How many predator stands?

[Playa]

We have 320 ac in NE coleman cty that is primarily dense hardwood stands with a few relatively dense mesquite flats. Not many place i can set up where i can see beyond 80 yrds due to cover. Only 3 elevated positions i can set up and see beyond 80 or so yards, 2 of which require a S wind.

How many predator stands can i reasonably expect to hunt and not overcall or call to the same animals. And where would you set up?

Outlined area is our pasture, yellow stars are the elevated positions where i have better than average visibility and have hunted in the past with some success?

[okrattler]

Besides the 3 stars I'd try on the edge of the open areas that look like blotches if that makes sense. I call them clear cuts but I don't necessarily know the correct term for those. Also near the water holes might be a good spot. As far as how far you'll be able to call it just depends on the wind but it never hurts to have several spots you can call from picked out. Just in case the wind isn't right you can switch to a different spot. Which will also help you get some call shy coyotes to commit to the call. Sometimes changing stands and switching sounds is enough to get a leary coyote in closer.

[White Falcon]

Might get two.

[CrookedArrow]

Fence lines.......
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[Playa]

Bore sighted and not even on paper??

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[Greyman]

Might get two.

this.....

[iamntxhunter]

Call low volume and hunt small it works. Predators are always on the move for one reason or another and by calling low volume and hunting what I call small (as in the area) you could set up several times and rotate accordingly.

[talltexasshoote]

Shoot a hog and put it on one of your open areas. You can call on it for several weeks. If you need a pig, let me know. I'll bring you one.

[DarrellS]

2-3

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[okrattler]

I was going to guess alot more than 2 or 3 just from some experiences I've had calling. I've called a creek bottom that couldn't have been much larger than 300 acres and stopped to call every 200 yards in thick brush and trees and called several in that day. On two stands I called in a coyote one right after the other. The trees plus what wind there was probably muffled the sound alot more than it would if I had just been out in the open being able to see for miles. Even then I've had the same thing happen in hills. I got up from a stand two years ago,walked over two hills probably 250 yards to the North of where I had been and called in two coyotes that were bedded up in a ravine.

I don't know for a fact but it seems to me that the layout of the land you're calling in has alot to do with how close together you can make your stands. As for over calling.....it can happen but not necessarily to every animal that hears you. In my experience cats don't get call shy very easily and foxes don't seem to be much different. They're not necessarily stupid by any means but they're not as smart as a coyote. If you mess up on a coyote and miss or get winded you can call it back in over time but it's going to be alot more cautious the next time. A bobcat on the other hand might get shot at and just sit there and watch you reload if you miss. If not you'll be able to call the same spot later and kill that same cat.

In my opinion if you're not out there blaring your call as loud as you can and aren't calling and missing every coyote on the property you'll be okay.

[MasonCo.]

2-3
Bobcats get side tracked, if you aren't seeing anything don't always turn it up louder, try a different sound...
Coyotes are the smart ones and can get call shy very quick.

[muddydog]

My Grandads ranch was 370 acres off 84 near silver valley. I would move about 200 yds between sits and always have very good luck. Usually get about 6 weekly hunts in before the pressure seemed to affect them. If they are hungry....they will come!

[Playa]

Good info guys, thanks, may try the 200 yd approach on lower volumes and see what we produce.

[AntlerCollector]

Dang fence hunter

[AntlerCollector]

I would try hunting near that water in the spring/summer. Especially midday and evenings.