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		<description><![CDATA[By Brad Troftgruben I’m often asked at tournaments and seminars what I think contributes to my success over the next guy. My answer always gets funny looks like I’m trying to dodge the question and give a generic answer but it’s the truth plain and simple. You can’t call predators where they don’t exist. I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By Brad Troftgruben</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="coyote-hunting-techniques.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/jan07/coyote-hunting-techniques.jpg" alt="" width="273" height="247" />I’m often asked at tournaments and seminars what I think contributes to my success over the next guy. My answer always gets funny looks like I’m trying to dodge the question and give a generic answer but it’s the truth plain and simple. You can’t call predators where they don’t exist. I contribute a lot of it to Homework.</p>
<p>I understand that not everyone is going to take predator calling as serious as me or go so die-hard, that’s why they call it a passion. On the same token, I know guys that don’t eat meat for two weeks before deer season because they believe that it helps keep down the “predator scent” that their bodies release. What I don’t understand is that the same guys that handle their deer hunting or duck hunting in that matter expect to just stop on a county road throw on a little camo and an electronic caller and call in predators. Scouting is no less important for predator hunting then it is for any other game you like to pursue. I’ve spent countless hours in the “dog days of summer” amongst the skeeters and ticks trying to locate dens. I’ve even drug the wife with on occasion to show her that I wasn’t lying about where I was when she thought it was an alibi.</p>
<p>Spring and summer are great times to look at terrain in new areas. If you have a good understanding of the lay of the land before you even get to the stand it will save you a lot of frustration. There is nothing worse then watching a coyote turn on the afterburners after you spooked him out by standing on the hillside surveying the stand. When you should have been wondering how much gas money he’s going to bring on the market. I understand that it is impossible to have all of your stands scouted for the fur season beforehand, but if you can have a good jump start it&#8217;s going to help you take advantage of the juveniles in the fall.</p>
<p>One of the best chores to get done in the spring and summer is land access. I’ve found (as expected) that talking to land owners about gaining access to their pastures as soon as calving and lambing season have finished or are drawing to an end the best time. If they have a predator problem that is when it is the most noticeable and they might have a sour taste in their mouth about those four-legged, mutton lovers we love to chase. I can then assess the situation and see if some spring control work is needed to help the rancher out or if the predators can be left until fur season, which is what I prefer.</p>
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<p>Summer can also be great for the fact that the hay meadows have most likely been cut and the coyotes and fox see that as a smorgasbord and the ranchers have had plenty of sighting to help me narrow down my search. The short growth in the meadows also makes den identification easier at a longer distance, cutting down on the walking. Rural postman and school bus drivers (in the spring) can be very helpful also. Remember they cover a lot of miles every morning when the predators are trying to scramble up that last nugget of food before napping and taking care of young for the day.</p>
<p>Then the fun begins. If coyotes are the most prevalent predator in your area they make the next step a lot easier then say, fox or bobcat. I like to spend the hour before daylight and last the hour of daylight driving in the most likely den location areas and seeing if I can get the parents to let a out a howl or two. Later in the summer it&#8217;s possible to get the pups to light off. Your favorite howler and a good knowledge of the basic howls is all you need to accomplish this.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="coyote.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/jan07/coyote.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="410" />I  do recommend wearing camo for this step when you are out howling and walking around in the denning area. The last thing you want to do is give your location away and make the connection of a coyote&#8217;s howl with a human being. Obviously bobcats and fox aren’t going to howl and give their location away, however, I have heard fox bark when threatened or frustrated. If you can get a good location on a den, it’s a great time to take some photos if your not going to have to do any control work. It is a real benefit if you know where the coyotes denned come fur season. That location is somewhere they feel very safe and sheltered with a good food source and water supply. That is a real good bet come fur season. Although, they won’t be using the actual den, they will tend to hang out in that area during the daylight hours. If you can get a reasonable location on the den you need to start scouting the terrain like I mentioned earlier. That way, you can slip into the area unseen and set up at a location that gives you the elevation advantage when possible. That gives you the advantage of the sun at your back whenever possible. If you can find six locations like this in a summer and the average litter size is four to six pups then you have 24 to 30 coyotes to hunt come fall. That will keep the average hunter plenty busy in the fur shack if he or she does things right. However, don’t set your goal at harvesting all the coyotes you’ve located. I’ve come to the humbling realization that unless you are doing denning work in the spring it just isn’t going to happen. I consider myself very successful if I can harvest half of the coyotes out of a pack I’ve located if I get the proper time to hunt that area.</p>
