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COYOTE HUNTING IS MOSTLY THOUGHT OF AS A WINTERTIME PURSUIT, BUT SUMMER CAN PROVIDE SOME OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE PREDATOR HUNTING OF THE YEAR.

By Gary Lewis

We had two strikes against us right out of the gate. Rodney had smoked a cigar while wearing his camo and Marc was wearing blue jeans. On the third call set of the morning, we set up in a triangle, our backs against juniper trees. I had Rodney tuck up under some bushy limbs on the downwind side. I figured with the wind constant out of the east, our best bet was to put our primary shooter, Marc, where he could spot a coyote if it came out of a gully running east to west. The gully would funnel the wind while our scent would go across the flat. This was public-land elk country, and we were not far from an alfalfa field. There had to be coyotes here. Because temperatures…

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