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im glad to see this after you replied so many times to my post yesterday(negatively)I see people were coming out of the woodworks here to help you out.
Starting with one of the toughest to get with the bow! You master that and deer and elk will seem like a cake walk.Calling coyotes in the dark to within bow range is much harder than during the daylight. Even with the red lense on your light they get quite skittish around 100 yards. Night time is the best with rifle, but loaded with issues with the bow. But it can be done. Probably no other animal has the sense of smell forcing you to play the wind as much as a coyote too.I'm not up on the current laws of baiting coyotes in Washington, but I know guys that do very well with the bow baiting those flea bitten varmints. One friend does extremely well on dogs with the pellet rifle combined with baiting too. Though again if in Washington I would check the regulations first as I'm not real up to date on any weapon restrictions for coyote hunting in WA.I assume it has been posted on H-W before, but here is a cool pellet gun/coyote video. Coyote Hunting With Fred Eichler of Predator Nation and the Benjamin Rogue Air RifleAt 20 yards a .22 pellet to the head works wonders as well. As long as it is out of an extremelly high performance air rifle. Guys will probably balk at it around here, but in Arizona it is quite common place. One of the Arizona airgun clubs actually has a airgun/coyote derby each year. But again it calls for close up shots and that usually means daylight hours unless you bait or are skilled and lucky.Good luck to you
Depending on how "used" the targets are, you may be able to revive them by taking some cheep silicone calking from walmart, $2 a tube and filling in the holes helping ot bind the foam together. If there are BIG chunks gone you can use the "Great stuff" expanding foam to fill the voids.You need to wrap them in plastic wrap to trap the foam in. I have had mixed resultswith this method, but may work for sporadic use. In either case you would need to keep them in a warm spot 60+ deg while the foam or calking cures. I would think that inside a house at 60deg placed near a heat lamp or space heater you could get the temp a little higher and speed the cure time.
Have you thought about a crossbow? It would get you more range?
Get more cats to use as bait. It appears that the yotes in the area already have a taste for cat.
Only benefit to the crossbow is the steadiness of aim. There is no advantage above a standard draw length compound in useful range. If you are only 5'2" maybe. But great crossbow efficiencies and longer range tactics are reserved for Hollywood and comic books.
Quote from: RadSav on February 26, 2013, 05:15:38 PMOnly benefit to the crossbow is the steadiness of aim. There is no advantage above a standard draw length compound in useful range. If you are only 5'2" maybe. But great crossbow efficiency's and longer range tactics are reserved for Hollywood and comic books.Right but heres my thought buddy. Being as how hard you and others say it is to nail one with a stringed weapon. Do you think having the weapon pre drawn with a crossbow, and the fact that you can use electronics be beneficial in my situation? I figure a crossbow would eliminate the movement aspect. Scent elimination is my biggest enemy right now though.
Only benefit to the crossbow is the steadiness of aim. There is no advantage above a standard draw length compound in useful range. If you are only 5'2" maybe. But great crossbow efficiency's and longer range tactics are reserved for Hollywood and comic books.
I would think that there would be a great advantage to a using a crossbow. Mainly being that you could much more easily shoot from a sitting position, and with a lot less movement than is required with a bow.The only disadvantage is they are spendy! At least the ones I have seen. Not sure if it's in your budget. Definitely something to consider in the future though.
Quote from: Smossy on February 26, 2013, 05:21:07 PMQuote from: RadSav on February 26, 2013, 05:15:38 PMOnly benefit to the crossbow is the steadiness of aim. There is no advantage above a standard draw length compound in useful range. If you are only 5'2" maybe. But great crossbow efficiency's and longer range tactics are reserved for Hollywood and comic books.Right but heres my thought buddy. Being as how hard you and others say it is to nail one with a stringed weapon. Do you think having the weapon pre drawn with a crossbow, and the fact that you can use electronics be beneficial in my situation? I figure a crossbow would eliminate the movement aspect. Scent elimination is my biggest enemy right now though.The pre-draw movement aspect would be a benefit. Although isn't the whole idea of chasing these coyotes first to practice your techniques for the big game season? You master drawing on a coyote and no elk is ever going to catch you The top end pellet rifle would give you the same limited movement benefit. And it would be lighter in weight, easier to carry and followup shots would be quicker. And you would likely save a $1,000 on setup. Though once again I do not know Washington's rules regarding airguns for varmints.As far as scent...you will never eliminate scent enough to fool a down wind coyote. Important to make your setup in an area that is difficult for the quarry to approach form down wind. For the most part coyotes don't circle a great degree when coming to the call. So a few good obstacles should do the trick. Nothing is fool proof. But you can get the odds in your favor by setting up in the right spot.
and your right bobcat i could imagine you could even lay down with a guilly suit and really call them in close.
