Field Notes — Coyote Hunting 101 https://www.coyotehunting101.com/field-notes/ What's working and what isn't, written through the season. en-us Utah Thermal Hunting Law: The Possession Rule That Catches Coyote Hunters https://www.coyotehunting101.com/utah-thermal-hunting-law/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/utah-thermal-hunting-law/ Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Regulations Utah DNR is citing hunters for carrying thermals on big-game hunts. A coyote hunter in deer country in the fall is one bad assumption away from the same ticket. Transition Areas, and Why Coyotes Hunt the Seam https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-transition-areas/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-transition-areas/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Technique Prey will not use the best feed on the place if they cannot reach cover from it. Everything worth calling happens in the seam, and the seam is findable. Nevada Thermal Ban: Regulation 526 Would Outlaw Thermal From July 15 to December 4 https://www.coyotehunting101.com/nevada-thermal-ban/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/nevada-thermal-ban/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Regulations Nevada is the best thermal state in the West for coyotes. A draft rule would shut that off for four and a half months a year, and Lincoln County is pushing back. What Coyote Prey Eats East of the Rockies https://www.coyotehunting101.com/eastern-coyote-prey/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/eastern-coyote-prey/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Technique Venison, acorns, cotton rats and hares on a ten-year clock. The prey base east of the plains runs on a different engine than the desert, and reads differently. Coyote Dens: What They Look Like, Where They Are, and Why They Sit Empty Most of the Year https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-dens/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-dens/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Season Most of the year a coyote sleeps above ground. The den is a nursery, used for about ten weeks, and the family keeps more than one. What Coyote Prey Eats in the West, and Where That Puts Them https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-prey-species/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-prey-species/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Technique Jackrabbits are shrub eaters. Voles will not live in grass that has been grazed. Kangaroo rats never drink. Read the plants and you have read the prey. When Is Coyote Mating Season? January to March, and It Is Not Later Up North https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-mating-season/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-mating-season/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Season One heat a year, about ten days long, sometime between January and March. The north-is-later rule does not hold up, and neither do summer litters. What Coyotes Actually Eat, and Why the Answer Changes by State https://www.coyotehunting101.com/what-do-coyotes-eat/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/what-do-coyotes-eat/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Technique Everyone says target rabbits. In sagebrush country they are right by a mile. East of the plains it is mostly deer. Here is what the scat studies found. Confidence Calls for Coyotes: Crows, Ravens and Magpies https://www.coyotehunting101.com/confidence-calls-for-coyotes/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/confidence-calls-for-coyotes/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Technique Most sounds only give a coyote a reason to come. A confidence call does that and takes away his reason to stay away. Coyote Calling Sounds: What I Play, and Why It Matters Less Than You Think https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-calling-sounds/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/coyote-calling-sounds/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Technique The most common question I get is what sound I'm running. It's the wrong variable. The call is a dinner bell, not a password, and here's what actually decides whether he comes. Why Coyotes Hang Up, and How to Get Them to Commit https://www.coyotehunting101.com/why-coyotes-hang-up/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/why-coyotes-hang-up/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Technique He stopped at 400 yards and won't come another step. Seven reasons that happens, the tell that separates them, and the one nobody blames because it doesn't feel like a mistake. 5 Tips for New Coyote Hunters https://www.coyotehunting101.com/tips-for-new-coyote-hunters/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/tips-for-new-coyote-hunters/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Technique Two years of stands, a lot of blank days, and the five things I wish somebody had told me before the first one. Lucky Duck Revolt 2.0 Review https://www.coyotehunting101.com/lucky-duck-revolt-2-0-review/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/lucky-duck-revolt-2-0-review/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gear Loudest call I own, the sounds nobody else in my country is playing, and a warranty that finally admits what the old ones got wrong. Why a Bolt Action Rifle is still a Great Choice for Coyote Hunting https://www.coyotehunting101.com/why-a-bolt-action-rifle-is-still-a-great-choice-for-coyote-hunting/ https://www.coyotehunting101.com/why-a-bolt-action-rifle-is-still-a-great-choice-for-coyote-hunting/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Gear Slower on follow-ups, better at everything else. Why I keep coming back to a Tikka T3 Lite in .22-250 after years of trying the alternatives.