<p>If you consider yourself a serious predator caller then you can take it to the next level by doing your research during these months also. I don’t expect everyone that likes to call predators to take this step but to be consistent it is a must with coyotes. There is a plethora of text including books, masters thesis’s, PhD studies and Internet chat rooms (<a href="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=11">www.nodakoutdoors.com</a> is a good one) to read up on. The biggest topic to study is the different language of the coyotes and getting a good understanding of howls they use and why they use them. Habits and biology are also always good things to have under your belt.</p>
<p>Getting all of your legwork done in the spring and summer will leave all of your time during fur season to the job at hand, putting fur on your stretchers. You wouldn’t expect to shoot a 160-class whitetail every year by just jumping up in a tree stand in a random location without locating the deer in the summer. So why expect to call predators without doing the same? I’ve seen a lot of guys get frustrated and give up on calling predators because they think they don’t know how to use a call or that they don’t have the patience to do it. When I start asking them some questions about their area, they can’t tell me much about it and in some cases don’t even know if there is predators in the area! If you take the same attitude in the pre-season toward predators as you do for your other game I can guarantee you more fur in the shack.</p>
<p>Happy Howling and may your stretchers always are full!</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[By the Nodak Outdoors Community Recently, I asked the Predator Hunting forum here at Nodak Outdoors to pass on some of the most overlooked predator hunting tips. Within the day, there was a wide variety of responses. Here are some predator hunting tips that will hopefully bag more fur! (There has been a second article in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By the Nodak Outdoors Community</strong></p>
<p>Recently, I asked the <a href="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=11">Predator Hunting forum</a> here at Nodak Outdoors to pass on some of the most overlooked predator hunting tips. Within the day, there was a wide variety of responses. Here are some predator hunting tips that will hopefully bag more fur!</p>
<p>(There has been a second article in the series, check out more at <a href="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/nodak/wp-admin/predator-hunting-tactics.php">Predator Hunting Tactics</a>.)</p>
<p><strong>Predator Calling Tips</strong></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 280px"><img title="trapper2.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/Dec05/trapper2.jpg" alt="Never under-estimate the hearing, vision, or scent of a coyote" width="270" height="178" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Never under-estimate the hearing, vision, or scent of a coyote</p></div>
<p>&#8220;The use of e-callers can really hurt your success when played too long. Should keep the calling brief, and the waiting and watching more played out. I like to say about 8-15 seconds calling, 2 minutes watching and waiting.&#8221; &#8211; <em>wigglesworth</em></p>
<p>&#8220;When using an e-caller don&#8217;t blow them out with too much volume.Very little volume the first 5 mins.&#8221; &#8211; <em>1lessdog</em></p>
<p>&#8220;I am a firm believer in starting out with a hurt pup or hurt coyote especially after all the young ones have been shot or when their numbers have been reduced. I can&#8217;t tell why it works as good as it does. It might be that when they hear that sound it gets those adults aroused enough to come and investigate. I don&#8217;t think a lot of the callers are taking advantage of that call. As the season goes on the predators have heard all kinds of distress sounds and are pretty well wised up especially the one that have been called and shot at. Of course I am Partial to the howling aspect all year round. Next time out give it a try. You might be surprised.&#8221; &#8211; <em>jerry hunsley</em></p>
