The Coyotes are getting brave and mean around here. We've been tracking them for friends and family out in the country. In February it is good to use a call that makes them think another pack or strange yotes are near since mating is their main focus around this time. Right now we use a rabbit call and occasionally a decoy of a rabbit pelt. In the snow we lay on a mat and cover ourselves with a white blanket and wait for them to show. I prefer to make my base on top of a hill so I can see all around me. I also prefer to go when its dark and I use a red flashlight.
I am still what I would call a novice but learning has been a lot of fun and I am a huge fan of waiting for the kill. Not sure why, maybe because I never get a moments peace unless i'm tucked away with a gun in hand haha.
The most effective way I have seen to kill them, is they way an old man in Ky showed me a few years ago...He had a motion sensor light with a red bulb in it about 150 yds from his front porch. Below the light he would tie up road killed deer..When the coyotes would come, mostly in the night, the light would come on and ALSO trigger a buzzer in the cabin..he would go out on the porch that had a gun rest on the railing and shoot the coyote.. He said it was very effective in late winter when the coyotes were hungry..said he got between 15 and 25 in a few months every winter.
Just saw a pack of 5 last night about 1/2 mi from my house. I am concerned about letting my small dog out. I have been wanting to learn how to hunt coyotes for some time - this is enough motivation for me to get started.