coyote in wy.

[blksqurl]

thinking of going to wy. for coyote ,i know its a big state,what area would have the best hunting on public land.

[streak]

Just north of Baggs, Wyoming is a large BLM area that could take you days to hunt! Good antelope hunting in this area also!!
Several years ago my two sons and I hunted this area and wildlife was very plentiful, seemed like an antelope was behind every piece of sagebrush out there. So where the antelope are, coyotes can`t be far behind!
 We were all using 6mm Remingtons and the hunt was essentially over the first day.

[Ladobe]

So called "best" places are not always the best place to hunt anything, but especially coyotes IMO.    You'd have a much better chance of having lots of unwanted competition in those places that is after the same individuals as you are.   Shots may be on the log side as well in popular areas due to constant hunting pressure, and any "dumb" individuals have been long shot out.   Also means that you and your choice of firearm would need to be capable of the longer shots (which in the west can be up to several hundred yards if you have enough confidence to try them).

I've seriously hunted predators and varmints since the late 50's, mostly in the western states, but in other states and countries as well.   So I learned a few things along the way by commonly going to new places I'd never hunted before.   While coyotes are extremely opportunistic omnivores and will eat just about anything, an easy meal on prey that there is an abundance of is their staple.    So more or less I learned to look for areas with strong populations of easy prey, and that lead to finding large populations of coyotes.   In the west anyway more often than not that usually means rodents and rabbits as their staple food source, but can also be an uncommon or seasonal influx of other species (for example, Mormon cricket swarms running for a few successive years becomes a staple).    But if you find any prey species in high numbers though, you will also find them.   

Like NV where I live now, Wyoming is great place to go for coyotes because they can be found anywhere in the state and in all habitats.   Anyplace that holds a constant food source for them can be good hunting there.   The the long list of places I've hunted there is from years ago now, so may no longer reflect what is current.   Besides, half the fun is discovering for yourself.
 
Wherever you end up going enjoy your hunt.

L.

   

[Wyo. Coyote Hunter]

   Ladobe, how did you wind up in Nev. after living in the Rockies so long??? Nev. is a neat state, but I guess I would prefer Idaho over most places I have visited in the west...Also, personally, I found your photos and information on varmits very interesting and fun reading..I am not certain about others, but it sounds like you have traveled widely and done a lot of different hunting and fishing..Ever write any articles.... It would make great reading...

[Ladobe]

WCH - About a year after I retired in 1990 I moved out of the deep snow country to St. George in the SW corner of Utah's Dixie.    It was a small town then and kind of a bedroom community, is on the edge of the Mojave so has shirt sleeve weather most of the year where snow is rare, it is a great place to play golf every day, close to several Nat'l Parks, Vegas, year round boating, etc and yet still close enough to some high country when I wanted to go up to mountain snow country.   When my son graduated from Dixie College (a 2 year school then) we moved to Vegas so he could finish at UNLV and accept a great business opportunity he was offered.   So I've been in Vegas since 1998.    The Spring Mountains are only about 40 miles from here if I wanted snow again, but there is no permanent water there so no trout fishing.

If I had instead retired to mountain snow country I would probably have gone to the Ennis to Three Forks or Bigfork areas of MT, Pinedale to Jackson area of WY, Island Park, ID or Heber, UT.   All beautiful places with beautiful summers and excellent hunting and fishing, but the winters are a lot to recon with.   We'd had enough snow to last a lifetime and chose the desert.   Hunting is mostly predators and varmints with no trout fishing worth mentioning here, but the year round weather is much easier to live with.

Thanks for your kind words.   If anybody gets anything worthwhile out of what I post on these forums then it was time well spent.    I'm still learning from the experiences of others and so really appreciate what they share.
 
Years ago when I ran with SCI and folks like Hart Wixom I wrote a few articles about hunting and fishing for local newsletters, but the only book I wrote was about the Beartooth Plateau (WY/MT).   It was mostly centered around the Lepidoptera found up there though (another passion since the early 60's).   I have no interest at this late date to write for publication beyond my posts to a few forums like this one.

[Wyo. Coyote Hunter]

  Thanks for the reply, but it is our loss you aren't up for more writing... But glad you enjoy being retired..I have been out for 12 years and love it..Never could seriously consider leaving Wy..but I do visit other areas quite a bit..but Wy. is home..But time in warm weather in Jan. to March sure makes the winters easier to endure...thanks for the great stories...