Coyote hunting with dogs

[zeke83]

Does anyone have any experience with hunting coyotes with dogs?

I have heard of a few guys around my area that do it, and I would like to know some more about it. With any hope I can get them to come over to my hunting property.

[ejp419]

Do it! I know a bunch of guys in my area, Greene County, that have hounds. Now I have 2, Running Walkers. Ones a 2 yr old who is a really good dog, and I picked a pup up, he's 5 months old. Can't wait to get him out. I know hias blood lines and he should be good. We probly got 20 last year with the dogs. It's a blast.

The picture is small but this is what hunting coyotes with dogs does. 4 out of 1 woods. Dogs were chasing yotes for hours lol....

[Doc]

As much as hunting has dominated my life, I can't say that I have ever hunted anything with dogs. So needless to say I know absolutely nothing about it. So here comes the dumb question..... How does it all work with coyotes? certainly there is no way that humans can catch up with chasing dogs so there would be no way of getting out in front of them for an eventual shot. Coyotes don't "tree" like cougars and bears. So what is the procedure? Do they circle or something?

[jr.deerslayer]

I have never done it myself but heard from friends that last winter with the high snow, the coyotes where tiring after running only several hundred yards making an easy approach and shot from the hunter

[pistolp71]

I did it for the first time this past winter with a buddy and his dogs, platte hounds. Delaware county.

Basically, someone went out to an area and found fresh tracks. Then 15 of us and 4 dogs went to the area and put the dogs on the track with gps collars. The dogs get on the scent and eventually bump the coyote and you can tell from the howls they are on it. Coyotes are like rabbits, they will start to circle. You position guys in the projected patch and shoot the coyote on the run. Sometimes they will bay up in brush or something. They its real easy. Great time, can't wait to do it again this winter. We got 2 that day.

[ejp419]

We used roadkill deer to bait coyotes. If there's no snow we drop the dogs on the bait. If a coyote has been there the dogs will let you know. If there is snow and the bait hasn't been hit we ride the back roads looking for track. We have a huge area were we have permission to shoot as many coyotes as we can. If we can find no track or nothing at the baits we just free range them. The dogs cover alot of area and sooner or later they will jump or cross a track. Then it's game on. Shooters are almost always welcome. The more shooters the better the chance. If there is a power line, clear cut, etc. we line shooters up. Basically try and surround the coyote. Alot of times once you figure out where the coyotes cross an opening they will do it again. Kinda like deer. The dogs have gps collars on them and we all have marine radios so we can keep re-positioning ourselves. Sometime they will bay up, specially big male yotes; or circle. Some run as fast as they can out of dodge. The second to last day of the season, last March we chased one 12 miles lol. The last day over 8 miles. It sure is fun and beats staring out ur windows in the dead of winter wishing you could shoot something...

[martin]

ejp419,

I'm in to be a shooter. I ran racoons with my uncle.He used to use us cousins as dogs to. Line us up and say go, we would bark thru the corn field till the end, then the dogs would be let go. What a great time it was. Send me pm. I live in dutchess...

[SteveB]

There is a tendency for the crews in around us not to be concerned with permission and the like.

[ejp419]

We do run into when the dogs run off and are on a coyote someone might ask what we're doing. When we tell them we're hunting coyotes with dogs they say "Shoot 'em all! " So it works out pretty good lol