Coyotes feel random until you zoom in on what they repeat. Aaron sits down with Cody Sanchez for week two of coyote hunting and gets specific about what “range” looks like in real timber country: tight home cores for established breeding pairs, big moves for transients, and why a single square mile can hold an entirely different group. If you have ever seen one coyote once and then lost the trail, this conversation helps explain what was probably happening on the landscape.

We also dig into coyote habitat and scouting without the fluff. On uniform timber company ground, “good-looking cover” is everywhere, so Cody leans on what is measurable: scat in the road, fresh tracks on muddy stretches, and the fastest shortcut of all, locating coyotes with howling. We talk about when coyotes get vocal, when they shut down, and why judging howl distance in steep, timbered terrain is harder than most hunters admit. A small change like gaining elevation and working top-down can make your locating way more accurate.

From there we move into predator calling strategy and how to structure a hunt day. Rabbit distress still kills, but we explain why pup fights, group howls, and other coyote vocalizations can flip a switch on a bored or hung-up animal, plus how coyotes get “educated” when one escapes. We finish with a practical take on run-and-gun, stand spacing, and why proximity kills more coyotes than perfect sounds ever will.

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