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Well i made it out for about a total of 6 hours trying to call coyotes in the lake elmo state park. it was deffinitely a great education. I ended up getting a visual on three coyotes total. i saw just as much if not more sign in the park than in north dakota . they were really traveling across (eagle point lake?). Well on day one i had a small short window to get out there and only time fore one stand. I pulled the camera out of the pocket and turned it on and waited. Well shortly into the stand about 15 minutes i see a coyote coming through a small patch of woods straight to me. Well the i lip squeak the coyote to about 50 yards and then reach for the camera to snap a pic. Well the camera decided it got too fricken cold and wouldn't snap the picture. So as the coyote was leaving i preacticed on stopping the coyote and going through the motions of shooting it laying prone. I stopped it three times before it left. I was so mad at the camera and thought well now i know i can't leave it lay out in the cold. On day two i headed out a lot sooner with no results until later in the day towards evening. I was tracking this coyote for about an hour when on stand 3 at approximately 25 minutes into the stand i see a coyote standing out in the field. the coyote is in the center of the picture with trees in the background. He was ranged at 436 and i keep zooming in and can barely see him in the picture. The coyote wouldn't come any closer because later i find out there was a snomobile trail between him and i
After the yote walked off in a different direction than what he came in, i decided to go keep tracking the yote to see what i can learn. Well the tracks lead right to the bed. The yote used the same set of tracks that it used to go to the bed, to come back the call. Right at the bed the tracks are literally stepped on one for one for about 10 yards. Take note that he dug this bed out and was laying down in the snow. there is no way anyone would have seen a yote laying there
When i was done learning and taking pics, i decided to head back the lake where i saw all the sign and do some locating. After about 10 minutes of lonesome howling and group howling and then back to lonesome trying to get something to scream at me, i hear one about 300 yards to my right in the woods just light off and start screaming at me. Then another coyote across the lake starts screaming too. Well i decided to play with them a little and tried to mimic them and of course the close one didn't take too kind to me copying it. so here i see through the brush a coyote sprinting across the small bay on the lake and the brush crashing and then a coyotes head peak over the hill and as soon as i saw him he saw me and gone. I didn't even have a moment to take a pic.



When out walking around i came across something that popped in my head that jamie posted in the top dog section. It was titled reading sign and he took a video of the sign that he was seeing and explaining on what the sign told him (very informational) so i snapped this pic and decided to let you guy decide what the tracks are telling you.

The tracks tell me that the coyote walked up, cocked it's leg, and took a leak on that metal fence post.

Or the tracks tell me you have wood snowshoes..........

22-250AI wrote:Or the tracks tell me you have wood snowshoes..........

Sorry they are not wood i did my own little research on sunday when i went for a hike with the brother in law. I will post the results in a snow shoe thread.

Magnesium...

22-250AI wrote:Magnesium...

These are the magnesium snowshoes that Chris and myself use.

Very cool post lyonch. Good to see that you are taking the time to let the coyote teach you. You will be amazed how far ahead of the curve that following tracks like that will get you.