Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: zackmioli on June 02, 2008, 08:39:54 AM
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I have run into this issue almost everytime I've been out deer hunting. I'll be in my spot glassing and waiting and a yote will come in from being pushed from other hunters. I always put the crosshairs on it but havent ever pulled the trigger since i dont want to ruin the area im in. Last year i was sitting and had one run up to within about 15 yards of me and had its face in my crosshairs. let it go and about 15 minutes later had a doe and 2 pt (my area is 3pt min) come out.
I hunt on Private land in the palouse and the owners have asked us to take out the yotes if we see them. and im really starting to get the itch to take a few out.
What do you guys think i should do/what do you do when you see a yote and you are out deer/elk hunting?
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If I am deer or elk hunting, I will ussually let it go unless its towards the end of my morning hunt or I ma thinking about leaving or something like that. Everyonce in awhile I cut loose. One early morning I caught 7 of them in the field I was watching. I really didn't figure any deer would walk out there, so I cut loose. Got a couple of them.
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I think it all depends on you and what's going on with your hunt. I have passed on a few and was glad I did. I also hunt public land. So if I'm in a good area I usually will let them go. Now after we kill our deer, I'll come back the next day and cut loose on them while their eating the gut pile.
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I almost always let it walk. Even if I am giving up and heading to a different area, I have kicked up enough deer on my way out to warrant not giving them a warning shot. The only times I can remember smoking a coyote was during the last couple of minutes of shooting light before I headed to the truck.
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On the west side I will kill a yote every time.
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I have had a couple come out shortly after sitting in a spot, I let them go. I suppose if I was getting ready to move on I would shoot. Now that I'm hunting archery it will more tempting to take one sooner.
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I am thinking if they are close enough for a bow shot, I would try it, but otherwise, I usually let them walk if I am in an area I am planning on hunting. I have taken shots on my way to and from though.
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I'll bag almost any hunt to kill a yote...They're generally at the top of the hit list.
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I take em when I get the chance. Had one pop out last Oct when we were deer hunting. It was around 11 am and nothing happening. I was hunting over a wheat field up on this bluff when a yote popped out 400 yrds away. I told my son since its dead out that I'll take it. It was quartering towards us so I put the scope on its head and puleed the trigger BLAM..... GAME OVER. When we walked up to it we saw it was a female and had one shot through the top of the head. :chuckle:
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I try not to let them go...occasionally during deer or elk season I won't shoot. But other wise I'm throwing some lead their way.
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BLAST EM...............!
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Never when deer or elk hunting and only once in a blue moon while bear hunting.
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i killed one at a lunch break this year, but it was the first time ever. mostly i let them go. not really interested in killing a yote and ruining my odds at a nice buck.
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I didnt vote, but when Im deer hunting, Im deer hunting, same goes for elk. There will be plenty of time to hunt dawgs after season.... also keeps me out of the wifes honeydo's :chuckle:
Sage
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I'd rather hunt yotes than any big game anyway. Shoot them.
"a bird in the hand"
Carl
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I called in three last year while bear hunting, let all go, as I was hunting bearskies....
but nowadays...my finger is itchy....until I start back up with big game, its on for yotes.
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totally depends on the situation.... and how long it's been since I've pulled the trigger on sumthin :hunter:
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as one fellow said earlier, when im deer hunting, im hunting deer. i dont really go for killing on the side, or ornamental killing.. i try not to kill anything that i dont really truely and dearly want. so, if im big game hunting, i always let them go.
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all depends on mood for me, ive had several friends get upset at me because sometimes i see a yote and just cant pass up the opportunity and they always assume that ive killed a deer so when i hold up a yote as they peek over the top of the ridge they usually start swearing at me, but ive also let a lot of them walk.
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too many people over estimate game's intelligence and /or confuse it for reaction...
a loud noise with no context is not that scary...ie, thunder its the hunters movement and noise just following the shot that often provides the context.
Many many times Ive seen all sizes of deer, boars, and even turkeys... no idea on Elk.
Ive shot at a deer at 30 yards and something went wrong with the shot (ie scope knocked off by a YARD :bash:) only to get multiple adjustment shots without much over a flinch.
Ive shot 3 deer at one go with 30 seconds of re-aim between while they trotted around 20 yards at a time in circles...
Ive done it from the ground and a tree stand.
The key, absolute silence and stone lack of movement for the 3 minutes following the shot while the animal is looking for fear context. If they found none ... you just became THUNDER ;)
So, Ill take opportunity targets while hunting big game. I considered hogs opportunity targets while deer hunting in the south... cant tell ya how many deer Ive killed 15 minutes after blasting 3 shots at hogs and never moving!
so...yotes die if I see em. ;)
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How do yotes taste?? :chuckle:
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Fry em up and find out ;) Invite me over and Ill know too!
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May have to try it some time. :cue:
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I always let them go unless I'm actually hunting them. Just another critter to chase later. I can't remember the last time I shot a coyote while hunting something else. Once I shot one at about 70 yards with #4's. That bad boy moved faster than any yote I've ever seen!
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A dog isnt worth loosing out on a fridge full of meat
