Mike, why don't just stay in the stand a couple evenings and shoot a couple coyotes...??? To me that would be good for everyone, but maybe the coyotes..
Been busy and have not gotten back to this thread
We have some real goofy laws in Wisconsin as far as night hunting goes. I cannot use a light to see if the coyotes are there. But once they are there I can turn the light on to shoot them. So other than a bright full moon I have no chance of seeing them before I light them up to shoot them. All the full moons of late have been cloudy. Also baiting coyotes is illegal.
I can legally hunt over a gut pile. But during the gun deer season I am hunting in a shotgun zone. So for those nine days I cannot hunt with a rifle even though it is legal the rest of the year. And I cannot hunt with or even possess shot shells loaded with shot larger than BB or any size buckshot until after December 9th. So unless I shoot an archery deer during late season no gutpile and legal bait.
We also have a Barney Fife of a warden roaming the neighborhood on a regular basis. He claims he has gotten a lot of reports of shining deer and night shooting. So me sitting with a spotlight and a 22-250 over a illegal bait pile is just asking for a whole bunch of hassle and tickets. Neighbors really really don't like me so I am sure they got the warden on speed dial just waiting to call on me.