I was wondering how many of you turkey hunters have had coyotes come in to your setup. I have had several and even killed one. I had just shot a big tom and he was flipping and flopping arround when a coyote ran out of a draw and pounced on him. I was pretty suprised but managed to dispatch Mr. Coyote with 2oz of #6s.
Another time I had two birds come running up and attack my jake decoy. As they were taking turns ripping up the jake a coyote slipped out of the woods and almost up to them before making a lunge at one bird. That tom and the coyote took off over the hill and the other bird left the ground and flew over my head. Quail hunter instincts took over and I shot him out of the air and he dropped less than 10 feet from me. What a deal and it all happened in less than 60 seconds!
I read about using turkey calls to call coyotes but have never tried it on purpose.
Another time I had two birds come running up and attack my jake decoy. As they were taking turns ripping up the jake a coyote slipped out of the woods and almost up to them before making a lunge at one bird. That tom and the coyote took off over the hill and the other bird left the ground and flew over my head. Quail hunter instincts took over and I shot him out of the air and he dropped less than 10 feet from me. What a deal and it all happened in less than 60 seconds!
I read about using turkey calls to call coyotes but have never tried it on purpose.