<p>&#8220;This is a trick I learned here in West Virginia. Try using a crow call every 15 minutes or so for about 30 seconds. It is normal for crows to follow coyotes and will put them at ease. There are other birds that do the same in other parts of the country. I think they&#8217;re magpies&#8230; Anyway it will help to coax the call shy dogs in to you. If you call in a hawk try mimicking a crow fighting with the hawk. I probably call in about 25-30% more coyotes now that I added the crow call to my arsenal. Also if you see crows coming your way, get ready. They&#8217;re usually following or leading a crow. Just make sure you don&#8217;t spook the crows. They&#8217;re like extra eyes for the coyotes&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; <em>price403</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Howling has become very importats in my hunting strategies. During early and late fall it seems to work quite well. There are still alot of young of the year dogs around looking for company. Dec and Jan I primarily stick with distress calls. In late Feb and March breeding pairs are establishing territories and challenging can bring some explosive results. If you want to be sucessful howling use a good howler stay away from electronics. They just don&#8217;t have the emotion!&#8221; &#8211; <em>yooperyotebuster</em></p>
<p>&#8220;It has been my experience if a coyote howls quite some distance away, he will not come. Two reasons: You may be in another coyotes territory and there is a territorial line, or it simply to far to come. In those cases I try to move closer by quite a bit and give him the hurt pup or hurt coyote sound. That will work a lot of the times. Don&#8217;t be too quick to leave. Give him another howl and glass the area. There may be other coyotes that didn&#8217;t howl coming. Once in awhile when you howl and another one answers you start a chain reaction and all hell breaks loose.&#8221; &#8211; <em>jerry hunsley</em></p>
<p>&#8220;What you should always do is call into the wind.The cover scent doesnt work.If they smell that they are going to smell you. When you get to a spot to call.Take your sqeeker out and use that for a min. or so.Alot of times when you blow a hard call if a Fox or Coyote is close you will spook them .If after a couple of mins nothing comes in go to a hard call.And blow it like I said.I like to call from the top of hills or fence lines,drainage ditchs.creeks. If you see tracks theres anaimals around.And just find a good spot to call and go at it.&#8221; &#8211; <em>1lessdog</em></p>
<p>&#8220;My advice would be to sound different. Now days with electronic callers, a lot of different callers are sounding the same. Even the same guy sounds the same the next time he returns to the same spot. You should sound unique and different every time you call the same spot twice. Especially the later in the year when they have heard most calling scenarios.&#8221; &#8211; <em>papapete</em></p>
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<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 279px"><strong><img title="2.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/May04/jamie/2.jpg" alt="Jamie Olson taking fur in Arizona - theres always more predator hunting tips to learn" width="269" height="202" /></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Jamie Olson taking fur in Arizona - there&#39;s always more predator hunting tips to learn</p></div>
<p><strong>Predator Hunting Setups</strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;The use of cover scents. I am convinced that they increase my success.&#8221; &#8211; <em>coyote204</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Set up so downwind doesn’t have heavy cover. If the yote wants to get downwind this will force him into the open. They don’t like that and many times will quarter with the wind to you, or they present a wide open shot.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Plainsman</em></p>
<p><strong>Predator Hunting Shooting Tips</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t miss, they get educated real fast.&#8221; &#8211; <em>north14</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t get hung up with rifles and calibers. For 99% of your predator hunting(unless you shoot pararie dogs) a standard sporter weight rifle in .223 or .22-250 is plenty.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Remington 7400</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Shoot a rifle designed to kill Coyotes.Dont shot a little pop gun at them.They deserve more.&#8221; &#8211; <em>1lessdog</em></p>
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<p><strong>Predator Hunting Concealment Tips</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Be careful when crossing fences. Remember the tin can and wire you used as a telephone when you were a kid. Wire will carry the noise much further than you think, when it squeaks, while you shove it half way to the ground to get over.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Plainsman</em>&#8220;When getting into a high spot to increase your vantage point, do not skyline yourself.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Fallguy</em></p>
<p>&#8220;A coyote&#8217;s instinct is to go to the highest point in the area it is hunting to look around, watch the hilltops and stay off them.&#8221; &#8211; <em>buckseye</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Make sure your coyote hunting vehicle is quiet(good muffler, dont rattle doors that need to be slammed to shut&#8230;ect), well hidden and walk a long way from it before starting to call.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Jaybic</em></p>
