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shotcoy wrote:

randybrenneman wrote:Buckshot's first coyote, One year old beagle.

Our final tally for this year was 85 coyotes here in North-Central Ohio. All 85 were shot over my beagles. We also took 4 red fox. I have been doing this for 10 years now. I have been in on well over 500 kills. We have not yet lost a dog to the coyotes. This is a blast!!! I am still thrilled on every hunt. As one of the old timers says "A poor man's bear hunt". Randy and Anthony came up from MD and bought a couple of great young propects.

We turned up the heat this season(2013-2014) and took 92 coyotes here in North-Central Ohio. Didn't make it to 100, but we were knocking on the door. Our beagles were on top of their game. We got 4 young dogs started this year too. I have finally reached my goal of having 6 coyote dogs. We are in the " Hurry Up and Wait" mode until Dec. 8 when the deer gun season is over.

dang that's pretty good , but I don't know how many beagles I had get jumped by the yotes when out rabbit hunting . I guess it's the difference in the yotes being dogged regularly verses yotes that aren't dog shy from hunting pressure . nobody hardly get's to turn loose hounds here in my part of texas anymore . when we have yote problems we have to just go out and sit and call them up and shoot them . hell I have them circleing the property here[ 3 acres ] with about 20 curs and hounds raising hell lol I need to get out and start calling and thinning them down . I had to put a bunch of curs out on chains around the perimeter just to keep them off my chickens .

DirtyDave wrote:This is cool. Never heard of using beagles on Yotes. I have brought my Jagdterrier on a few stands while calling for yotes but never let her run them. Just have her sit next to me while calling. Most times she sees them or winds them before I know they are there. I have the same apprehension about running 1 small dog on yotes. Though I know Jagds are the grittiest little demons, dont know how she'll do with 2 or 3 yotes on her.

You wont be able to stop yotes or fox above ground with a terrier, they are used to bolt them from holes, or you can dig to them if not frozen. Some terrier will mark trees, and some are good for hogs, but their real vocation is below ground.

this sounds like a blast. if i were able to hunt more in the winter i would hunt coyotes with beagles. when i do get to go, i use hunting in the winter as a way to work on cold trailing with my bear dogs. i like a bear dog that can grub out a real cold trail and i believe that cold trailing a coyote or bobcat teaches them to trail.

in my experience with coyote hunting, the coyote will only run as fast as he is being pushed. i have noticed with slower tree hounds, the coyote will usually be right in front of them and the same with faster tree hounds or running dogs. the advantage for the running dogs is their awesome stamina. with the beagles, i am sure it sounds exactly like a bigger tree hound race but just at a slower pace and i will bet 90% of the time the coyote is right in front of them somewhere which equals gun shots and dead critters.