I tried my first coyote hunt last night. Set up in a ground blind in an old pasture on the back of our place. About a 3 ac field. We’ve seen a lot of coyotes in the game cameras. I tried the screaming rabbit call for a long time. Until almost dark. Nothing. I’m thinking our coyotes are a little smarter than I give them credit for. Ha! I sure felt like an idiot with that call screaming. I think I may have scared all the animals out of our county. Even my neighbors cattle were restless. Ha!
Do you normally hear the coyotes howling at dusk in the distance? If so, did you hear them yesterday too, or did your rabbit call significantly change the coyote behavior?
I heard the coyotes howl almost every time I worked until dark at the farm this fall. They would start up on one side of me, and then there would be a reply in another direction. Sometimes I would even hear a third group.
However, the way that sound carries, I have no idea how close the coyotes were.
