new fox/cayote hunter help and tips

[HandGunner]

okay i have a 308 encore handgun im pretty sure it can and will reach out to 300 yards. the thing is, how would one get started with fox and cayote hunting? calls and gear besides clothing. how to scout areas for fox/cayotes. if theres no season for yotes does that mean all year hunting?

what do you do with a dead fox/yote? field dressing them? how to call them in?

is there even any foxes and cayotes around the north metro? were do i have to go and what types of forest do i look for? what types of biomes would they be in?

planin to take up hunting foxes and yotes soon within this year or wait til next year

[derek5]

Like stated on here before, the best thing to do is buy a few dvds. That way you will see the sounds and setups that work for them. You can hunt them whenever during the year, with some stipulations around deer hunting. Look into local laws. There are coyotes all over the state including the north metro. If you get one ask around for the local fur collector in your area, you will get a few bucks. My advice would be keep the wind either in your face or have a cross wind. The biggest thing is keep trying until you get one. Good luck

[Grayfox]

Handgunner,

All you'll really need is your gun and a mouth call. Watch a few DVD's or catch a few demonstrations on the internet would be the easiest way to really see how to start calling and you can modify that to the way you want.

The best way to scout is to start driving around now when there's still snow on the ground and look for tracks crossing roads. Right now they are very active during the breeding season. The best places I've found are more open areas like farm fields and pastures,not forested areas. They're definitely there but since I hunt mostly with rifle I tend to spend most of my time in the open.

As far as what to do with them. You can sell them in the round, which is unskun but preferably frozen or case skun. Coyotes tend to get green belly real fast even in cold weather so it's best to skin them out if the fur looks good enough to keep. If they have mange I'll just drag them into the brush and leave them.

Go out and give it a shot and let us know how you do.

Rob

[HandGunner]

i see...

the WMA lands in the north metro i go around are around the carlos avery area around bethel, isanti, those places. i hear yotes once when i went to carlos for the first time they seemed very far away but u can defenatley hear them, maybe they are not so far away?

anyhoo the WMA land has scattered forest plots followed by swampy areas that the farest seems to scatter around and some spots would be open grassy spots.

not much time left. maybe just go out with the gun and walk around? call a little wait and listen? maybe ill get lucky?

are yotes anywere or is there key places they are?