advice on night yotes

[fast1]

I've moved from cats in the blues to dogs in the sage.
Trying this night hunting,I can get them talkin with a locator or siren. Then what??? Do u go with a distress or keep howlin? Do u pan the light until u see eyes or just turn it on every now & then? Any advice would be much appropriated. Went out today,saw one about 400 out,didn't shoot. Next stand I dumped a o'gal on the run at about 100. Wewhew!lol got anxious got up turned call of looked to mark where she was & there was another down with her. She took off so I called some more & seen her about 200yds. Shoot twice but by the dust my bullets where travelin about two feet a second slower then she was! I know it wasn't my lead!lol

[fast1]

Wow! I thought these forms were to help people out! A lot of viewers but no comments. Come guys I know some has to be willing to help. We all started somewhere & need some advice. Not like I'm trying to take anyone's honeyhole. I have my own, just want to try it at night.

[bear hunter]

I only hunted them at night last year and it sucked. They were howling but didn't want to come in. I was going to try it again this year but the new law sucks but I under stand it. You can't see houses and buildings and a bullet can fly way out or skip off the dirt. I like to see out far so night hunting sucks to me. Good luck hunting

[sirfunkeybut]

When I night hunted coyotes we would set up intge bottom of a valley and shoot into the hill at them. We never used a locator call we would just show up spotlight for eyes and if none were seen we would start with a quite distress call, wait a few minutes and spotlight again. Rinse and repeat gradually increasing the volume.  Plus we used a red filter on our light and it seemed to not spook them as much. Good luck 

[fast1]

I appreciate the in put. Either of u near the cities & want to give it a go? I have a bout 18 miles of land to hunt on both sides of 395 from Eltopia to Connell, that I just picked up along with some from Connell to kalotus, then everything from south of 260 in kalotus  to the snake,between devils canyon & 261 to Lyons ferry. It's lease deer & from what I understand no one hunts dogs there,just ranch hands working.

[GEARHEAD]

Lol, sounds like your the one that can offer some help.

[Machias]

You want to run the light non-stop, don't turn it off and on or you will spook them.  Keep the main beam above the horizon.  Make sure your outline is broken up, make sure you don't silhouette yourself, sneak in just like daytime.  Start of calling quiet and increase the volume.  Keep the caller next to you, not away from you like during the daytime, you want the eyes looking at you.  Personally I only like using shotguns at night, I don't like shooting far in the dark, too risky.  Once you spot eyes keep the main part of the beam just above their heads.  Howling works great during the breeding season, rest of the time I like distress calls.

[rynokron]

You want to run the light non-stop, don't turn it off and on or you will spook them.  Keep the main beam above the horizon.  Make sure your outline is broken up, make sure you don't silhouette yourself, sneak in just like daytime.  Start of calling quiet and increase the volume.  Keep the caller next to you, not away from you like during the daytime, you want the eyes looking at you.  Personally I only like using shotguns at night, I don't like shooting far in the dark, too risky.  Once you spot eyes keep the main part of the beam just above their heads.  Howling works great during the breeding season, rest of the time I like distress calls.

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[fast1]

Thanx guys for all the info. I'm anxious to try. It's nice to have the space so I can wait about a week before callin the same place. I'm always lookin for Somone to hunt with & either learn or teach.

[Heredoggydoggy]

A little better at night.  But the same as hunting them in the daytime in that either they're out there or they aren't.  Spotlighting is best done as a 2-man operation.  One to hold the spotlight, and the other to shoot. 

[yote]

Spotlighting is best done as a 2-man operation.  One to hold the spotlight, and the other to shoot. 

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[rynokron]

With a weapon mounted shooting light and a headlamp for scanning you can get away with doing it by yourself. It is much easier to night hunt with a partner and probably safer too.

[Blacktail Sniper]

I only hunted them at night last year and it sucked. They were howling but didn't want to come in. I was going to try it again this year but the new law sucks but I under stand it. You can't see houses and buildings and a bullet can fly way out or skip off the dirt. I like to see out far so night hunting sucks to me. Good luck hunting

Sorry about the thread jack, but what new law?

Copied from this years regs:

Coyote may be hunted at night
year round, EXCEPT it is unlawful
to hunt coyote at night during the
months of September, October,
or November in any area open to a
centerfire rifle deer or elk season.

Did something change?

[rynokron]

Nothing has changed.

[Heredoggydoggy]

I have found that it's best to hunt areas that you've hunted in daylight, so you know where it's safe to shoot.  Things look different at night.