Boy, This subject has never been covered.
Hey, By the way CMiddleton, I'll be working for the county and the woolgrowers denning down your way. Natrona County.
Ten Bears,
His stuff is in unit 5. I'm not sure what he has out for bait. Grain and dog food I think. I send him some lure out that I get from a guy in Montana to get them started. I think he had some used cooking grease also.
Looking at heading to Post Falls maybe Saturday to hunt bear. I have a buddy there that I go hunt with. He has a couple baits that are being hit pretty good, so I'll go try to stick an arrow in something. I went out year before last and got a nice bear.
Maybe the pictures don't do it justice. But I kill alot of summer time coyotes, and thats damn sure what it looks like to me. I shot a dog coyote the other day in Wyoming that looked alot like the pics posted. He had been helping raise a litter of pups so he was a little on the thin side, and...
I'll vote for a straight on frontal anywhere inside 150 or so. Never had a coyote take a step after one of those. Broadside is always ok, but they seem to run a little ways or do the spins. I like when they just rock back on their haunches and flop over.
I usually call with a dog. I have several. And I match them to the time of year and situation. A good dog that will just hang around you and not even try to go to a coyote is an asset alot of times, no different than a motorized decoy I guess, but most use comes from summertime calling around...