New Coyote hunter with a Question

First thing is what type of call will you be using? With a remote type call and a decoy, setup properly, can be deadly on coyotes. I have heard that MN is a tough area to call, but you can't win the lottery if you do not buy a ticket [-o<

Elkaholic,
I really don't know what kind of call I'll be using. I need to kinda shop around and see what I can find. The city I live in doesn't have any kind of sporting goods stores, so I gotta wait until I go to Albuquerque over the holidays. And SE NM is pretty wide open country, you can see those yotes coming " a mile away". There's a lot of water tanks in the area that are 30' tall or so, so I was planning on sitting on top of a tank and set up my decoy at 100 yards or so. What do you think??
Eastern NM hunter

With the open country that you have it is a good idea to get set up away from your call box so the remote set up would be a good idea. If the dogs aren't getting a ton of pressure just a call box will work just fine. But if everybody is chasing them then the movment of a decoy may help keep them looking a little longer so that you can let the air out of them.

Is this the decoy that you were talking about?

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This is Treetop's boy with a dog that they got last week. =D>

A raccoon decoy? What is that? And do you stick your call box right by it?

Hey bow_nut, that's a good looking dead yote, and that is the basis idea. The decoy I've seen, actually looks like a ball of fur with a tail and stands about 8inches off the ground. I think it's battery operated, so when you turn it on, it kinda shakes. But hey, what ever works, right? The area I plan to hunt isn't as wide open as the picture you show, but it is pretty darn flat. There's knee high grass, creosote brush and mesquite shrub, and let's not forget, a lot of coyotes. No lie, opening morning of my deer hunt, I spotted 5-6 in one square mile. It should be good hunting. Thanks for the reply and advice, one last question, do they get gun shy??

Yeah if you look close you can see his foxpro call sitting on top of the coyote. They just set it on the ground next to his decoy and turn it on. There is a movment ball attached to a spring on top of the stick so that it will flop around and give the dogs something to look at. Allmost anything will work. I've seen people even just tie a couple of the big white fluffy feathers on a stick so that they will move around in a light breeze. Coyotes will respond to hunting pressure just like any other animal the more they get hunted the more wary they get. The key is to not miss to many times so that they don't get smart to your set up. I know it's easier said than done but it's fun no matter how it turns out.

Hi Guys, here are some pictures of the decoy I made.
The decoy heart is one I bought about a year ago on the net. Cost about $10,
the spring is a # 15 on the Napa auto parts display board, Cost about $2. The stake is one of the posts from the electric fence that keeps my horses in. Cost ???
and the coon skin cap is one that I bought at sportsman's warehouse for $6 something.
and a little velcro to keep the coon skin cap in place.
It's simple to build and about 1/2 what you'd pay for one at Cabelas.
By adjusting the amount of spring that is free to move between the ball and the top of the stake you can change the wiggle from just a little to where the whole thing is flopping up and down with the tail waving like crazy. It add to the stuff you have to carry to the stand but it's fun to see the affect on the prey.
Good hunting to all of you. Later Treetop
PS Hey bow nut I have the cap, spring, velcro and stake here so we can finish putting yours together one of these days.

sorry about the side ways picture. I added them with out previewing and forgot that the second one needed to be rotated. Maybe Brett can fix it. Any way you get the idea. Later Treetop

That's crazy cool, thanks for sharing. Fixed the image for you.

Hey treetop, that's totally cool!! I hadn't thought of making my own, but you're right, it would be a fraction of the cost. thanks for the great idea, I'll let you know what I come up with....Eastern NM hunter

Treetop

Cool. We will be down there in a month at the latest. This month is going to busy also. Hoping to get a couple of days in the marsh so that I can bag my swan. Just have to see how things go.
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