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Thanks Werner... not sure where my head was... I think I drifted off into the land of windsocks and runway headings. There have been changes to the format for METARS and I didn't bother to keep up ... I just let the pilots worry about those thingsQuote:
Originally Posted by werner.reiche
Don't want to hijack his thread. But I have a similar question..how would you hunt this..
The arrow represents the common wind direction here.. the circle is the general area where the trail cam was set that caught the pics. Can't hunt in the larger Bush.
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1. With the prevailing wind sit in area #1 and place a decoy by the little yellow/red star.....
2. On the days the wind changes and is in your favour (not blowing to the bush) use #2 area (you need a tree or fence post to break up your outline hard to tell from the pic) and place a decoy by the black/red star....
Try and setup about 120-150 yds away from the bush..... keeping your eyes on the bush line (yellow line) as most likely the coyote will be coming from there.....
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Hmm I'll try that.. there's an old van in the one corner.. right by #1.. could sit in there.. there is a ditch Running parallel to the big ditch.. drop enough to hide you in..Quote:
Originally Posted by fratri
Only issue with sitting by the 1 is shooting direction.. there are homes in that direction... all though a ways off... I'll try for a bigger pic of the entire area..
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Loving this thread, again however - not to hi-jack, but instead of creating congestion on the forums - we've been wanting to coyote/wolf hunt our hunting camp for quite some time. We've seem them both there plenty of times during the fall, and the tracks are PLENTY during the winter months. We just can't seem to get a bead on them.
We have decoys, and callers, and our closest neighbour is about 3/4km to the west of our camp (western side, across the road boundary on the map below). The property line is marked in red, the location of our cabin is the small blue dot overlooking the lake.
Our thoughts have been to place a decoy/caller on the frozen lake and hunt them from the camp area this time of year.
Thoughts on this, and other possible locations? I can provide more detailed maps, or a Google Maps link to the area so you can zoom in as needed as well.
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This thread was such a great idea - posting maps and getting advise.
Perhaps consider this, If I'm reading your photo correctly...
Man dog the 75-100 acres West of you or set up and call with the two visible openings downwind of the e caller. West Wind(from the West) looks like your best wind overall for your land followed by North (considering the most likely winds)and would also allow some calling along the Northern lake shoreline.
I'd also consider the bottom area East of you early(I'd stay off the ridges). After sun is well up in the sky I would then try the ridges.
Topher, With that property I would set up in any dips in the land that can't be seen from a road. Coyotes will know this as well and like to travel these areas. If there isn't a spot like this I would set up right in the bush or only call the spot at very last light and very first light....
I have a 50acre property that is visible from two roads.....Only a couple spots on the property that can't be seen from the road. Both times i have called a coyote there, My first sighting of them was in that dip. They probably use it all the time to cross fields and not be seen.
I never have luck with roads close by, See them cross roads all the time, But coming to the call is a different story.
Topher, just to add to Songdog's suggestions, I know that coyotes like to run in ravines and ditches from the tracks I see routinely in the farms I have been hunting. Last season I had one run by me in the gully about 100 yds out as I was turkey hunting.
normally I have been seeing up in a ditch that runs eat to west parallel to the big first... there some long weeds and some dog wood that I sit in there.. But no luck... cities do you use this ditch as a path as well...
I think Frank nailed it. Just to add, with the proximity of the houses I may be tempted to bring the 12 with a full choke and some # 4 buck. The map may be decieving in regards to the size of the property but from what I see I would be hesitant to let a centerfire rip there .