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How To Coyote Hunt

By: W. Davies

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Learning how to Coyote hunt is an activity that can be fun to learn or just plain frustrating depending on who your are. Coyote hunting is legal in many states that have coyotes living in them. Hunting coyote requires a decent amount of patience and you have to find the right areas to hunt them in. This is not something that is generally classified as fun, but it can be once you get the hang of it. Here are a few steps that will help you to learn how to Coyote hunt.

To Coyote hunt, you will need 

  • Rifle
  • Ammunition
  • Coyote call
  • partner
  • scope
  1. Purchase a hunting rifle. One of the best rifles to use when hunting coyote is a .22 caliber rifle that has scope. This will make it easier to zero in on your target from far away and shoot it.
  2. Select an area to hunt coyote in. Coyote are known to wander  on private lands and become bothersome to the owners. Choose an area that has a downwind, because coyotes are known for having a great sense of smell. Therefore, they will avoid approaching any area where they sense someone or something is there. Have your partner wait in an area behind you. There are cases in which a coyote may catch your scent and track it back to you. If this happens then you can use your rifle to shoot it.
  3. You can purchase a rabbit call from any hunting store or online. You can use this device as a coyote call that will draw the coyotes toward you. Avoid creating a large amount of noise before using your call. This can scare off the coyotes before you even have a chance to hunt them.

Learning how to hunt coyote can lose all if its excitement once you have been sitting for hours waiting for a coyote to come. Just remember to be patient and to change up your strategy if something seems like it is not working.

Posted on: Jan. 08, 2011