This is a farm with chicken houses that I've had good luck calling in. I talked to the owner after killing this one and he lets another guy coyote hunt it and said the guy hunts it all the time and has never had any luck. He drives in on a 4 wheeler and probably has no regard for wind direction. Also, I would bet he over calls and uses the same sounds on his electronic caller over and over. I got this coyote yesterday just 3 days after he had been there. So here's my setup.
I always start out at the blue X by setting up on that brushy fence line. If it's early in the morning I sneak in and make sure no coyotes are looking around the chicken house. I caught one doing that one time. I've called in doubles twice and several singles on that x. If they have hay bales out I setup in the field with two people, one on each side of that brushy draw south of the blue X. I start out here with a soft rabbit distress and gradually get a little louder. I did this yesterday with no luck. The land owner said he hears them by the creek/river that cuts through the woods to the north and west, and this is where the other guy always goes. After we setup on the blue X, we walked the fence line down and setup at the green x. There was one lone tree just below the x if you can see it. I picked this spot because any coyote in that thick area to the south will have to come in cross wind with that west wind. They can't circle down wind from there without me seeing. Also, in the south, I've noticed coyotes almost never bolt out into an open field during a calling sequence. They will come out from the woods in a corner or through that brushy draw around the blue x and check things out in the field.
I started calling soft again. You'd be amazed how sometimes just a few hundred yards can make a difference in if a coyote can hear. Still nothing so I switched to a louder call. Now I had dogs barking from adjacent properties. Still nothing, so after few min, another short sequence. Still nothing but then I saw some birds fly off from the thicket. I called once more and nothing. We were just about to leave when I looked at that red dot on the brush line and saw what looked like a coyote. I glassed it and sure 'nuff he was there, but hung up looking mostly downwind. I kept calling but this time softer and he kept looking back and forth and into the field. My cousin was going to try to flank him since he was hung up. Finally he started coming in but hung again mid field (other red dot). After a few soft calls and him not seeing anything (i forgot my rabbit decoy) he started to bolt. I shot him at 230 yrds and didn't get a good hit and then popped him at 260 in the neck.
