bdfisher
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Post by bdfisher on Jan 5, 2013 12:30:55 GMT -5
Coyote are using this for a scent post. I have two traps set here. Their are new tracks everyday. They have used the clump Of grass for a scent post. They pooped here last might. I'm using red fox pee and coyote gland lure. What can I do to get them in my trap? The two clumps of grass are natural. Look at the left side of the pic you'll see a small twig with 3 branches on it that is one trap. Any help would be greatly appreciated... Attachments:
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bdfisher
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Post by bdfisher on Jan 5, 2013 12:39:06 GMT -5
When I set the trap on the left I smoothed out the snow with a hand broom.
I have another picture im going to post of a new set I made yesterday.
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Post by fuzztrapper on Jan 5, 2013 13:45:06 GMT -5
Patience my man the critters did that every night all fall long u just didn't know it cause there was no snow. Just keep at it u will get em.
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Post by oldman50 on Jan 5, 2013 14:01:39 GMT -5
You should be happy that they are working your set. Have to give it time.
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Post by mvernelson on Jan 5, 2013 14:04:41 GMT -5
Theres no heighty to those grass clumps so your trap appears to be too far away. Instead of burrying the trap in the snow just slide it under the snow into place.
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bdfisher
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Post by bdfisher on Jan 5, 2013 15:37:12 GMT -5
The clumps of grass are higher than my trap bed. As I said these are natural, should I put any guide sticks?
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Post by oakhilltrappin on Jan 5, 2013 19:31:19 GMT -5
Trapping winter coyotes can be Motherf@*ker !!! As someone else already said....be patient.....your getting track at your set, thats half the battle !!
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austinp
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Post by austinp on Jan 5, 2013 21:52:56 GMT -5
Back in the mid-1990s I rode along on coyote lines in Nebraska and Indiana. The amount of fresh coyote prints on the ground each morning resembled a rabbit chase with pack of beagles here in NY. Nobody in this state has ever seen coyote sign like there is in the midwest.
When I visited North Dakota last spring, several things there blew me away. One of those was the sheer amount of coyote sign, everywhere. The actual secondary dirt roads off main blacktop highways were littered with big lumps of black coyote droppings. every pull-off, parking lot and farm lane was criss-crossed with tracks. Ask PSB about the coyote sign out there, he's seen it a lot more than I have.
If you were trapping out there in the midwest right now, about 1/4 to 1/3 of your sets would hold coyotes. Why? Because a bunch of them would refuse to work same as here, but enough sheer numbers exist that sooner than later, a bold one will come along and get hung.
That's the difference between what you see on dvds, read online and experience firsthand in your own backyard. We have fringe populations of coyotes here as elsewhere. When the singles or pairs come by our sets and refuse them that night, the opportunity is done until next night. What you are experiencing is rather normal snow trapping for coyotes here in New York state, where you reside.
Next week when the snow pulls back and ground bares again, hit rate at sets will go up as usual.
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Post by md74 on Jan 6, 2013 13:13:10 GMT -5
I would put a trap in the low spot just to the right of the close clump of grass where all the tracks are. Kicking the snow out of the way would be what i would do and bedding trap in peat and covering with up to an inch of snow over disturbed area. With the freezing and thawing that is likely to take place over the next week, they will probably be walking on the crust as they are now in spots. Not easy by any means but good luck.
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