Got this big male about 10:45 last night on the bait pile. First one that has visited since early Dec. Shot him with the 204 and a 35 Berger. I was shooting with the Photon 4.6 XT with a doubler attached. Shot was 95 yds., but unfortunately I had another foul up and didn't get the video. I think I have that solved now. Right here is where he took his dirt nap.



While I didn't weigh him, he was heavy and I suspect in the mid 40's. The lower picture does show the small entry if you look closely, but as usual there was no exit.

Nice, good to see you got one after the dry spell. I had a coyote coming in December before I got my alarm working. He showed up twice in early February but hasn't been back since.

I vote for DoubleUp as the top bait hunter on this forum. Do I hear a second?

Lol, I'm pretty sure I'm the top bait hunter on this field where my home is, but that's about the extent of it. Besides that, most of what I know, I learned from you.

It is something to do when I can't go calling, and occasionally I get lucky at both.

Well, you have killed more coyotes at the bait site than anyone I know, so I think that makes you a top contender. LOL.

Nice work DU

good shooting DoubleUp. It must of been an active night my home alarm went off at 12:10 am and got this 32lb male. It has been real quite with out snow.

Nice shooting bobm. 6mm06 you got your 2nd DU as the master baiter. That's a dark one DU.

Laughin weekender. Hey Bobm nice work there.

I had a real good spring last year calling as well as on the bait pile. I don't know if it will materialize this year though. Getting to be more competition around here which doesn't help.

Nice going Bobm.

DoubleUp, how many coyotes have you now taken at the bait site? I know it's a pile of them. I have only taken 11.

Lots of action fellas.WTG!
I called it a season. No good fur left here...snow is mostly gone, too.
My tally is, since mid December, 28 sightings (all in AM except 4), 11 coyote kills, 3 misses.
Fox, eagles, fisher, hawks,coon, crow, and all those little birds I fed! They were so fun to watch.
Best year ever.
I wish all you the best until next season.
See ya next year!
K9

That's a great season K9. You got 11 coyotes since December, and I have only taken 11 in all the time I have been baiting, which is around 4 years.

Have a good year and hopefully we will meet up again next fall. Of course, for me season isn't quite over just yet, though it may be by default since I haven't seen a coyote now for quite a while.

I think the number is somewhere around 37 on the bait pile. K9, great season and hope to hear from you next year.

Can someone point me to post(s) that have bait pile info? Recipes if you will. I scanned though, but there are so many pages. I see some of you are using motion activated alarms so you're not sitting all night. Any other tactics?

TatonkaII, most everyone uses meats of some sort or another, from road kill, butcher scraps, table scraps etc., and even fruits as well as dry dog food. I guess it's a matter of what you can come up with. It takes a lot of bait to keep a site going, and if you are to be successful, you need to keep it baited. For me, bait is hard to come by, so I generally use small chunks tossed around the site, but I love to take advantage of a road kill deer carcass when I can get one.

As to motion sensors, that is a must if you hunt at night. I first began trying to look through a Gen 1 NV scope every few minutes while sitting in a ground blind. I learned in short order that doesn't work. You need a sensor that will alert you to something on the bait, and you need a place you can rest comfortably throughout the night.

Several guys shoot from their home to a bait pile. I can't do that so I purchased a small storage building that I turned into a mini cabin. I stay the night down at the farm / cabin once a coyote hits the bait. I have a nice warm bunk and can fix coffee and something to eat. That's the way I do it. Others may do differently.

Some guys spot with red lights once the alarm sounds. Others use night vision of one form or another. I started out with a Gen 1 scope and used IR lights mounted at the bait site that were remote controlled on and off. Trail cameras can also provide necessary IR when tripped. I have since put together a home-made night vision outfit that works extremely well at a bait site, and it's cheap - somewhere around $200 to build not counting an IR illuminator.

There's a learning curve involved sometimes with bait hunting. I have been through many different trials before getting it to work well. Now I have it fine tuned. It's just a matter of being at the cabin when a coyote shows up. That in and of itself is not always an easy task, since even though a coyote may hit the bait one night, that doesn't mean it will return the next, though many times it does.

Good luck.