Coyotes are adapting and thriving throughout North America. Just thirty years ago, they were unheard of in some areas of the United States. Today, much of the available hunting lands across America is almost devoid of pheasants, rabbits and red fox, but the coyotes are thriving. With the limited amount of cover provided by sparse marshes, fence lines and woods, a pair of hunting coyotes has little trouble locating and feasting upon nesting pheasants and other small game. God help the red fox that gets caught out in the open by the aggressive coyote.

Small game, waterfowl and ground birds aren’t the only things farm country coyotes prey upon. Whitetail deer fall into that category too.


Animal activists such as P.E.T.A, keep trying to sell the to the public, that predators kill the sick and weak and thus help to preserve the balance of nature. What they don’t explain is that canine predators run healthy animals until they become sick and weak, and then they kill them.

During early summer, cornfields provide almost impenetrable cover for deer. Yet farmers from across the country report finding fawn deer carcasses when they began cutting corn in the fall, indicating that the coyote is as effective in a dense cornfield as it is elsewhere, maybe even more so.

Standing corn is an ideal place to call coyotes. However, there are some definite differences in trying to lure coyotes out of such dense retreats. As with all game calling, the easier you make it for your quarry to respond, the higher your success rate.

In general, locating farm country coyotes is much easier than trying to find them in the deep woods. Much of the prime farm country is divided by section roads, which makes touring for coyotes a piece of cake.

During early fall while the corn is still unpicked, travel the roads with a howler (either mouth-blown or electronic with a lone coyote howl or group howl tape) and call over likely areas from vantage points where you can see as much area as possible. Don’t howl right on top of the likeliest coyote cover, as they may just come to investigate without making a sound and catch you unprepared.

Howling is the ideal locator call for the predawn darkness a couple of hours before shooting light. You’re much less likely to spook or alert coyotes by howling at this time, and when you do locate coyotes, you have time to determine who owns the land and gain permission for calling later in the morning.

Later in the fall, when the snow starts to fall can cruise the back roads checking for tracks crossing from one farm field to another. Circling the section, you can pin point coyote location to within a square mile. A bit of sensible glassing or map study should let you pinpoint the most likely areas to hunt.

Aerial photos are especially useful for determining the cover coyotes are most likely to inhabit.

It used to be cornfields were planted in checked rows where the corn plants were evenly spaced and rows ran both ways. Now, however, the corn is drilled in and the rows only run in one direction. This needs to be considered when choosing a calling stand because a coyote is easier to call when it can follow the rows to the source of the sound rather than fight its way across the rows.

In general, this means setting up to call from the ends of the fields, even though the distance may be a bit more. If a coyote is located in a parcel of woods, a creek bottom or a weed patch adjacent to a cornfield, you can bet it moves along the edge of the cornfield or down the rows, taking the path of least resistance. Set up 50 to 100 yards from the end of the cornfield, to give yourself a bit of leeway.

Keep the wind in your favor if there’s a cross breeze, you may need to set up on the downwind corner of the field to give yourself the best chance at a shot.

Shooting a coyote with a bow and arrow is tough under the best of conditions, but when you can combine deer hunting with a bit of predator calling, it isn’t all that bad.

The best way to shoot a coyote with bow and arrow is to draw when it is at least 50 yards out then hold until it gets within easy shooting range. Coyotes in variably catch the movement of drawing if they are any closer, and running coyotes are darn hard to hit with an arrow.

Coyote hunting can be challenging and difficult to do at times. Persistence pays off in due time. Don’t give up if you fail the first time. Not all coyotes can be called in. If the area you are hunting is under heavy pressure by other coyote hunters, it may be wise to locate another area that is out of the way. Remember that a coyote is most active in the pre-dawn hours and usually hides out during daylight. Some states such as New York allow the hunting of coyotes under darkness. Special equipment such as night vision optics are used.



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