Predator Xtreme - Feb 2012
Hunting Thickets For Coyotes close quarters coyotes Learning to hunt thick brushy areas where visibility is often less than half a football field will surely up your odds on coyotes and other predators Here are some expert tips on making it happen Some coyotes that have had a run in with hunters learn to change their habits quickly staying undercover hunting and living in the most impenetrable areas places that most hunters pas by In order to take out these predators a hunter can take a lesson from modern warfare Like enemy insurgents or guerrilla fighters when you hunt these dogs you have to take them out house to house thicket to thicket right where they live My partner Wayne and I had been having a tough time of it lately the drought that had struck most of the southwest was particularly bad around our hunting region Summer rains had left us flat busted and as expected animals had paid a heavy toll Now in mid November most of the water holes were dry with the exception of a few pump fed drinkers A predator hunter was forced to hunt what water could be found Where there was available water we 52 www PredatorXtreme com FEBRUARY 2012 had a chance of finding game and those game animals would attract predators We decided to try an area to the south where I knew of a seep in the area and we hoped that it would still be flowing As we neared the spring the road turned to powder dust The area was so dry that the road had been beaten into a fine powder from passing vehicles It was so deep at times we thought we may have to go to four wheel drive The desert seemed to be absolutely lifeless but around the seep there was greenery a sure indicator of water at least within the ground As we passed by on the road I looked for surface water through the tangled Tamarisk trees but did not see any We continued on up a small rise to the east of the seep and began to look for an area open enough for a setup We topped out on what was actually a huge brushcloaked sand dune found a spot to hide the Jeep and waited quietly for sun up
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