A Guide To Smashing Coyotes In Your Yard

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This video is a beginner's guide to smashing coyotes in the yard.

It's basic and contains 8 main chapters. Hopefully someone finds it useful. Included are airgun power levels I use vs what I recommend, airguns I have used and currently use, scope recommendations, kill shots with results, motion detectors, a look into security camera systems, ways to use bait placement and turn them into more opportunities and more.



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@sasquatch Damn man. You have some frontier-level wildlife activity going on in your yard. What sort of bait works best for you? I like the camera segment and your IR flood-light. That flood light is a clutch tool. They really help. I like that you presented your info based upon your experiences. I've been reading some comments in your threads from people who have not and will not put together this sort of presentation to back their claims. Thanks for sharing.
 
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I use more focused spot lights so that the light can be much further away and it still super bright.
You have a choice in wavelength and beam width. I use the narrow 15 degree version. Great information about spreading the bait around so they linger in a set area. I only have experience with coon feeders, that doesn't work for yotes. I guessing if bait was placed only in one place they grab it and run not giving a pester the needed time for a easy clean shot.


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sasquatch said:
This video is a beginner's guide to smashing coyotes in the yard.

It's basic and contains 8 main chapters. Hopefully someone finds it useful. Included are airgun power levels I use vs what I recommend, airguns I have used and currently use, scope recommendations, kill shots with results, motion detectors, a look into security camera systems, ways to use bait placement and turn them into more opportunities and more.



Good luck
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Great video. Thanks for all the info.
 
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@sasquatch Damn man. You have some frontier-level wildlife activity going on in your yard. What sort of bait works best for you? I like the camera segment and your IR flood-light. That flood light is a clutch tool. They really help. I like that you presented your info based upon your experiences. I've been reading some comments in your threads from people who have not and will not put together this sort of presentation to back their claims. Thanks for sharing.
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Any meat bait works but some baits won't last very long in heat. I like fish in winter when it is cooler and then chicken and rib bones in summer
 
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BlackICE said:
I use more focused spot lights so that the light can be much further away and it still super bright.
You have a choice in wavelength and beam width. I use the narrow 15 degree version. Great information about spreading the bait around so they linger in a set area. I only have experience with coon feeders, that doesn't work for yotes. I guessing if bait was placed only in one place they grab it and run not giving a pester the needed time for a easy clean shot.


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Good light choice.

I forgot to include the reasons I spread the bait out. It's because if you lay them all in a pile some animals will pick them all up in one go and leave to consume it away from the area where you won't get an opportunity. If they are dispersed then they usually start foraging around and stay in the area for a few minutes.
 
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Any meat bait works but some baits won't last very long in heat. I like fish in winter when it is cooler and then chicken and rib bones in summer
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@sasquatch Thanks. I recall you mentioning some sort of bones before. Funny that they don't run off with the bait. I've watched them feed on carcasses on my trail cam footage. They seem to position themselves strategically or will tear off pieces and run off with them. Do you bury or tie down your bait to keep them within your view long enough to shoot?
 
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Sometimes they do run off with the bait but every animal is different and I believe the environment where they live may impact their behaviors to some degree. It could be they run off because they feel a competitor might steal their food or because they feel vulnerable chewing on something in the given area. Raccoons often run away with food when there are competitors nearby, for example. Female coons travel in packs and so it is easier to observe this and learn from it.

I don't tie anything to the ground but if I thought it was helpful - why not try it?
 
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Thank you, I found the video useful and interesting. I have been wanting to make the jump into a night optic. One of my initial questions was whether or not a State license is required to take coyotes within your property. I suspect that may vary from State to State or local ordinances. So you really need a set position and ready-to-go that will not give away your activity? Might make for an interesting night stand beside my bedroom window :D
 
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ChickenDumpling said:
Thank you, I found the video useful and interesting. I have been wanting to make the jump into a night optic. One of my initial questions was whether or not a State license is required to take coyotes within your property. I suspect that may vary from State to State or local ordinances. So you really need a set position and ready-to-go that will not give away your activity? Might make for an interesting night stand beside my bedroom window :D
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I have 2 states where I am residing most of the time. I need a license where this one was taken. When I used to live in Nevada you didn't but things are always changing. My suspicion is that a lot of states wanted to license requirement because they want some level of legal defense between them and someone who is shot by an unlicensed hunter (this is all speculation on my part). If they required license then that often includes the hunter's education requirement for those who were not grandfathered in by year of birth.

There are city ordinances where shooting either the coyote or just air rifles at paper targets are not legal.

I would recommend being ready with your airgun before you see the coyotes. If you're fumbling to get the airgun and load it up you're losing time and potentially an opportunity. However, nothing is absolutely certain. For example, when the pups leave the dens permanently they have a hard time finding food and really seem to prefer easy food sources. This is usually summer time when a lot of young and dumb coyotes are about. If they stumble upon bait you have set out they will sometimes return and sit there for long periods of time. I have had this happen a few times where they would loiter for over 30 minutes. They'd sit behind or under a bush and just wait as if a pork chop dinner was going to fall from the sky.
 
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How about adding a chapter for best methods to dispose of the body? :LOL:
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I know a kid who would shoot and cook. Maybe he'll get one and make a YouTube video one day 😂

On my video. Lots of mistakes and missing info but probably relevant enough to guide someone in the proper direction
 
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great video !!! lots of good information for folks that want to take kiyotes...
i throw a cast net in my pond for bait fish, thats my primary bait and i also spread a few out
about 10-15' apart.
i shoot from many different places, mainly my tractor or combine cabs.
good portable enclosed blind that there used to seeing all over the farm.
thanks (y)
 
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My dirt is hard clay and full of rocks it would be a PITA to dig a hole with only a hand shovel and other critters may come to dig it up. It is bigger than anything I put in the trash so far and it may be against the regulations. Is it compost, recyclable, landfilled, bio waste, or toxic waste? I guess if I was in Springfield OH there are plenty of people that would gladly take it. :LOL:
 
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