<p>&#8220;If you have a hunting buddy play drop and roll. Slow down enough to let him out, and then keep on going. Stop a mile away so he can signal you to return. Using this method 300 yards off the road will get you coyotes in some areas. I guess it goes without saying take turns.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Plainsman</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Stay high so you can see them coming in.Lay down on the top of the hill with a matching camo.&#8221; &#8211; <em>1lessdog</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Make Your Own Gillie Suit<br />
- I used an old pair of camo pants and jacket (BDU&#8217;s from an army surplus store).</p>
<p>- Then I used an old volleyball net or badmition net.</p>
<p>- I just the net into squares that I sewed onto the pants (a section of squares on the quad, hamstring, shin and calf area.) The on the jacket (bicep, tricep, front and back of jacket, and thent he for arms). You section it out for better movement.</p>
<p>- Sew it on with waxed dental floss (non-scented).</p>
<p>- Then you just use some shoe goo or other adhesive on the knots.</p>
<p>- Then all you do is cut some jute twine into desired lengths and dye them to the color of your area&#8230;.I used dark green, black, brown, and then the twine color.</p>
<p>-Then start to tie on the twine to the sqaures until you get the desired pattern/coverage.</p>
<p>The one good thing is that if you get alot of burrdocks or stickys you can just cut them out and add more twine.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Chuck Smith</em></div>

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		<description><![CDATA[By the Nodak Outdoors Community Recently, I asked the Predator Hunting forum here at Nodak Outdoors to pass on some of the most common and overlooked predator hunting tactics. There was a wide variety of responses, so much so that this is the 2nd article in the series. Check out last month&#8217;s article on Predator Hunting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>By the Nodak Outdoors Community</strong></p>
<p>Recently, I asked the <a href="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=11">Predator Hunting forum</a> here at Nodak Outdoors to pass on some of the most common and overlooked predator hunting tactics. There was a wide variety of responses, so much so that this is the 2nd article in the series. Check out last month&#8217;s article on <a href="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/nodak/wp-admin/predator-hunting-tips.php">Predator Hunting Tips</a>. Here are some predator hunting tactics that will hopefully bag more predators!</p>
<p><strong>Predator Calling Tactics</strong></p>
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<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t forget to put as much emotion into your predator calling as you possilbly can. Imagine a jack rabbit being caught by a fox and fighting for it&#8217;s life. The more emotion you put in your calling, the more confidence you will have that something is going to come and investigate the sound. The more confidence you have, the more patience you will have. The more patience you have, the more dogs you will kill.&#8221; &#8211; <em>TheDogSlayer</em></p>
<p>&#8220;My advice is if you hear coyotes, don&#8217;t think that they will be there when you call at them every time. Coyotes cover alot of area. Many think that when they hear coyotes that there are alot of them like deer. They are not there all the time and they do not always have a pattern.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Haakon Johnson</em></p>
<p><strong>Predator Hunting Setups</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;If your looking specifically for one predator hunting tactic you should look into this, I call it the &#8220;hook shot&#8221;. This is where you take a route around the backside of where they normally hang out around the den. The wind is a concern but not necessary if you&#8217;re above them. The key is to approach them straight into their territory minding the wind at this point where they seldom, if ever, heard a predator call before. They&#8217;re so busy guarding the front yard they forget about the backyard. A wide, low hook if you don&#8217;t mind hiking. I hunt foot hill canyons and it&#8217;s alot of work for one stand but worth it for those big smart adults.&#8221; &#8211; <em>RedRabbit</em></p>
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<p>&#8220;Look for tracks and make SURE coyotes and/or foxes are in that area before you hunt them. That is the number one mistake I&#8217;ve been making. I spend a lot of time calling behind my house but there&#8217;s been no tracks at all and I&#8217;ve had zero sucess.&#8221; -<em> John M</em></p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;Remember, that animal is coming to an injured animal. It is not always going to charge in. Be patient and be willing to wait it out up to 45 minutes or even an hour, especially during the late season. You may get tired of watching and calling but they have their own time schedule, we watch a clock. I have waited an hour before, then still looked back on the way out and FINALLY saw something coming in. Coyotes don&#8217;t punch a time clock, and certainly don&#8217;t wear a watch.&#8221; &#8211; <em>cya_coyote</em></p>
<p><strong>Predator Shooting Tactics</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s important to practice uphill and downhill shots as a lot of coyotes are missed in those situations.&#8221; -<em> jerry hunsley</em></p>
