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<blockquote data-quote="Wildcat" data-source="post: 3915484" data-attributes="member: 402"><p>I have coyote hunted off and on for years but with the new e-callers and the remotes that help me more than anything else plus Kentucky allowing night hunting with lights starting last year I got into it in a big way. Night hunting is a different ball game but it's not as easy as some people hope for, you still have to hunt as hard as you do in the day time, it's just a different way of seeing them. Another bonus for me was extra time. Taking care of Mom has cut back on the time I can hunt since I need to be home more in the day time. Once I put her to bed for the night then I can go hunt all night and the dawn until it's time to get her up.</p><p></p><p>Some people think it's not safe but after last year I realized it's much more dangerous to try to hunt in the moonlight and no lights. Using lights allows people to see you for miles around, anybody driving down the highway can see the lights working the fields and woods and know where you are. Also anybody coming up to you like a game warden shines his light and you know it's another human being with a light and not some animal.</p><p></p><p>You use a scan light, most people have them set on top of their caps and only use the bottom of the light halo to pick up "eyes", once the eyes are spotted you follow them in until them are in range then hit the shooting light on your shotgun to light them up and to make 100% for sure it's a coyote before shooting. Most times with the scan light you will ID him long before he's inside shooting range. When you get out of your truck and are ready to head out to a stand you first scan the whole field with the scan light and a lot of times you will pick up eyes, sometimes as far away as the other end of a 800 acre cut corn field. That way you can decide what to do, either set up right there or try to go closer while knowing how to use the ground to cover yourself to get there. Speaking about cover, you do NOT need camo or anything else night hunting. The light it self is your cover. Go outside tonight, walk about 50-100 yards from the house and have your kid or wife shine the flash light above your head. You are not blinded but you still cannot see past the light. If they point it right at you then you are blinded and that is why it's better to use the bottom of the lights "halo" to see eyes. As long as you are behind the light they will not see you. At night I simply get off my 4 wheeler parked next to some bush, walk about 5 yards from it and set up the Primos tripod and the caller right in front of me. I get my shotgun on the tripod and turn on my caller and start the calling sequence all the while I'm turning my head all around scanning for eyes. I want the eyes looking at the sound which in right in front of me. Of course I'm standing up. After 30-40 minutes if nothing shows up I simply turn the caller off and put everything back on my 4 wheeler and ride to the next calling stand. That's in open areas and open fields. In the woods and logging roads I walk in and set up a little different but still stand up and try to find a high spot to get my self a little above the road.</p><p></p><p>I can't wait until midnight Sunday/Monday, it's Feb 1st, the start of night calling in Ky. The good news is it's suppose to snow that night and I'm already at the starting gate waiting until it pops open.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wildcat, post: 3915484, member: 402"] I have coyote hunted off and on for years but with the new e-callers and the remotes that help me more than anything else plus Kentucky allowing night hunting with lights starting last year I got into it in a big way. Night hunting is a different ball game but it's not as easy as some people hope for, you still have to hunt as hard as you do in the day time, it's just a different way of seeing them. Another bonus for me was extra time. Taking care of Mom has cut back on the time I can hunt since I need to be home more in the day time. Once I put her to bed for the night then I can go hunt all night and the dawn until it's time to get her up. Some people think it's not safe but after last year I realized it's much more dangerous to try to hunt in the moonlight and no lights. Using lights allows people to see you for miles around, anybody driving down the highway can see the lights working the fields and woods and know where you are. Also anybody coming up to you like a game warden shines his light and you know it's another human being with a light and not some animal. You use a scan light, most people have them set on top of their caps and only use the bottom of the light halo to pick up "eyes", once the eyes are spotted you follow them in until them are in range then hit the shooting light on your shotgun to light them up and to make 100% for sure it's a coyote before shooting. Most times with the scan light you will ID him long before he's inside shooting range. When you get out of your truck and are ready to head out to a stand you first scan the whole field with the scan light and a lot of times you will pick up eyes, sometimes as far away as the other end of a 800 acre cut corn field. That way you can decide what to do, either set up right there or try to go closer while knowing how to use the ground to cover yourself to get there. Speaking about cover, you do NOT need camo or anything else night hunting. The light it self is your cover. Go outside tonight, walk about 50-100 yards from the house and have your kid or wife shine the flash light above your head. You are not blinded but you still cannot see past the light. If they point it right at you then you are blinded and that is why it's better to use the bottom of the lights "halo" to see eyes. As long as you are behind the light they will not see you. At night I simply get off my 4 wheeler parked next to some bush, walk about 5 yards from it and set up the Primos tripod and the caller right in front of me. I get my shotgun on the tripod and turn on my caller and start the calling sequence all the while I'm turning my head all around scanning for eyes. I want the eyes looking at the sound which in right in front of me. Of course I'm standing up. After 30-40 minutes if nothing shows up I simply turn the caller off and put everything back on my 4 wheeler and ride to the next calling stand. That's in open areas and open fields. In the woods and logging roads I walk in and set up a little different but still stand up and try to find a high spot to get my self a little above the road. I can't wait until midnight Sunday/Monday, it's Feb 1st, the start of night calling in Ky. The good news is it's suppose to snow that night and I'm already at the starting gate waiting until it pops open. [/QUOTE]
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