Guest Andrea Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 I am going to try coyote hunting here in Florida and was just wondering if you could use a pop-up blind? Or would that scare them off? Also..we hear them often when we are on the river. Do you think they could be called out to the bank's edge? Maybe shoot them from the boat or the opposite side of the river? Coyote hunting is not very popular down here but I would love to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Re: Can you use a blind? You wouldn't believe the things we have seen from the boat. Especially when you just float downstream. I've seen lots of deer, turkeys (they never noticed us) raccoons, possums, and I once saw a bobcat kitten on the edge of the bank. My husband wouldn't let me get it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Can you use a blind? If you are legally allowed to hunt both side of the water, it might be legal. Here shooting deer from a boat is ILLEGAL, but not sure about coyotes. As far as the blind, anything to help conceal you better will only help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Can you use a blind? I just looked at our regs and get this...you can only shoot from a boat if the motor is turned OFF. Okay ... And of course you can't shoot a swimming deer. But that's about it. Doesn't say anything about shooting across water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ronin Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Can you use a blind? Blinds seem to work great as long as they blend in real well and don't look out of place. Coyotes are creatures of habit and they seem to recognize things that are new or unusual. With their already suspicious nature, they will often give an obvious blind a very wide berth. I watched this a lot during turkey season last year. I did all of my hunting from a blind that I thought I concealed well. They turkey didn't care but the yotes started to run as soon as they saw it. I decided the issue was the timing. If I use a blind now for coyotes, I set it up and leave it alone for a month or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 Re: Can you use a blind? Yeah, I thought I would need to set up something now. And not go near it until the fall. Here's another question: What about baiting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ronin Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Re: Can you use a blind? Nothing works better than a dead cow! The only problem is that you won't call any yotes in from anywhere around the area and dragging to to where you want to put it! I've seen several yotes work on one dead cow for a week or more. They often bed down really close to it as well. The baiting thing is really weird. I've watched coyote avoid a meat pile due to associated human odor on one day. The next, they completely consume a deer gut pile within hours of it being dropped. I'm not sure if the gut pile was just to tempting or it was an immature yote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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