Coyote specialists, come to my aid! We’ve got some serious den-areas in our grassy river bottoms, and I’ve yet to find a good way to hunt them.
Beef scraps in open areas isn’t a viable option unless maintaining a 24/7 vigil, as I’ve tried this unsuccessfully several times. Calling here is difficult because of the close-quarters. Driving it is not a good option because of nearby homes and multiple good escape routes.
Any advice/help?
Joel
Fashion yourself a crude spear, call them in close, and go down swinging buddy 
Sounds like a great place to drop in some snares… find their travel routes after some snow and 
… very effective.
Trail camera(s)?……
after pegging down the most movement times – stealth and a good tree stand? Just a thought, never have done it but sounds like fun.
Joel, are you looking at putting a dent in a problematic pack or looking to just sting a few? We have some huge dens in our deer woods, the few guys that have tried calling-hunting the areas have given up after attempting everything 
3-30 conibear set over the den entrance/exit.
throw a stick of dynamite in the den ???
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Just where does one find dynamite these days?
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3-30 Conibear on land?? I think that’s illegal. Call with a shotty and buckshot. They don’t come every time, you have to stick with it, and time it right.
Most likely they aren’t even using the dens this time of year. Once the pups are able to keep up with the adults, the den is only a ‘check it out’ thing. Coyotes maintain a very large area. We’re talking square miles of range that overlap other’s range. Calling will work but only in the right time, place, and situation. Only experience will tell you what that is. Traps and snares will work, but also, only in the 3 previous mentioned conditions.
Coyotes aren’t really starving right now. There’s alot of dead deer, gut piles, and carcass’ in the country side. Lots of lost ducks and multitudes of other game. Kind of a smorgasboard ya know.
But their biggest downfall is their curiosity, not hunger. Their best defense is their senses of smell, eyesight, and hearing.
They won’t pass up a good caller because their curiosity tells them they have to check it out, hungry or not. But if one of those 3 senses kicks in, you’re done. Thus the right time, place and situation.
Me, I’d probably set traps. Scent post sets. It’s very hard for them to pass on a place to pee and tell everyone else that he was there. Maybe a few snares.
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3-30 Conibear on land?? I think that’s illegal. Call with a shotty and buckshot. They don’t come every time, you have to stick with it, and time it right.
yea you might be right, so set a 2-20
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3-30 Conibear on land?? I think that’s illegal. Call with a shotty and buckshot. They don’t come every time, you have to stick with it, and time it right.
yea you might be right, so set a 2-20
Yup, 220 would work
What do you mean by not being able to call in close quarters?
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What do you mean by not being able to call in close quarters?
I mean that it’s all wooded and/or with small openings and fields at best. It’s not like open sections or anything like that, and you really can’t “surround” an area like some groups hunt them.
I’ll have to start calling at them when ice-fishing slows down.
Joel
Couple M-40 firecrakcers should take care of them HAHA!!! 
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