AURELIUS -- More than 50 people stood by the fish tank at Bass Pro Shops to hear Sheri Baity's seminar on how to hunt coyotes Saturday afternoon.

Baity gave pointers about what electronic calls to use, what time of the day to hunt for the predatory animals, what clothes to wear and more. She also stressed the necessity of wearing sunscreen with a 30 SPF or higher.

"This is a very important step of hunting," she said.

Baity recommended people focus on bird sounds -- such as crow calls -- to help attract coyotes in the New York state area, where it is more challenging to catch them.

"We have to whet their appetite, we have to make them want to come," Baity explained to her audience.

Baity, who has been hunting coyotes since 1992, offered three important tips: Watch your movement, pay attention to the wind and use the crow call, which is Baity's preferred electronic call. In addition to the crow call, she recommended using the lone howl, the estrus chirp and a barking call.

Rose Poole, of Ithaca, came to the seminar to learn better techniques and skills for coyote hunting, she said. Poole came with Jeff Juber, of Ithaca, who has been hunting for 40 years and has hunted coyotes in the past.

"I wanted to learn new tips and a different perspective and gain more experience," Juber said before the seminar.

Both Juber and Poole learned a lot about different calls and the importance of being in the correct wind direction, as well as the hours coyotes come out, Poole said.

"I will probably try it this week," she said.

Sam Yoder, of Clarence Center, owns a farm outside of Buffalo that has at least 10 coyotes living on the property. Erie County's deer population has declined significantly over the past few years and Yoder believes it's because of coyotes. So, he came to Aurelius to learn about hunting them.

"We're going to have to trap them out," Yoder said. "I hate to kill them but they're becoming a nuisance."

William Decker has come to the coyote seminar for the past two years, he said. Decker, of Cayuga, said he wanted to come this year to learn something different.

"I learned the different techniques and the time to spend on different areas," he said.

This is the fourth year Bass Pro Shops hosted the coyote seminar presented by Baity.

People hunt coyotes for various reasons, Baity said.

"For me, when I first started, I was out for blood," she said.

But the more she hunted, the more Baity realized the importance of keeping a balance within the pack. Instead of killing the whole pack, Baity now only kills one or two coyotes, she said.

"By taking one out, they won't hunt domestic animals," she said.