
Peyton Penson and Trevor Patchin were set up on a rural farm searching for predators, coyotes in particular. They set up after dark and turned on their Fox Pro Coyote Call enticing a group of coyotes to respond quickly. The duo cut the distance down and got as close as possible and ready for action. It didn’t take long before several coyotes popped up on their thermal scopes and they watched them come closer and closer until they both squeezed off shots. Tick-pow, tick-pow, cracked their rifles as they smacked the aggressive coyotes! Both went down instantly, and their night started with a bang. They eventually harvested six coyotes that night from one set up.
Penson, from House, Miss., and Patchin, from Union, formed a team that they call the Yote Busters.
“We’ve been predator hunting for a long time, but seriously the last couple of years because the coyotes were getting so aggressive and killing a lot of calves, fawns, turkeys and other small animals,” Penson said. “We started our company to help control the predator population and to help landowners and farmers who are having problems with the predation of their cattle and game animals. We hunt 365 days a year.”
Although we could write many articles about hunting coyotes, we’re going to cover the basics of these two successful Yote Busters and review their top 5 tips on how to successfully hunt these predators.
No. 1 – Lay of the land
Woodsmanship is the key thing when hunting coyotes. You have to know the lay of the land and where the coyotes are located since they roam a lot. Penson and Patchin always use the ONX hunt app and can see the lay of the land.
“We always look at the wind direction and hunt accordingly,” Penson said. “We are going to set up downwind of them if possible, or in a cross wind.”
No. 2 – Calling is important
Hunt where the coyotes are. They’re going to roam a lot so concentrate on the area you locate some the day or night of the hunt. After arriving at the hunt location, call to the coyotes to entice a response from them so you can determine their location. Penson and Patchin use an X-24 E Caller from Fox Pro Calls, which is like a high-quality remote speaker.
“Coyotes have a specific life cycle, so we call according to the season they are in,” Penson said. “We will use a single coyote howl first and then a pair howl to try and located them so we can get set up.”
No. 3 – Quality equipment
You have got to have quality equipment. If you don’t have good equipment, like calls or good tripods, then you’re not going to be as successful. Penson and Patchin use Nuggets IRay 1024 Thermal scopes to locate the coyotes by their body heat. No spotlights needed. They also use quality bolt action rifles affixed to Fat Boy tripods so that they can swing on the coyotes as needed and keep a steady aim before touching off the trigger. Calibers such as the 6.5 Creedmoor and 300 Blackout are very capable of harvesting predators from close range to 400 yards.
No. 4 – Practice, practice, practice
Know your equipment. Good equipment is expensive but well worth it.
“We go to great lengths to have the best equipment possible and then we are going to learn to use that equipment before going on the hunt,” Penson said. “We like the top-quality rifles and scopes so that we can hold spot on at 75 to 80 yards up to 300 yards so we practice our shooting with that equipment regularly so that we can be sure that we know what we have, where to aim and then take the shots when it counts. If they smell you or you spook them it will all be for naught. Our goal is to get them in as close as possible and dispatch them.”
No. 5 – Good relationships
You are not going to kill coyotes without good landowners and land to hunt.
“Our business has been so successful because of our rapport with the landowners,” Penson said. “If you do what you say you will do and don’t tear up their fields and produce results, they will usually trust you to help them take care of a problem predator.
“We have one landowner in Kemper County that has one of the most aggressive coyote populations anywhere. We have actually harvested 58 coyotes off of his farm due to their aggressiveness and our knowledge of where to find them and how to dispatch them when we get set up.”
If you are looking for help with predators or need some additional information, then contact Peyton Penson and Trevor Patchin on Facebook or on YouTube at Yote Busters.
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