Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: Jingles on January 03, 2014, 05:35:51 PM
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With everyone lately talking about scent cones and eliminating your scent when in this case Predator hunting I have been tossing around an idea and wonder how others feel.
Currently have a few rabbits and the rabbit hutches got moved indoors in the barn for the winter due mainly to temps dropping down to the sub zero temps, well even with weekly cleaning there is an odor, not really offensive or overpowering but detectable to even my nose, and I have been tossing around the idea of taking and hanging my snow camo over suit in the building to "absorb?" the odors of the rabbits to cover up any human odors.
Anyone care to comment either way as to whether they think this might be an advantage or disadvantage in my part time pursuit of yotes and bobcats?
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Hmmmmm, I don't know about that? I've killed the heck out of coyotes over the years. I've never worried about my scent because of my set up. Half the time i don't even use much camo because I hunt big sage and set up in shadows. If you set up with the wind right, their not going to wind you and their going to circle down wind of you every time with few exceptions. If the wind switches out on you and the gigs up, so goes the game of calling.
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Look up "Misting" by Rich Higgins or Leonard. look on predator masters. Predator Extreme did an articla on it.
bottom line, you aint gonna fool a coyotes nose, might confuse it for a second or two.
Carl
PS. I aint a "pro" on this board I just kill some coyotes. :)
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I used to trap coyotes and a coyote could find a dirty trap completely covered with dirt sitting next to a hole with a piece of rotten beaver meat, lure with a lot of skunk scent in it and liberal dose of aged coyote urine. Or dig down through 2 feet of snow to the set after crossing down wind of it a few hundred yards(I followed the track till it made a 90 straight to the covered set).
Use the wind to your advantage, it always works. I even hunt down wind if I know that the coyote has to come in cross wind and I can see him before he hits the scent cone.
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Sound and motion are more important to a coyote hunter. A coyote's eyesight is geared to motion more than things that aren't moving. And it is said that a coyote can hear a mouse squeak 1/4 mile away, so those will be his main defenses. Scent is probably important too, and "misting" with something stinky will confuse his nose, but there's not much else you can do to keep him from smelling you once he's downwind.
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wind , wind , wind
