SethUsmc0311
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I am sorry for the long winded post but i need help ASAP!
So i am very new to coyote hunting. I have been on all types of websites and forums trying to get tips and tricks to help improve the odds. My problem is that my family owns a high fenced exotic hunting ranch in Normangee Texas. We have blackbuck, scimitar oryx, axis, fallow, watusi and red stag. When my dad first bought the property it had 2 100 acre high fenced sections that shared a fence. We would ride the fence line and find digs under the fence. I started making my own snares and had some good success with that. We probably caught 5 or so coyotes with my snares in those digs. So we thought we had a good plan for controlling them. Well we have now not had any digs under the fence but we have animals dropping left and right. So clearly some of them have been living on the property. We also put up these blinking red predator deterrents that are solar powered and since doing that the digs have stopped.
I have walked 70% (the other 30% is not accessible due to the thick thick yaupon) of that property and found tracks and areas that look like dens and put camera out to triangulate where they are staying. I have an issue with where all these areas are. They are deep in the thick yaupon trees where you can’t see 5 feet in front of you. The property has a lot of open field areas and pine groves as well as cedar groves. But there are creek beds that are surrounded by that thick yaupon. So i am not able to set up a stand or anything and i would be within 10-15 yards of any animal that comes through there with zero visibility. So i have been trying to call them into the more open areas that still have some cover for them to feel safer. I have multiple coyotes on camera at different areas of the property. We have also recently taken out the dividing fence that separates the two 100 acre areas. So i am on here seeking advice and tips form y’all to try and formulate a better game plan.
My gear i am using is 6.8SPC AR15 with an ATN X-Sight. As well as a gen3 PVS14. I use the pvs 14 to help spot at night and then can transition to the night scope on the rifle to get a shot.(is spotlighting more effective for spotting them) I have been using a western rivers game stalker. I have been treating all my clothes in dead down wind scent cover as well as using coon urine to cover any scent. I am in a tower blind that overlooks a field and has visibility on the tree line. I have been putting the call in the field (roughly 300 yards long by 200 yards wide) at the base of a tree in the middle of the field. I will blast the call for about 5-10 seconds and then stop. i do that about every 5-10 minutes. I have not had any luck. So me and my dad also went hog hunting on another piece of the property that isn’t high fenced we then took the hog carcass to the field and gutted it and then set up that same night. We are in the stand at about sundown and will sit there until we can’t stay awake any more (around 12-2am). We have still had no luck and no sightings. The closest i came so far was i went out spotlighting for coons and bobcat and fox. I came up to this hilltop shack that i know a fox lives under and shot a fox and right before i shot the fox i heard an animal crying noise that was for sure in distress. It was so foggy and dark i could see anything. I headed back out the next morning at daybreak and found an axis fawn had been killed the whole hind quarters had been eaten. There were tracks all over the area. I put a trial camera aimed at the carcass and nothing else came back. I walked all the draws around there to see if something had crossed over or had a den but no luck.
What am i missing? I am afraid that because they have an endless buffet of animals they are not wanting to be called in. I am open to any and all help y’all can provide. If my gear is wrong or my tactics are wrong or anything at all. We are losing thousands of dollars each time an animal is killed. We are also open to having someone that is experienced come out and hunt them for free as long as they don’t mind me or my dad coming along to try and learn a few things.
So i am very new to coyote hunting. I have been on all types of websites and forums trying to get tips and tricks to help improve the odds. My problem is that my family owns a high fenced exotic hunting ranch in Normangee Texas. We have blackbuck, scimitar oryx, axis, fallow, watusi and red stag. When my dad first bought the property it had 2 100 acre high fenced sections that shared a fence. We would ride the fence line and find digs under the fence. I started making my own snares and had some good success with that. We probably caught 5 or so coyotes with my snares in those digs. So we thought we had a good plan for controlling them. Well we have now not had any digs under the fence but we have animals dropping left and right. So clearly some of them have been living on the property. We also put up these blinking red predator deterrents that are solar powered and since doing that the digs have stopped.
I have walked 70% (the other 30% is not accessible due to the thick thick yaupon) of that property and found tracks and areas that look like dens and put camera out to triangulate where they are staying. I have an issue with where all these areas are. They are deep in the thick yaupon trees where you can’t see 5 feet in front of you. The property has a lot of open field areas and pine groves as well as cedar groves. But there are creek beds that are surrounded by that thick yaupon. So i am not able to set up a stand or anything and i would be within 10-15 yards of any animal that comes through there with zero visibility. So i have been trying to call them into the more open areas that still have some cover for them to feel safer. I have multiple coyotes on camera at different areas of the property. We have also recently taken out the dividing fence that separates the two 100 acre areas. So i am on here seeking advice and tips form y’all to try and formulate a better game plan.
My gear i am using is 6.8SPC AR15 with an ATN X-Sight. As well as a gen3 PVS14. I use the pvs 14 to help spot at night and then can transition to the night scope on the rifle to get a shot.(is spotlighting more effective for spotting them) I have been using a western rivers game stalker. I have been treating all my clothes in dead down wind scent cover as well as using coon urine to cover any scent. I am in a tower blind that overlooks a field and has visibility on the tree line. I have been putting the call in the field (roughly 300 yards long by 200 yards wide) at the base of a tree in the middle of the field. I will blast the call for about 5-10 seconds and then stop. i do that about every 5-10 minutes. I have not had any luck. So me and my dad also went hog hunting on another piece of the property that isn’t high fenced we then took the hog carcass to the field and gutted it and then set up that same night. We are in the stand at about sundown and will sit there until we can’t stay awake any more (around 12-2am). We have still had no luck and no sightings. The closest i came so far was i went out spotlighting for coons and bobcat and fox. I came up to this hilltop shack that i know a fox lives under and shot a fox and right before i shot the fox i heard an animal crying noise that was for sure in distress. It was so foggy and dark i could see anything. I headed back out the next morning at daybreak and found an axis fawn had been killed the whole hind quarters had been eaten. There were tracks all over the area. I put a trial camera aimed at the carcass and nothing else came back. I walked all the draws around there to see if something had crossed over or had a den but no luck.
What am i missing? I am afraid that because they have an endless buffet of animals they are not wanting to be called in. I am open to any and all help y’all can provide. If my gear is wrong or my tactics are wrong or anything at all. We are losing thousands of dollars each time an animal is killed. We are also open to having someone that is experienced come out and hunt them for free as long as they don’t mind me or my dad coming along to try and learn a few things.