Misting
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:11 pm
I was just going through and deleting some old files on my computer and found this post I put up somewhere on "MISTING". I just read another article about misting and have heard that a Higgins from Arizona is doing seminars on the subject. I will post a copy of my comments so you know my feelings on the subject but would like to see if anyone on this site has tried it and what they have seen for results. I have tried about everything when it comes to calling coyotes but once I decide that it does not consistantly give me an advantage I will drop it. So before you read my post keep in mind that I have tried; cover sprays, carbon suits, and a L.D.C. on stand to try and keep a downwind coyote around longer.
Oct, 2006
Craig O'Gorman is 57 I believe and Vern Dorn was the guy who called and killed 400 coyotes when he was 74, smoking like my 79? ford truck the whole time. I believe the only difference between recreational calling and someone who is doing it for a living is the effiency in which they go about doing their job. A professional does not have time to do something extra (like misting pee in the air) unless is will put more fur on the stretcher. If it worked they would already be doing it. I have not met a single Predator control, ADC, Wildlife Specialist, etc. that uses a lure or cover scent on stand for calling. I am not talking about aerial gunning or poison (poison drop baits have been banned for the past 30+ years) and the trapping reference was only used as it concerns scent at locations as it relates to calling. I think to many hunters get caught up in thinking that if they use the secret sound or the newest call, camo, scents, etc. they will be really putting up the numbers. Unfortunately you just can't sell or market "location" to the Gander Mtn. customers and it does not get talked about enough. How about Bill Austin? Arguably one of the best known coyote callers of all time wore a big white cowboy hat on most every stand, with little to no camouflage. ADC or predator hunter? I do not believe he would understand the difference any more than I do. I would agree that hunting conditions in Arizona and Texas due to terrain are different than the northwestern states. I have hunted both states several times in the past couple of years and have found the sheer numbers of coyotes in the western part of Texas to be nothing short of amazing. I can see why you would drop Gerry and Murray?s names but I do not understand how they come into the conversation. Do they mist urine on stand? I have read Gerry?s book and I do not remember him mentioning using lures and/or cover up scent at location for calling. He may have, I just do not remember. I am just trying to point out that if I have a coyote going down wind I do not have time to start misting scent. I am to busy trying to stop the errant dog long enough for my partner, on the down wind side, who is ready to take the shot. And hopefully I have chosen my set up in a location correctly so that we have the advantage. If I thought I could mask/cover my scent or if I thought I could confuse a coyote and make him unsure of what his nose is telling him I would bath in pee at every stand. I just think as long as I am breathing, farting, sweating and climbing in and out of a truck all day, that I have no chance at beating a coyote?s nose in his back yard. Just one man?s opinion. Spray it if you got it, if it gives you confidence. You just will not catch me caring around the Tom Miranda indorsed scent bombs anytime in the near future.
Oct, 2006
Craig O'Gorman is 57 I believe and Vern Dorn was the guy who called and killed 400 coyotes when he was 74, smoking like my 79? ford truck the whole time. I believe the only difference between recreational calling and someone who is doing it for a living is the effiency in which they go about doing their job. A professional does not have time to do something extra (like misting pee in the air) unless is will put more fur on the stretcher. If it worked they would already be doing it. I have not met a single Predator control, ADC, Wildlife Specialist, etc. that uses a lure or cover scent on stand for calling. I am not talking about aerial gunning or poison (poison drop baits have been banned for the past 30+ years) and the trapping reference was only used as it concerns scent at locations as it relates to calling. I think to many hunters get caught up in thinking that if they use the secret sound or the newest call, camo, scents, etc. they will be really putting up the numbers. Unfortunately you just can't sell or market "location" to the Gander Mtn. customers and it does not get talked about enough. How about Bill Austin? Arguably one of the best known coyote callers of all time wore a big white cowboy hat on most every stand, with little to no camouflage. ADC or predator hunter? I do not believe he would understand the difference any more than I do. I would agree that hunting conditions in Arizona and Texas due to terrain are different than the northwestern states. I have hunted both states several times in the past couple of years and have found the sheer numbers of coyotes in the western part of Texas to be nothing short of amazing. I can see why you would drop Gerry and Murray?s names but I do not understand how they come into the conversation. Do they mist urine on stand? I have read Gerry?s book and I do not remember him mentioning using lures and/or cover up scent at location for calling. He may have, I just do not remember. I am just trying to point out that if I have a coyote going down wind I do not have time to start misting scent. I am to busy trying to stop the errant dog long enough for my partner, on the down wind side, who is ready to take the shot. And hopefully I have chosen my set up in a location correctly so that we have the advantage. If I thought I could mask/cover my scent or if I thought I could confuse a coyote and make him unsure of what his nose is telling him I would bath in pee at every stand. I just think as long as I am breathing, farting, sweating and climbing in and out of a truck all day, that I have no chance at beating a coyote?s nose in his back yard. Just one man?s opinion. Spray it if you got it, if it gives you confidence. You just will not catch me caring around the Tom Miranda indorsed scent bombs anytime in the near future.