<p>&#8220;Wait for the coyote to get close enough. If you can see him at 400 yards, but think you can call him to 200 or even 100&#8230;go for it. I&#8217;ve had partners get too excited and blow shots at animals that are still running in towards the call. That means an educated coyote and one less fur on the stretcher&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; <em>price403</em></p>
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<p>Practice shooting!!! Know what yardage your gun is zeroed in at. That means, know what two distances your bullet crosses your line of sight. Also know what yardage your bullet is at when it&#8217;s at the top of its arch. Always consider wind drift, these light bullets don&#8217;t need much cross wind to move them around. Practice shooting at different yardages with a 10 mile/hour cross wind. When a fox or coyote is coming into a call, alot of times you will be looking at a front-on shoot and they aren&#8217;t very wide after you take the fur off.&#8221; &#8211; <em>TheDogSlayer</em></em></p>
<p>&#8220;I would say that when your calling predators and more then one coyote comes in, people have a tendency to get greedy. I will now always take the first one that presents a shot. If you have one guy with a shotgun and one with a rifle, your chances are a little better if they boil in on you . Then when you got one down with the shotgun, get on the hurt pup and THEN get the other one for a rifle shot. That doesn&#8217;t work in tournaments because you can&#8217;t use shotguns however. I used to get caught up in numbers. As I am older now that doesn&#8217;t mean as much and If I get a double that&#8217;s just bread and butter. So take my advice, shoot the first one you can.&#8221; &#8211; <em>jerry hunsley</em></p>
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<p><strong>Predator Hunting Concealment Tips</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;There are many rules to hunting coyotes. You should have all your bases covered: rifle sited in, predator calling down, best area all picked out, etc. They are all important pieces of the puzzle. But one thing that stands out for me more than anything is if you blow your concealment ( you or your truck ). That animal will go into &#8220;Sranger Danger&#8221; mode and all will be for nothing, especially educated ones. I&#8217;ve known people&#8217;s dogs that know the sound of their owner&#8217;s truck amongst the sound of other traffic several blocks away. You might get away with a sloppy entrance a few times on green yotes, but not for long if your hunting the same ones. All the time they just seem to disappear except for the sign ( They will pattern you ). I belive that they have dreams of chasing rabbits and near death experiences just like your pet dog does, its a survival thing, certain animals have it including us, a sixth sense if you will. I do all of my coyote hunting hiking in at least 1/4 to 1 mile sometimes more. I try to go in calm and indifferent more like impassive and phlegmatic. Yes they sence your emotion just like your pet dog. There is alot of lore about &#8220;mans best friend&#8221; and the &#8220;coyote&#8221; has his, its is more truth than poetry. If you can get smart coyotes on a consitant basis with one method let me know I&#8217;ll be your loyal servant. Watch the wind, stay low on entry to the stand, then move up to a position with enough background for your camo to be effective and match your camo to your stand location. Take your time, you don&#8217;t want to be a big sweat ball as you approach your stand.&#8221; &#8211; <em>RedRabitt</em><strong>General Predator Hunting Tactics</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;Probably tougher to find and just as important to put fur in the truck is to find a good hunting partner. One that has good ethics, ambition, loves the sport at least as much as you do. It&#8217;s much more effective working the wind with a partner and being able to cover more area. It&#8217;s also more enjoyable to not hunt alone all the time along with scouting and gathering permission. If he can shoot well and pitch in for gas/driving /food etc., you&#8217;re well on the way to a more successful and enjoyable season.&#8221; &#8211; <em>FurGittr</em> </div>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Brad Troftgruben My long time calling teammate Jim Benson and myself awoke and wiped the long sleep from our eyes. We instantly both looked at each other and smiled. We smiled because unlike ten hours ago when we called it a night, the wind was no longer shaking the windows in our motel room. [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft" title="coyote1.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/Dec05/coyote1.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="314" />My long time calling teammate Jim Benson and myself awoke and wiped the long sleep from our eyes. We instantly both looked at each other and smiled. We smiled because unlike ten hours ago when we called it a night, the wind was no longer shaking the windows in our motel room. The forecast had been for a cold front to move in and stay for the next few days, it was not a normal cold front but an extreme cold front! The forecast for the day was little to no wind and a low of 44 below zero!</p>
