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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: GermanShorthair on February 03, 2009, 05:48:53 PM

Title: need some help
Post by: GermanShorthair on February 03, 2009, 05:48:53 PM: saturday a buddy and me went coyote hunting at the revere and we did call so in but when they would within about 500 yards it seems as if they loose interest then just run in the other direction i'm thinkin he caught wind, but none the less could it have been somethin different cause at the time there was no wind.
Title: Re: need some help
Post by: MHWASH on February 03, 2009, 06:11:59 PM: Don't be shooting my coyotes down there. :chuckle:

It was either the wind, you made too much movement, or they saw something they did not like. Something shiney.
Title: Re: need some help
Post by: atomicjoe23 on February 03, 2009, 07:15:41 PM: would a gun barrel count as something shiny to a coyote???. . .a blued barrel anyway???
Title: Re: need some help
Post by: shoot-em-dead on February 03, 2009, 07:51:32 PM: I'm conviced that coyotes have got to be the toughest thing to call in. I'm not a pro at any calling but have called in deer, elk, turkey, bobcat on the wet side, fox in Mich, and for the life of me cannot figure out those little brains inside of the Wilie coyote. I can spot hunt them and have been successful at that but putting them on alert calling them to the dinner bell is more difficult than anything else. That being said, I will continue to try and try again with hopes of learning the music that drives them to a desperate and senseless frenzy and can only have the greatest respect for those individuals who have mastered this technique.
Title: Re: need some help
Post by: MHWASH on February 03, 2009, 08:35:53 PM: Quote from: atomicjoe23 on February 03, 2009, 07:15:41 PM
would a gun barrel count as something shiny to a coyote???. . .a blued barrel anyway???

If the sun is shinning on it, you bet. It's possible even for the lens on your scope to shine if the light is just right. Sometimes people put extra cartridges on the stock of their rifle. These can also shine just enough for a coyote to see.
Title: Re: need some help
Post by: atomicjoe23 on February 03, 2009, 08:57:18 PM: If the sun is shinning on it, you bet. It's possible even for the lens on your scope to shine if the light is just right. Sometimes people put extra cartridges on the stock of their rifle. These can also shine just enough for a coyote to see.
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Well I would be guilty of the bullets on the stock. . .but on the upside of that coin (at least for me) is that my .22-250 rounds don't protude outside of the neoprene stock boot. . .but I may have to rethink that strategy. . .

. . .also that sucks about the gun barrel thing. . .I never thought about the reflection/shiny part with a coyote. . .I would like to eventually repaint my rifle, but I just bought it and I'm not ready to repaint it at this point in time. . .I like that Walter Birdsong Green-T coating!!! I bet it's expensive though. . .
Title: Re: need some help
Post by: FALFire on February 04, 2009, 08:12:34 AM: Coyotes get called a lot in Revere, so it could be that they finally heard the call and remembered the bad experience they had last time when they heard that sound or they winded you or saw movement.

Shiny objects can make them turn and run, but I would bet they caught wind or movement. On the other hand, it sometimes amazes me just how much movement one can get away with while on a stand.

This past Sunday I was hunting and accidentally knocked my rifle over on to the rocks, it made a hell of a clatter. My e-caller was going like crazy and here I am banging the AR around on rocks. Not two minutes later comes a nice big coyote to within 35 yards of me focused only on the caller, I was caught completely off guard. I was moving around trying to stay comfortable sitting on a rock and my caller was just 5 feet to my right which was a big mistake. He didn't seem to care about anything but the sounds and I kept turning around watching him as he came closer. Finally he caught wind and turned to leave but was in no real hurry, appearently he never saw my movement and I was sitting in the wide open. So I shot him at just over 300 yards when he stopped to take a look.

If you think the shiny barrel is the culprit, just wrap it with some green vet wrap or horse wrap, that will cover and protect the barrel during your hunt and removes easily with no residue.

The lens covers that prevent reflection is used primarily for low light conditions when using a lighted reticle in military or LEO covert ops. It probably couldn't hurt but but I would try the vet wrap first and work the wind.