Any night hunters?

[browning204]

so who hunts at night. I have been thinking of doing some coon callin at night. I also want to hunt coyote at night also but don't for 2 reasons.

I don't wanna go alone (no I am not affraid!)

and getting the permits in NH is kind of a song and dance.

I have a scope mounted spot light that works pretty well.

Any tips and tricks would be cool.

Thanks

[omega47]

Night hunting for yotes in NH is 1-Jan through 31-March. You don't need any permits unless you are going to hunt over bait, in which case the LANDOWNER has to register your bait pile with F&G in Concord. In addition you need WRITTEN permission from the landowner to hunt at night. Several WMU have restrictions on what type of firearms you can use at night.

Night hunting in Texas is very common for coyote and bobcat. Typically, you call until you hear coyotes nearby and then turn on the light and blast away. I've never hunted at night but I have been an observer on several night hunts.

There was a kid on a farm in Northern NH who told me they night hunt for yotes. He says they collect road kill and other dead animals and hang it from a tree in the afternoon, then come out around 7pm and stake out the road kill until the dogs show up to eat. They turn on some big tripod mounted spots and use .22 rimfires to peck away at them from about 50 yards out until they've killed the whole pack.

[browning204]

omega47 said:

Night hunting for yotes in NH is 1-Jan through 31-March. You don't need any permits unless you are going to hunt over bait, in which case the LANDOWNER has to register your bait pile with F&G in Concord. In addition you need WRITTEN permission from the landowner to hunt at night. Several WMU have restrictions on what type of firearms you can use at night.
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Not excactly, you need a written land owner permission to be filed at F&G to hunt private land. If you want to hunt public land, you need a permit from F&G for that specific area. Highway star gave me a list of 10 areas we are to be hunting this season, we need 10 permits each.

Bait needs a permit also for public land, not sure about private.

If a town is a shotgun only for Deer town, then it is shotgun or rimfire at night also. During the day, any caliber can be used anywhere in the state on Coyote. Well, until the first house or person is shot, then that will change also.

This is from the F&G web-site.


Species Season dates Daily Bag Limit WMUs
Coyote, Woodchuck Open all year No limit Statewide
Coyote night hunting (Written landowner permission required) Jan.1 - Mar. 31 No limit Statewide

The orange book goes into more detail than the web-site. I have been to Concord and E-mailed them many times check into these laws, I don't need my truck and Guns yanked for my wrong understanding of their laws.

I would call them if you feel that it is confusing, I was confused also.

If night hunting is something you wanna try, let us know, maybe we can set something up.

[omega47]

I've read the orange book cover to cover. I did see the part about needing written permission from landowners which is what I mentioned above. The orange book also says that for bait on private land, the LANDOWNER must register any bait piles with F&G if you are going ot use bait.

Regarding "any caliber anywhere in the state", I do not find this mentioned in the orange book, but it does clearly outline what type of gun and what calibers are allowed in restricted areas and my guess is that applies to coyotes as well.

Who did you get the permission slips from? Do I need to drive to Concord to get those? The orange book makes no mention of these

[browning204]

omega47 said:

I've read the orange book cover to cover. I did see the part about needing written permission from landowners which is what I mentioned above. The orange book also says that for bait on private land, the LANDOWNER must register any bait piles with F&G if you are going ot use bait.

Regarding "any caliber anywhere in the state", I do not find this mentioned in the orange book, but it does clearly outline what type of gun and what calibers are allowed in restricted areas and my guess is that applies to coyotes as well.

Yes if you bait on public land then you also need bait slips, I am pretty sure.

As far as caliber for day time, I asked a warden and then also asked when I was in Concord.