Gentlemen,

I am grateful for all replies. I am not familiar with calling as that is not a technique that I have used before and I shall need to practice it. But it should be fun learning.

Daryl,

The coyotes here seem to get everything they could hunt. We have a lot of rabbits, deer and there used to be foxes just two years ago but the coyotes have killed all of them off. I shall ask around about what call to use. Thanks.

Steve,

I messed up again and did not call in time. I shall call tomorrow without fail. My apologies.

9ThreeXFifty7,

The numbers of coyotes has grown substantially in just the past two years. I almost hit one in Naperville some months ago while driving back late from a friend's place along with my wife. They get brazen sometimes and you know what Illannoy laws are like. (BTW I must credit Steve with this most appropriate term

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I live at a very short distance from the Methodist colony in Des Plaines and if you know the locality we have three forest preserves wrapping around the place on one side and the I-90 some distance away in another direction. We can't hunt around here, of course, as the area is heavily settled.

Yes, I do have a shotgun - a Browning A-5 - which I have only used on pheasants and duck and which I am scared to use slugs in because it is an old gun and in very nice shape. I have a cheap but highly accurate 50 cal ML and I thought I would use it because I just love muzzleloaders. Thanks for the tips on the pelts. I shall ask and find out exactly when I could use them.

Ripp,

Thanks for the advice and I shall try to find the wagging tails at Cabelas or Gander Mountain. Where I live we have coyotes but there is no hunting because it is strictly banned. But not too far from here hunting is possible and I shall ask at my gun club what people use. Thanks for the advice again.

Best wishes and good hunting to everyone. Thanks for all the tips and if you think of any more, they would be greatly appreciated.