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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 2145059" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>ButterBean , If we take the time to think on it we all have been there and done that . For Me I liked the denning season the best . I have seen them den in a lot of strange places but when you keep notes and compare them from year to year you will find some common things that keep showing up . As you mentioned Scott they seem to prefer side draws that are less traveled by other animals . The majority of the dens I've taken were south facing even when they weren't on a cut bank but on a slight raise , maybe in a patch of sage brush . They tend to like an area with good grass surrounding it here and plenty of sun shine as well as drainage so the den doesn't flood with a heavy rain or spring snow storm . I find that they will have a cut bank or sloping bank higher up on the sides of a draw often with a flat toped area for the pups to play . I have in the mountains found them denning under a rock that has an area cleaned out under it . I took the same den hole often in rocks , rock cracks and one time found that a large piece of rock had broken off and dropped down close enough that a person had a hard time fitting between the two but there was a nice hole in the larger piece where the coyote denned several times . I have found that here if you take a den make note of it don't mess it up and take the pups with you . Most likely the same female will not use that hole again but if you kill the pair the new coyote that move in next year or two will find that hole and use it again or be right in that same area . The USDA depot in Idaho has what are called larger gas cartridges that you can buy from your local weed and pest county offices . They burn and produce smoke using up the air in the den when lit and the den entrance is covered . You then can wire the pups out of the den . Remember that coyote can smell far better then any human so the smell left in the den hole by the other years inhabitants as well as the general over all area draw the coyote back to the same denning area year after year the same way that the new coyote will hunt , live and lay up in the same areas for generations . I bought a satellite map from a company and had the GPS coordinates of all the dens I had taken ( after I got a GPS unit I went back and took them from years past with my rough log notes ) marked on it . I do like to den but as I have said many times I prefer to to kill the female of the pair before she has pups . At this time of the year the pair really don't talk much normally so that they don't give you their location well . They will how ever readily check out another coyotes sounds . Often they will just set or lay and watch you where they can see the den and the location of the intruder , that's another reason you learn to see them not moving even in the timber and brushy areas . If they can see you you can see them . If you are too close to the den they will run out and start talking to draw you away from it so then you know that where they are trying to get you to go is away from the den and you want to go the other way . By mid May the pups will start to talk so in the mornings you just set and listen they will tell you where the den is in the morning . It takes about 30 minutes for them to talk again here so if you need to get them to talk again move in closer then after 45 minutes or so just howl once and they will often answer you back if mom and dad aren't there to keep them quiet . In my area they will start to pup the end of April as that is when the other young of the year start to appear .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 2145059, member: 91783"] ButterBean , If we take the time to think on it we all have been there and done that . For Me I liked the denning season the best . I have seen them den in a lot of strange places but when you keep notes and compare them from year to year you will find some common things that keep showing up . As you mentioned Scott they seem to prefer side draws that are less traveled by other animals . The majority of the dens I've taken were south facing even when they weren't on a cut bank but on a slight raise , maybe in a patch of sage brush . They tend to like an area with good grass surrounding it here and plenty of sun shine as well as drainage so the den doesn't flood with a heavy rain or spring snow storm . I find that they will have a cut bank or sloping bank higher up on the sides of a draw often with a flat toped area for the pups to play . I have in the mountains found them denning under a rock that has an area cleaned out under it . I took the same den hole often in rocks , rock cracks and one time found that a large piece of rock had broken off and dropped down close enough that a person had a hard time fitting between the two but there was a nice hole in the larger piece where the coyote denned several times . I have found that here if you take a den make note of it don't mess it up and take the pups with you . Most likely the same female will not use that hole again but if you kill the pair the new coyote that move in next year or two will find that hole and use it again or be right in that same area . The USDA depot in Idaho has what are called larger gas cartridges that you can buy from your local weed and pest county offices . They burn and produce smoke using up the air in the den when lit and the den entrance is covered . You then can wire the pups out of the den . Remember that coyote can smell far better then any human so the smell left in the den hole by the other years inhabitants as well as the general over all area draw the coyote back to the same denning area year after year the same way that the new coyote will hunt , live and lay up in the same areas for generations . I bought a satellite map from a company and had the GPS coordinates of all the dens I had taken ( after I got a GPS unit I went back and took them from years past with my rough log notes ) marked on it . I do like to den but as I have said many times I prefer to to kill the female of the pair before she has pups . At this time of the year the pair really don't talk much normally so that they don't give you their location well . They will how ever readily check out another coyotes sounds . Often they will just set or lay and watch you where they can see the den and the location of the intruder , that's another reason you learn to see them not moving even in the timber and brushy areas . If they can see you you can see them . If you are too close to the den they will run out and start talking to draw you away from it so then you know that where they are trying to get you to go is away from the den and you want to go the other way . By mid May the pups will start to talk so in the mornings you just set and listen they will tell you where the den is in the morning . It takes about 30 minutes for them to talk again here so if you need to get them to talk again move in closer then after 45 minutes or so just howl once and they will often answer you back if mom and dad aren't there to keep them quiet . In my area they will start to pup the end of April as that is when the other young of the year start to appear . [/QUOTE]
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