Baiting for Coyote

AFAIK there are no restrictions for baiting in southern Ontario and so if I am mistaken feel free to correct me.

Now with that assumption I have some baiting questions revolving on if it is worth it and how to do it effectively.

I guess is if I put out some bait my biggest concern would be the Coyotes coming when I am not there especially since we can't hunt at night. So it is even worth it? Clearly I have never tried this and so just wondering what methods may work, or not?

At the location I will be going there is consistent sightings on camera at least every few days but usually around 12-2am.

Not that I get out as much as I use to but when I was into it regularly what I use to like to do with a fairly good success rate in the winter.Was to visit my local butcher shop and pick though their waste pile and fill a couple of 5 gallon pails. Then after returning home I would insert a 4 ft chain down the center of the pail and fill with water to freeze it and make a giant popsicle out of it. After being froze remove the pail and take it to the location I was at and stake it to the ground though the chain that is froze through the center. With it staked to the ground it can't be carried away when you're not there and when you are there you have more than ample time to shoot as they have to work at the ice block to pull out the frozen scraps. Hope that helps it worked quite well for me and lasted some time.

We used to pick up road kills, drill holes and freeze them into the pond. We got some awesome photos but never successful at getting coyotes in daylight hours. The negative was we were providing coyotes with some much needed energy for chasing deer, and we were attracting coyotes to the area we deer hunted.

I tried that "bucket 'o meat" with the frozen chain in it a couple of times. I even put a trail camera on it. I think I had one coyote come to it once in the middle of the night. A couple foxes, again in the middle of the night. It was consumed by hawks during the day. As many as three at a time and when the hawks weren't there, crows were picking at it. It was a waste of time.

Have run trail cameras on bait sites alot. 85% of the time all canine activity is at night. During the day you get the ravens and raptors.

If your using it to shoot off it might not be worth the effort. Calling, running and gunning probably works better.


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I put out veggies for deer, over my back fence. I have a game camera up. I do not bait for coyotes, but every night they show up, to sniff around where the deer have been eating. Sometimes within minutes after the deer have gone. Always at night.

I am starting to think it isnt worth it but I thought I would ask. I'll keep at it with my hand and e callers.

E-caller and moving decoy is a damn sight easier than stinkin' meat popsicles and rotting carcasses.

make sure landowner is cool with it too. last thing i want behind the barn is a coyote attractant...

I know a few who do well baiting all winter on their farms (have cattle and sheep) , and usually shoot 8-12 coyotes each year off the bait once we get locked in with a lot of snow. Bait is put inside a cage (those metal firewood cages that have the big water tanks in them work well, flipped upside down. The cage ensures that they can't consume the whole pile or drag away the bait. Trapping carcasses work well - beaver, coon, muskrats and deer scraps after butchering. They do not use their own deadstock. Cage is placed close to bush cover within about 180-225 yards from the house. 223 or 243. Shots are taken off the back deck. They get the odd one in plain daylight but most are shot at night, especially on good moonlight nights.

If you have a well established bait the local dominant coyotes will try to keep other coyotes off of it.

So that pair or bunch of coyotes might always feed after dark, the younger tresspassing coyotes that get run off it during the night will be sneaking in whenever its safe to take their share. As long as your not educating them you will have some show up in day light hours.


Don't miss and don't let your wind hit the bush where they come from and you won't educate any.

Roadkill, deadstock is your best bet, chained to a big tree, just out of the bush car enough you can make a good shot.

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