Coyotes Coming in at Rolfe’s Hunt or Trap

Johnsonburg, Pa.:  The last day is always a busy one at Rolfe’s Statewide Coyote and Fox Hunt or Trap at Rolfe.  Despite the heavy snow over Saturday and Sunday, the predator hunters were out.  Joe Fremer, predator hunter out of Brockway, started off the afternoon at Rolfe’s Weigh Station by bringing in a large, 36.6#, male coyote.  Joe was hunting up in Elk County on private lands on Friday evening when the coyote entered his field stand.  Joe does not use any call – just scans with a thermal scope.  Joe harvested the large coyote with a .223 rifle. 

Reese Ehrensberger and Brady Nussbaum continued their successful harvests on predators.  They use .22-.250 and .243 rifles with thermal scopes and use a Fox Pro electronic call.  Brady started off Friday evening with the harvest of a large, 43.4#, male coyote close to Ridgway on private lands in Elk County.  On Saturday they moved to another stand on private lands in Elk County and Reese was able to harvest two red foxes, a 7.4# female near 9:00 p.m. and then another female weighing 8.6# near 11:00 p.m.   Continuing on into the evening into Sunday morning, Reese was able to call in a coyote at another stand near 1:00 a.m.  The male coyote weighed in at 32.6# at Rolfe’s Weigh Station.

Hunters are reminded that Rolfe’s next predator hunt for coyotes and crows will be ten days bracketing the Labor Day Weekend in September of 2026.