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So I am fairly new to predator hunting. Off and on over last 30 years have hunted predators but nothing serious. This year I got the bug so have been going out ever chance I get. Anyway most guys seem to stay on a set up to 45 min or so it seems. Last couple times I have been out have been lazy I guess about moving and have stayed over and hour and up to 2 hours on a set up. I've had coyote come in both times after an hour has passed. I hunt a pressured area(Capitol State Forest) but i'm wondering if any others stay on a set up this long... I actually had one barking in the trees at me after 20 minutes on stand then he shut up and about an hour later he peeked out of treeline.
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February 25, 2010, 10:09:29 AM »
As the season progresses I stay longer. I've left my glasses on stands and have had to go back to get them and have seen coyotes sniffing around where the caller had been.
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I only stay 15 to 20 min if a coyote has not come by then they are not hearing you or are not interested.
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Re: Time on a stand- how long is too long...
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It seems where I hunt what has been working for me is fawn distress or woodpecker. Last coyote I had come out started barking to the fawn distress and after 15min of him barking I think he got so worked up he finally came out of woods to treeline. He didnt like what he saw I guess so no shot...
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Do you use a decoy at all? I use a fawn decoy, or coyote decoy depending on which area of the moutain I am hunting. I found that if I have a decoy set up I can get away with a little more movement on my part and not get busted. How do you use sent control? I personally take plants from the area I hunt, and store them in a box I made with my hunting clothes and tree stand. From hunting coyotes in nevada, califronia, and here in washignton, I have noticed that the yotes up here arent as bold. Maybe becuase they are not on top of the food chain? Well thats my 2 cents on the subject.
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February 27, 2010, 09:48:29 AM »
:)I think this question might need a couple answers. In a place like the capitol forest and lots of other places I have noticed something.
In CF I might call for 10 minutes or 30, but I will likely sit for 10-30 minutes before I call at all. Even when you sneak in you disturb things, I do not find that nature has a very long memory in this case. If I sneak in, sit for a while to let things chill out, then call, my percentage goes up, also I sometimes get watching something, taking a nap or some other diversion and find that sometimes that extra time spent raises my %.
How long one calls may not relate to how long one stays on a stand is what I am trying to get at.
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i often sit on stand for an hour or so but as just as carl said half that time i spend is sitting quietly waiting for things to settle down
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honestly most of the coyotes that i killed this year have been inbetween the 20-40 minute area. at the beginning of winter i usually never stay on a stand longer than 30 minutes, as time progresses in the winter i will stay longer up to 45 minutes. they get hit pretty hard around this area and get real weary and take a while to come in.
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