I kinda thought that went without saying. Dont want your truck parked skylined behind your stand.
Honestly, alot of coyotes have met their demize using the road for a barrier. I have killed a ton of coyotes along I-44. They wont come from behind and they are used to eating/catching wounded animals from cars.
But, gravel/dirt roads work as well. They are hesitant to cross them too, do to road hunters, around here anyway. Get off the road a bit to use as a barrier and give the coyote a corridore to travel to the call where he can stay concealed and feel comfortable and cant wind you without being seen. Its a heck of a set up.
Too much driving vehicles, riding four wheelers or walking on a given area and your busted. They may come to the call, but chances are all your gonna see is tracks.
Andy
BTW, you may be staying too long. Unless Im in good bobcat country, I usually am only out of the truck 30 minutes total. Walk out, set up, call, walk back. All in a half hour. On to the next stand. (Unless there is some skinnin to do.
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As for calling time, there are two theories on that. I have and do use both. Depends on the setup. If the coyote looses the sound, he may start to use his nose to hunt. This is bad for you. I normally let it play for 2-3 minute intervals, with the same amount of quiet time. But, I have had alot of success with continuous calling too. When I do that I do vary the volume alot. Start soft, turn it up a bit, then back down. In open country, Ive watched enough of them to kinda visualize what a coyote responding may be doing and work off that on what Im doing with the call. Kind of a "feel" thing.
Thats another thing. If you get a chance to call some farmland type areas, fencerows and ditches, and set up where you can see the coyote coming for a long distance, you can learn a bunch in a hurry. Watch how they react to changes in your call and their body language. Seems they know more about coyotes than we do.
Andy