I guess i got alittle sidetracked
If you have a chicken farm near you you will ALWAYS have coyotes around... They don't call them chicken thiefs for nothing!
If I was bow hunting yotes I think id try using a ground blind to cover up my draw movement. A used one should do just fine. The chicken farm is the perfect location and getting approval to hunt it should be easy. Coyotes are smart. Too bad you cant have someone back you up with a rifle if you aren't presented with a shot. So as not to educate the varmint. If you can use bait legally you should be able to have a nice little setup.
Smossy - Did you ever get out and try coyotes? I am thinking of doing the same thing. we camped on my property a couple of weekends ago and heard them all night. I would be interested in knowing if you had any success and what tactics you used? ThanksMarc
I would use a ground blind with an attractant, and calls. Spray some coyote urine on the ground near your caller and have a red light flooding the area but not too bright you scare them. Shouldn't take a lot of light 30 yards out. Put the light in a static location (not scanning) covering the attractant well ahead of the blind so your in the dark behind the light. Primos stray cat might be your ticket
Quote from: hollymaster on February 26, 2013, 04:24:07 PMHave you thought about a crossbow? It would get you more range? Not much more. If im not mistaken average effective range for xbow is 60 yards. But my question about that is... im not alowed to possess firearms... im limited already on my season... but.. being as its year round to hunt for coyotes would i actually be able to use one for that? Hmm you brought up a good idea worth finding out... i didnt want to pick up a xbow origioanly because i want to use my compound durring big game season and not have to choose between the two. So would i/ should i pick up a crossbow strictly for year round animal hunting? Coyote/rabbit etc. Then i could put electronics on it if im not mistaken like my lights at night to chase yotes. Sorry for my weird typing if it looks off.. im on my unsmart smart phone.
Quote from: Smossy on February 26, 2013, 04:43:47 PMQuote from: hollymaster on February 26, 2013, 04:24:07 PMHave you thought about a crossbow? It would get you more range? Not much more. If im not mistaken average effective range for xbow is 60 yards. But my question about that is... im not alowed to possess firearms... im limited already on my season... but.. being as its year round to hunt for coyotes would i actually be able to use one for that? Hmm you brought up a good idea worth finding out... i didnt want to pick up a xbow origioanly because i want to use my compound durring big game season and not have to choose between the two. So would i/ should i pick up a crossbow strictly for year round animal hunting? Coyote/rabbit etc. Then i could put electronics on it if im not mistaken like my lights at night to chase yotes. Sorry for my weird typing if it looks off.. im on my unsmart smart phone.Why can't you posses firearms?
Felony bad, felonies worse...at least you are trying to turn it around.
Ok, ill take one for the team. I'll come shoot your yotes with a bow, you can tag along. Lol
Quote from: elk247 on March 20, 2013, 02:36:23 PMOk, ill take one for the team. I'll come shoot your yotes with a bow, you can tag along. Lol Haha I havent even seen them yet, I just hear them all the time... CLOSE...
Quote from: Smossy on March 20, 2013, 04:24:36 PMQuote from: elk247 on March 20, 2013, 02:36:23 PMOk, ill take one for the team. I'll come shoot your yotes with a bow, you can tag along. Lol Haha I havent even seen them yet, I just hear them all the time... CLOSE...I suppose i could mount a bayonet on my stablizer?
Pick a 3d shoot and lets go. I havent been in years, its a good time. Usually like 3-5 buddys. Its similar to shootin a round of golf to me. Laid back. Skookum or tacoma sportsmans both have good courses in your area. Lemme know.