<p>We both had big grins on our face as we put on our clothes for breakfast. We stumbled out of the motel to make the short walk across the street to the diner in “the middle of nowhere, Montana” and had the breath sucked from our lungs by the cold air. These were the sensations that only the few crazy, die hard predator callers in this world actually like. The only reason anyone would like the feeling of your lungs slowly freezing from the inside out is because a predator caller knows that it also means that the coyotes are very hard up for dinner. That means a day out of the dreams of anyone that chases fur like myself. We swallowed our breakfast without chewing most of it like we were in an eating contest. But this was because we were so excited to get out into the vast land of white hills and brush choked ravines that were as we were told, “still plum full of coyotes”. The locals coming in for their morning coffee looked at us like we were a side show (besides the ones that remembered us from last year). Slamming down the french toast and giggling like two kids in a cafeteria snickering over a dirty joke, we paid the check and got the truck loaded up.</p>
<p>The first spot of the morning had on us on a bare knob without cover, but good camouflage was able to keep us hidden in the few rocks and small sage that was present. Four minutes into the stand I had a coyote at 600 yards held up on the hilltop! I couldn’t believe with the temperature that the song dog was blazing through the snow on a dead run towards me. He took his time coming to a hill 200 yards closer only to sit down again. Finally, he made the move to come down the hill and I figured that he was committed. All the time not knowing that Jim had one coming on his side that was having trouble in the deep snow in the CRP. My coyote reached the bottom of the draw and decided that it wasn’t worth the trouble to get to me. I found this hard to believe. He did this multiple times only to go back up the hill and sit down to watch over everything. The coyote had spent 10 minutes making fruitless tries at getting across the deep snow and I was starting to feel the sting of 44 below temps. I could not see Jim to know that his coyote was still trying to make it across the CRP and my patience in the extreme cold just couldn’t take anymore. I got my breathing controlled and took a guess at the yardage. I don’t boast being a very good shot so I knew I was wishing on a star with this one. I raised what I thought to be nine inches over the coyote’s head and tried to squeeze the trigger. I knew something was wrong when I touched the trigger and felt a sting! The cold metal was giving my trigger finger a good deal of frostbite just as the gun went off. The coyote ran 20 yards, just long enough for me to send a hail mary shot just in case the first one didn’t make its mark and crumpled into the deep snow. To my amazement, the first shot had hit the coyote right in the boiler room. I was going to start bragging about the shot when I heard Jim letting the .223 fly. I found out later about his coyote that was coming in. When I retrieved the coyote I found out why he was so weary about crossing the deep snow. He was missing a back leg all the way up at the hip. There was no battle wounds or infested sores. It almost (even though I find it very hard to believe) looked as though the coyote was born without one of his back legs.<br />
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<img class="alignright" title="coyote2.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/Dec05/coyote2.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="230" />The next stand had us on a ranch that has been real good to us producing coyotes the last two times we had set up. We crept out to the knob we have learned is the best spot to call the area and got ready. Jim started letting out the most pitiful jackrabbit screams and I told myself if there is any coyotes out in the large snow covered bowl they’re coming. I immediately spotted a coyote sitting on a large knob in the center of the bowl. I tucked the gun into my shoulder and got ready for the excitement. The coyote however wasn’t coming at a sprint like we had imagined. The coyote sat like a stone for five minutes and I was starting to get very frustrated. Then suddenly, I noticed another pair of coyotes headed for the knob and a single coming from the other direction headed for the same location! Jim kept sending out those pitiful “dying rabbit blues” and the coyotes all licked and sniffed each other and got acquainted. However, we had been calling for 20 minutes and the coyotes were still at 500yds and not coming any closer. The arctic air was starting to find its way into every small crack in my hunting outfit and the hand warmer bags were starting to lose heat in a hurry. I started to wonder if all the wheels were spinning upstairs. Here I am lying out in the snow in 44 below temps, chasing fur that was hardly worth a can of Copenhagen anymore. Finally, two of the coyotes started down the knob and were coming like they were on a string and I remembered why I was out there. When they got to 300 yards, they lost interest and started back for the knob. That was the straw that broke the camels back. Right then and there I made the decision that at least one of those coyotes was going to end up in the truck no matter how long it took. I started to let out a few howls to see if I could get the Alpha male to come and play. Jim was still working the call as I mixed in some challenge howls and ki-yi’s. I was hoping this would give the