I hunted my favorite country in eastern New Mexico last week and while the weather was good, the calling was not. With a full moon and coyotes more interested in breeding than coming to call, that lead to a tough hunt. I feel the primary factor is a low population. I hunted for five days and drove hundreds of miles of ranch roads and found very little sign…you simply can’t call what is not there. We called eight coyotes in five days; we normally call at least 10 per day in this area. I realized that we were going to have a problem the first morning when I heard coyotes howling in mid morning and later in early afternoon. Howling at odd hours is typically exhibited when they are mating. The last morning I witnessed the howling and mating from over half a mile away.
The coyote is a resilient creature and when populations are low, food sources are generally high, resulting in large litters. If conditions are good, which they appear to be this year a coyote will typically raise 6-8 pups. So wait until next year when I will have a chance to get even…heck, I might get ahead.
See you outdoors,
Gary
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