Pulling coyotes from a travelway

[k9]

How far off a travelway do you think you can pull a coyote?

Obviously the best spot for him is right in the travelway, but there are those times when it sure would be nice to get him to go ten feet one way or the other, to hide the catch. I am talking country here that is not good for drags.

Coyote carcasses?

Trailing scents?

What have you done to successfully pull them 10 or more feet?

[bobwendt]

10 feet should be easy if the wind is right ,or no wind. A strong wind working against you, if they can`t see it you are wasting your time.

[3n]

Wiley Miles said a drag trail should always be used if at all possible,the full length of your line.

[17HMR]

Good eye appeal will take them 10 feet

[bobwendt]

I was thinking he meant behind bushes or brush out of human site and coyote sight.

[bubcat]

How far off a travelway do you think you can pull a coyote?


Out on the snow pack, I've seen them to catch scent and turn right angle as much as 800 ft to investigate a call lure.

[k9]

You are right Bob but drag trails are interesting discussion also. I think I read a book by Wiley Miles years ago in which he advocated dragging large carcasses across sections of land along his line.

I am talking a little "come over here" to the coyote.

How do you guys feel about coyote carcasses as an attractor to an area?

[3n]

k9..Wiley also used a smaller drag for laying a trail from the main drag trail..a sack with a gallon of "tankage" in it to pull them where he wanted..I have no idea what tankage is.

[trappnman]

call lures- but visuals can pull cooytes for incredible distances. A square bale- how far? certainly over 1000 yards. I believe, based on results only- that a ribbone sticking straight up in a flat field can draw a coyote 100's of yards. I've see it time after time. Visuals are the key to pulling- to me more so than lure. Studies show a coyote hunts more visually than through scent- so at a minimum, hes using his eyes as much as his nose. Even a big hole dug with dirt piled up will pull a wandering coyote a long ways.

[bobwendt]

nothing like a big carcase, large dead hog, horse, cow ,etc. works for miles I`m sure. I see the ravens and crows find it and the coyotes are right behind. I`m sure they watch the birds, and when stinky the smell could waft for miles. I always open up the guts on big carcases after I place them, usually dragging across country behind the truck tied onto the ball with a rope, and I drive hard so they shred and rip all they can. Tthey all know where the hog farms and feedlots are. tankage is everything but the good meat we eat, i.e., what they throw in the tank. and coyote carcases?, to a coyote , parts is parts.

[3n]

Now I know what tankage is...thanks Bob!