pack a little confidence that a coyote had something that it couldn’t handle by itself. A magpie flew in and I noticed a coyote coming from the down wind side but a long ways out. The pack of coyotes (in my theory) either seen the other coyote coming or the magpie, and it was enough to close the deal. Two coyotes started coming in at a trot and the rest came slowly behind. The coyote coming from the downwind side caught our wind at 300 yards and bugged out but the pack was still coming as if being reeled in. The two leaders (most likely the Alpha pair) broke the 200-yard mark and I knew that it was looking good. They had us picked out but the Snow Ghost camo that I was wearing kept them from picking me out and made the difference to get them in that last hundred yards. At that point the coyotes were in the place that I had already determined as my kill zone. I gave a single bark and centered the crosshairs on the large male. My already raw trigger finger took more abuse when it touched the metal trigger and I knew that the frostbite was set and I was going to be in pain after the excitement. The crack of my rifle was followed by the report of Jims rifle anchoring the female 10 yards behind the male marking number two and three for the trip. The rest of the pack had heard enough and headed for the next section line as fast as their cold legs would carry them. We collected the nice pale, white-bellied canines and headed for the truck and the warmth that it offered. While taking pictures I noticed that I had developed a large blister on my trigger finger that had to be tended to later.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="coyote3.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/Dec05/coyote3.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="219" />We hunted for two and a half more days and were able to collect a total of 14 nice pale Montana coyotes. This ranked second highest in three years of hunting in Montana. The extreme temperatures that the upper Midwest bring can be very dangerous if you don’t watch what your doing. If you wake up and the thermometer tells you to stay home, by all means stay home. But just remember, that I will be out there, with tape covering my blistered trigger finger, shooting the coyotes that just can’t resist the sound of a warm rabbit dinner in this cold barren tundra we call home.</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jamie P. Olson It’s Thursday night and I am packing up for an early Saturday morning hunt (of course I am packing Thursday night so I can get some sleep Friday night). I call my hunting partner Jayson Deziel of Artistic Wildlife Taxidermy several times that night going over everything twice. The third time [...]]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 279px"><img title="1.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/May04/jamie/1.jpg" alt="Jamie sighting in the first coyote of the day" width="269" height="202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Jamie sighting in the first dog out coyote hunting</p></div>
<p>It’s Thursday night and I am packing up for an early Saturday morning hunt (of course I am packing Thursday night so I can get some sleep Friday night). I call my hunting partner Jayson Deziel of Artistic Wildlife Taxidermy several times that night going over everything twice. The third time his wife answers the phone you can tell she is starting to think I am out of my mind. Friday, work drags on like a North Dakota winter and I can’t believe a 10-hour day seems like a whole damn week. Friday night comes around and I can’t sleep, I just toss and turn and watch the clock. Finally at 3:30 am the alarm goes off and it is time to get going. Jayson gets to my house at 4:00 am and we are off and running. We have a three-hour drive to get to our first calling area.</p>
<p>Well, this is going to be hard to believe but its 6:40 am and we’re there (we might have been speeding a little bit) and its blowing like there is a hurricane coming. North Dakota and wind go hand in hand- if its blowing less than 15 miles an hour, you are usually at work on a Wednesday with no chance at all of getting out. So, now what? Go home? Not a chance.</p>
<p>Spotting and stalking can be effective on days like this. I have found that if you start thinking about what a coyote would be doing on a completely horrible day like this, it would make sense that given the choice any sane animal or man would be home in bed. A sleeping coyote is usely a dead coyote if you see him before he sees you. I have found coyotes sound asleep in the middle of stubble fields but when it starts to really blow, I try to look for big wooded draws that would offer some protection from the wind.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 279px"><img title="2.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/May04/jamie/2.jpg" alt="Jamie testing his coyote hunting skills in Arizona" width="269" height="202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Jamie testing his coyote hunting skills in Arizona</p></div>
