Drago, check my first post on page five. I discuss what I found in zone 9 there.
Keekee and I were discussing zone's 8 and 10. Figuring out which drainages have two groups working them is going to take some work and there are several that do.The turkey bay area group I think beds in zone eight at the head of turkey creek, it gets them away from the 4 wheelers.
Last year we threw everything but the kitchen sink at them, e-calls and hand calls. Every sound I know how to make with a mouth call I tried! We made the mistake of hunting the sign we found, and it was everywhere.We didn't take the time to figure out the where to and from.It all looks so good and if you go on what you know about coyote behavior you get your butt kicked but good.
This year we are going to take a smarter aproach to things.There's a diferent set of circumstances driving these dogs. Something that happens nowhere else motivates their behaviors. We talked last year at the hunt about sight see-ers busting setups and just driving the roads.People everywhere during one of the worst weekends weather wise we had last winter. This place is a public day use area. Hikers,cyclist,bird watchers, hunters of all kinds, folks looking for ancestors , you name it. There are a lot of people in and out of there during any day of the week. This goes on year around!!! The coyotes have figured out a way to get around all of this without being bothered.
I haven't used the bunny blues on them yet but they have responded to everything I've used so far this fall during my scouting and hunting. These animals have NOT heard it all yet and it shows in the way they respond to the call.
Ky timberman and I will be checking zones six and seven tommorrow (thursday) afternoon. I intend to know if my theories are right well before the hunt.This ground is as rugged as it gets without being in the mountains and I don't think many hunters have tried this aproach. Jimmie