How do i hunt coyotes for Night with the Dogs mission ?

[Chon the Monk]

I've been there 5 times and have only ever seen 2 sets of coyote tracks each time. 2 times a coyote has barked at me but always from the up wind side so the coyotes run away out of the kill zone. It doesn't matter where i move they appear upwind from me. I have been looking for a drinking zone for coyotes but have not found one. Why does the requested mission say they are drinking at the lake when there is no drinking to be found ?

[Chon the Monk]

I tried this again and had the same problem. If wind is blowing out of the south don't bother even trying to hunt them. Has to be a north wind and hope it stays that way.

[cuzinfred]

I had trouble with this mission too. I watched some youtube videos and finally set a tripod stand by that shack just under the lookout and spammed the jackrabbit caller taking time to survey the area with binocs. They don't seem to bark much so you have to keep watching and be prepared to sit all night.

[Chon the Monk]

I don't have a stand. There is a boulder just up the trail a bit that i was laying on to watch that area because that is were i always found foot prints. Once i set up there the foot prints stopped appearing in that area. The foot prints now appear half way between the lake and the tower - every time. The coyotes are there but just bark and run away. You can only approach from the north but the wind is always blowing south ( which is the approach) so they always smell me. If i go to the lake to look up the hill the wind switches and blows up the hill at the coyotes. If i set on the hill near the tower it blows down towards the lake at the coyotes. I tried staying up all night once with no luck hunting different areas when the wind switches hoping they would come out of the area, but never have, they just stay there. I found out that once they bark at me they never come back and no other coyotes show up either. I'll wait for a north wind before trying it again because the mission is boring.

[Neo]

Originally posted by Chon the Monk:

I tried this again and had the same problem. If wind is blowing out of the south don't bother even trying to hunt them. Has to be a north wind and hope it stays that way.

Use eliminator scent.

[Chon the Monk]

I'll have to up my scent perk or skill. I haven't bothered to up it because it doesn't do anything so why bother. Regardless, unless there is a north wind I'm not going up there again because it's boringly slow to try and complete. They should have put a watering area for the coyotes. They are in heavy cover every time i go up there so even if the scent eliminator works they would hear me coming. The wind does carry sound away as well ?

[Neo]

Originally posted by Chon the Monk:

I'll have to up my scent perk or skill. I haven't bothered to up it because it doesn't do anything so why bother. Regardless, unless there is a north wind I'm not going up there again because it's boringly slow to try and complete. They should have put a watering area for the coyotes. They are in heavy cover every time i go up there so even if the scent eliminator works they would hear me coming. The wind does carry sound away as well ?

I dont have scent skills unlocked.Eliminator scent always work for me.
I think the wind does not affect the propagation of sound.
I have a good tactic for coyotes. I run in the designated area and when I hear the warning call I stop and slowly approach the place where the warning call came from. In the meantime, I'm calling with the jack rabbit caller. Lets try this trick

[Chon the Monk]

The game doesn't work that way for me. They bark once and then they are gone. I've tracked them but they always leave the area - running. Scent spray has never worked.

I have never called anything in with the jack rabbit caller. The deer distress caller works for bears. The jack rabbit caller is garbage because it does call in anything.

[Neo]

Originally posted by Chon the Monk:

The game doesn't work that way for me. They bark once and then they are gone. I've tracked them but they always leave the area - running. Scent spray has never worked.

I have never called anything in with the jack rabbit caller. The deer distress caller works for bears. The jack rabbit caller is garbage because it does call in anything.

You either have a lot of bugs or you don't understand how the game works LMAO

[Chon the Monk]

Well I've shot a ton of coyotes usually from a distance. Every once in a while i will sneak up on one of them and shoot them with the pistol or shotgun if the wind is blowing away from them. The jack rabbit call has never worked for me, I'm sure I've tried it over 100 times, but never called anything in with it. Doesn't work on bears or coyotes. They move or run away if i use the that caller. I tried scent reduction spray when i first got the game but it never worked - other people have complained about it not working as well. I haven't tried the deer distress on coyotes but i will. As far as not not understanding the game. I think the game doesn't understand itself. Wind is always blowing out of the south.

[Neo]

Weird things.My game working fine.

[Chon the Monk]

I had a coyote real close and tried the caller again. It seemed to be coming to me but the wind switched and started blowing towards the coyote so it ran away. . How close does the coyote have to be for the call to work ?

[Chon the Monk]

I went up to the watch tower during the day because i had to spot 2 coyotes in that area on a side mission. I tried jack rabbit caller 3 times and each time they ran away after i used it. The wind was blowing away from them and did not switch so it's not the wind plus i was in cover or single line on my belly. They finally went into a open area and i spotted them. afterward i shot 2 of them to complete the next mission of shooting 2. Don't understand it. They run away when called with jack rabbit caller. Not the wind. I even used the scent eliminator applied twice - every half hour game time.

[Neo]

Much like the Red Fox, Coyote are notoriously wary of human scent and noise, and will not hesitate to run at the slightest provocation.
Being under the cover of a large bush or tree is advantageous, as their eyesight is quite keen. Keep an ear out for the telltale delicate sound of brush moving as the Coyote comes near, but especially be keen-eyed, as their small frames are hard to spot. Coyote tend to not come straight towards the source of the caller noise, instead preferring to circle around and approach from another angle. Keep this in mind when waiting for them.

From COTW - Forum

Maybe problem is your visibility.

[Chon the Monk]

I call them after they bark. I wait for a 2 or 3 minutes before moving as long as the bark is not in the direction the wind is blowing. When they don't come to me I go and look at the tracks were the barking came from. The tracks show run for a little while...then tracks switch to trot for a little while...then switch to walk. They don't try to move around me at all. They run away in opposite direction. Sometimes i can see them running away because the brush is moving when they run. If it's them seeing me then the meter for being visible is wrong. I haven't tried the call on the red fox but no luck with coyotes.

[Chon the Monk]

I tried the caller with a red fox. It ran away as well. I recorded it but there is no sound. I found you have to manually turn on audio after you download Microsoft Windows 10 free screen recorder or you won't have sound in the video. Why ??? it's not turned on by default is beyond me. Maybe they are into silence movies ???