Coyotes are clever animals that prefer to lurk during the night. They are nocturnal, but they hunt during the day if the area has little or no humans. Hunting coyotes with your crossbow at night isn’t an easy task either. You have to scout an area that has active coyotes during the day. Once you have found a good coyote area, prepare a calling device or distress call to attract coyotes and artificial light to guide you at aiming. Once you get an open look, point your crossbow at the coyote and aim for a clean shot. Consider the area where you’re hunting. Some places allow artificial lights with restrictions, but some places find artificial light during hunting illegal. A bowhunter’s challenge is how to get the best possible night vision while making an ethical shot. Too much light can scare away the coyotes, and too little light can knock off your accuracy. Choose a light color that suits you Keep your light at the minimum – good thing you have the freedom to choose which light color is best for you. Here are some of the best colors with their pros and cons: Red light provides the best vision, and it is the most traditional light you can use. Red light lessens the possibility of eye fatigue too. Green-colored lights may cause eye fatigue faster, but the human eye can determine any contrast that well with this color. White light offers the most amount of detail, and the color allows more vision to the bowhunter. But it can affect peripheral vision. A crossbow has to have a peep size of a quarter inch as wider peeps allow light transmission better. Plus, these expand your field of view. But if you have eyesight problems, choose a peep size that suits your eye. Choose an adjustable sight light, and the sight light should only illuminate the point, not the shooter’s ring. Crossbow hunting coyotes can be more challenging at night Though testing your accuracy to shoot a crossbow at night is tricky, pay attention to shooting areas and ranges during the day. Bowhunting during the night is different. Therefore, use landmarks as a guide during your night hunt. Start looking at eyeshine, not on the entire body of the coyote. Eyeshine is the reflection of your light source from an animal’s eye, and you can see greater distances when you look for eyeshine. This strategy will buy you more time to identify the coyote. You can change your calling strategy when necessary, depending on the body language of the coyote. Once you see their eyes shine, use the outer perimeter of your beam to follow the coyote. You can also use the edge of your light to do so. Hunt with a partner to get the most help. One hunter will take care of the calling device, and the same bowhunter is in charge of the light. The other bowhunter handles the bow itself, but they can take turns on the trigger and light. Don’t overtalk, and don’t make unnecessary movements. Shaking the light beam is enough to communicate with each other. Keep gestures at the least to avoid disturbing the coyotes.