I just joined this forum. I never hunted coyote until this year in IL. We hunt archery there every year, and every year, we get chased through the woods at night while tracking deer. The yote's seem to be everywhere out there. This year, I decided to take a 30 dollar e-caller and my encore pistol along. I figured I would give it a try over lunch one of the days.
Finally halfway through the week, I went back out around 10am to give it a try. I set the caller on the ground 30 yards away, and sat down. I turned the caller on, and the woods erupted with coyote's. I had them coming in from the front, rear, and from both sides. I tried to concentrat on the one's in front of me. The first one stopped, and I shot it at about 40 yards. My pistol is a single shot so I had to reload quickly, I then got a shot at the second one which was still coming in. I missed that one. For about 10 second the woods were quite, and then I had one come running right up to me from behind. It caught me off guard and I missed it too. So that was it. I took my first coyote back to the cabin and now I'm hooked.
I think I might be a little spoiled as well. From everything I read, hunting coyote's here is not like hunting them out there. Any suggestions for the Cumberland/Perry areas would be great. I never seem them while out, but the tracks outnumber deer tracks 100/1. Thanks.