<p>Coyote’s thoughts are usually not too far from food. Keep this in mind when you are looking for these little dogs. Coyotes want to know what is going on with their food source 24/7. They do this with their eyes, ears and nose. You will tend to find coyotes down wind of the herd, be it cows, sheep, or deer. When I am out looking for coyotes on a less than perfect day, I first find cattle and sheep ranches. Then I talk to the rancher and find out where he has been seeing coyotes and ask if he can show me the area around his winter-feed lot or spring calving barn. Look down wind of this food source. Start about a mile or so down wind and look for anything that could hold a coyote. Start marking some structure that looks promising and decide what would be the best set-up for each spot. The wind will dictate how close you will need to be at each stand. Realize that if you are going to call coyotes you better plan on lacing up your boots doing some walking. Nothing will ruin a well thought- out plan faster than having a coyote spot your vehicle. Start down wind and move towards your first calling spot. I like to glass the area I am going to call before moving into it. You should always expect to see coyotes- after all, that’s why you picked this spot to begin with, right? Remember to hunt into each stand because you never know what is around the next corner. Stay low and keep your head up, always watching for movement. Use your binoculars to scan every inch of terrain in hopes of catching a coyote on the move, or, better yet, find one bedded down. When you try spotting coyotes, just remember to look for things that look out of place. One way to do this is with a good pair of optics-and I do mean good. Inexpensive, good optics do not exist. I spend a lot of time looking at odd shaped rocks. At a mile, coyotes don’t always look like coyotes.</p>
<p>Call your first stand. If you have a lot of wind, get in close to the structure you are calling to. Remember that you will probably only call each set up for 10 – 15 minutes. In heavy wind if they are going to hear you they will be fairly close. After going through your calling sequence, start walking to your next stand, always moving towards the cattle or whatever you have determined to be the food source in your area.</p>
<p>If you do catch a coyote sleeping and you are in full whites (or whatever camo you’re using during the season at hand), stalking a bedded coyote can be very intense. Expect some close action. Coyotes do not sit still for long but at times you can find them curled up in a ball out of the wind taking a snooze in the middle of the afternoon. Pay close attention to the South side of hills during midday when you can catch a coyote sunning himself. If you watch them they will look up often and even get up to stretch. They may walk in a small circle just like the family dog before lying down again. When they do put their head down, you will have the opportunity to move in closer. Set up and try calling them in, but don’t be afraid of going in and shooting them right in their bed. Coyotes will not always come to a call no matter who is blowing on it or what tape you are using. Just because he doesn’t jump up and come tearing in there doesn’t mean you are doing something wrong. Sometimes they just have other things on their mind. If you have one bedded down out there and he looks like he is going to stay put, get the wind in your face, move slow, keep the noise down and you’ll be surprised at how close you can get.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 279px"><img title="3.jpg" src="http://www.nodakoutdoors.com/image/article/May04/jamie/3.jpg" alt="Jamie &amp; Knight-Hale pro team member Matt Barnard" width="269" height="202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Jamie &amp; Knight-Hale pro team member Matt Barnard out coyote hunting</p></div>
<p>As you are working a pasture, I have found it hard calling close to livestock- especially horses. They get pretty wild when you start calling and will usually come running to see what’s going on. This is typically not good, so try to keep this in mind as you are picking a spot to call from. At times I have had cattle get aggressive to a call, but for the most part, they will not bother you. My father and I had been working a pasture when we came across a small herd with four coyotes moving among the cattle. The rancher was unaware of the day-old calf that was more than a little early. The coyotes had been trying to push that calf away from the herd. One of the coyotes spotted us coming around the corner and he headed out. The other three did not see us, but they followed after the first one.</p>
<p>Make sure you hunt from stand to stand and don’t get too caught up in just getting to the next spot to call. When you get up towards the livestock, feed lot, haystacks or calving barn, set up and call this area like you would any other terrain. Talk with ranchers and they will tell you that they see coyotes in with the livestock, and sleeping in the hay bales.</p>
<p>There are no guarantees in life, and there are certainly none in hunting. Unfortunately, I am unable to get out and hunt coyotes as much as I would like. That’s why I have learned to make the best of even the worst days. Spotting and stalking coyotes can be another tactic you can put in your bag of tricks for hunting coyotes.</p>
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<p>Jamie P. Olson is an avid predator hunter from Mayville, ND and currently resides in Laporte, MN. Jamie promotes several coyote hunting tournaments with the biggest being the North Dakota Coyote Classic held in Dickinson, ND. Jamie uses Crit’R-Calls, and Desert Shadow camouflage.</p>

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