Basically ..this is a crude diagram of the bog I hunt with markings to represent where I had set up.
The first place I had successfully called and taken a coyote was at tree island #2 ..marked by the red X ..here is a picture from the decoy looking at the stand.
The coyote came from downwind on the right side of the photo..it was about 20 yards away from my stand and came up
From behind me..saw the decoy and ran directly toward it..a quick bark from me stopped him long enough to put a 123g hornady through him...I still have no idea how he didn't scent me...he seemed to come in within 15-20 minutes to the sound of 2 minutes of cottontail in distress and then 5 minutes of silence ..I repeated it and then tried jackrabbit in distress with the same play time as I did with the previous cottontail call.
Another view of tree island #2 ..standing at decoy and call looking at the north side which was located directly
Across from the trail. The island has been cut down by someone collecting firewood. I was sitting by the gray rock on the edge of remaining trees..
I tried this island a number of times with no success..there was tons of scat all around but still nothing came in to the call.
Eventually I moved to the trail on the second part of the bog located near tree island # 1 ..there was a small amount of tracks and a few pieces of scat there so I tried my first stand directly off the island ..but there was nothing willing to come out.
Here is a long range view of that island it is located far left in the photo.bits kind of hard to see from the picture.
After this I tried further away from the tree islands and setup near the atv trail I tried this spot a number of times with no results. Something I am doing wrong may be the reason might be keeping the dogs
Away or there are none in the area While I am setup ..they could be possibly near the atv trails at both entrances and when I pass through hear or scent me ..as most of the scat is located near island #2 ..there is not as much as last year but still some sign around ..if anyone has some advice on different tactics to try feel free to post I look forward to hearing it and trying the advice.