up in the trees year-round and take 10 or 15 coyotes from the area each year . The trick is not to overhunt their travel routes or they will change their travel patterns . I take two or three coyotes from my treestand then leave the area alone for a month then go back and take two or three more coyotes . I usually save my treestand location for times when I can only sneak out for a few hours in the evenings or mornings .
If the coyotes in your hunting areas are educated and call shy , try thinking outside of the box to bring them in . It may increase your coyote hunting success this winter .
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