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Post by PnM on Feb 6, 2012 13:25:47 GMT -5
I do have a reason for the following question: Is it possible to remove a live, healthy coyote from a solid pad catch in a solid coyote trap with bare hands without getting bit, scratched and otherwise dinged up?
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Post by barrington on Feb 6, 2012 13:31:30 GMT -5
I dont know but if you try it can I watch?
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Post by barrington on Feb 6, 2012 13:34:51 GMT -5
I had a yote this year in the dark, I held the mag light with my left hand and my trowel in the right. That yote tore a 4 inch rip in the left leather glove, It did not bite me but it was close.
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Post by chiefdave1010 on Feb 6, 2012 13:38:19 GMT -5
i would like to watch to
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Post by papabear on Feb 6, 2012 14:40:17 GMT -5
Dear Friend, I would suppose anything is possible...BUT........I make it a general rule to never take on a critter that can bite me harder than I can bite it back!.........And you other fellers are sick individuals for wanting to watch that ole boy get 'et up by an old scoundral yotey dog. Regards papabear
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Post by herm on Feb 6, 2012 16:30:59 GMT -5
The guys that are supplying the live market are doing it.Which by the way is not legal in NYS.
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Post by arrow1 on Feb 6, 2012 16:47:01 GMT -5
Why not use a catch pole? Is that considered cheating to you?
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Post by mikeyb on Feb 6, 2012 16:51:46 GMT -5
my advice, practice on a stray cat first, then decide if you want to try it with a yote.
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Post by Itrapny on Feb 6, 2012 17:05:18 GMT -5
He stated he had a reason...and I'm sure it wasn't that he was going to go out and try it. I would have to say yes, it's possible, but it would have to be a certain coyote. I've seen some coyotes that were very docile in the trap while others I wouldn't want to even try to use a catchpole on them.
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Post by oldeman on Feb 6, 2012 18:43:58 GMT -5
If I have learned anything about Yote it is that you can never predict what they will do and they are tougher than you think.
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Post by steveadam on Feb 6, 2012 20:09:55 GMT -5
theres one on Utube, a guy catches coyotes near NYC and puts them in a cage to relocate them.
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Post by nylogger on Feb 6, 2012 20:23:51 GMT -5
I'll say it is very possible. Though I have never let a coyote loose. Many bobcats have been let go without a catch pole.
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Post by traps82 on Feb 6, 2012 22:01:53 GMT -5
I wouldnt want to watch.. I would want to help too much.. But is it rude to ask why??
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Post by milkie62 on Feb 6, 2012 22:32:10 GMT -5
I watched Bob Wendt on one of his videos release a badger without a catch pole. Big coconuts IMO.
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Post by imlvt on Feb 6, 2012 23:42:43 GMT -5
I don't know about a coyote but I can tell you that releasing a feral cat was the best way I ever found to shred a great winter jacket. By the time I threw that hurricane away from me, I had the model for the modern gillie suit. It was just the wrong color with all the red in it. I will attest that some lessons are best learned from watching others.
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Post by yote on Feb 7, 2012 0:25:24 GMT -5
Why you want to releasing the yote that is one less deer he will eat.
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Post by trappermac on Feb 7, 2012 5:56:06 GMT -5
There have been guys who have released large nasty pet dogs by throwing a blanket over it and then releasing.
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Post by 7oaks on Feb 7, 2012 7:38:48 GMT -5
We do it often down here, BUT normally use a catch pole, 99% are docile, it's the others that liven your day up. No pole? grab tail 1st, then nape of neck close to ears, lift to extend caught foot, twist/pull head up, step on levers, push into box head first
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2012 7:48:24 GMT -5
I do have a reason for the following question: Is it possible to remove a live, healthy coyote from a solid pad catch in a solid coyote trap with bare hands without getting bit, scratched and otherwise dinged up? Since you made a point of saying you have a reason, what is the reason? To cheap for a catch pole?
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Post by wcs on Feb 7, 2012 9:01:05 GMT -5
I do have a reason for the following question: Is it possible to remove a live, healthy coyote from a solid pad catch in a solid coyote trap with bare hands without getting bit, scratched and otherwise dinged up? Since you made a point of saying you have a reason, what is the reason? To cheap for a catch pole? lol
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Post by bballou on Feb 7, 2012 13:31:06 GMT -5
Back a few years ago----we put radio collars on coyotes ----once we put the net on them they layed down---- then they were no problem to work with.,----they seamed to almost give up when the net was on them. I think it would be the same --- once you got them off there feet.
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Post by PnM on Feb 7, 2012 15:45:31 GMT -5
UPDATE Thanks folks. Here's the reason: A fellow trapper had an incident with a hired hand who was speading manure in a field wherein there was a coyote in a legal trap with permission of the landowner. When the trapper checked the site there was nothing to be seen except a lot of tractor tire prints covering the trap site. The farm hand admitted that he let the coyote go because it was jumping around and suffering. He further said that he pulled the trap and threw it in the woods. He refused to show the trapper where it was thrown. Trapper called ECO. A quick response resulted in two tickets to the farm hand and the trap was retrieved with encouragement from the ECO. What puzzled me was the claim of barehanded release of the doggy by an inexperienced farm hand who considers trapping inhumane. Fines were paid and I'm waiting for the Court Clerk to get permission to tell me of the fines. Incidently, the farm hand allowed as how he would do it again.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2012 21:13:45 GMT -5
Interesting Story.......... I suppose anything can happen at least once. I personally know of someone who had to under go Rabies treatments this year. Just not worth it, IMO.
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Post by gutpile on Feb 8, 2012 9:47:27 GMT -5
So you now have another problem here. Do you talk to the land owner about the trouble his helping hand is causing? Do you keep trapping just to "get under the farm hands skin" ? Or do you move on with no trouble and just thank the owner for the use of his land and hope he fires his help before you return?
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Post by wfm on Feb 8, 2012 10:38:59 GMT -5
I've only handled one wild canine without the aid of a catch pole. Slim handed me a grey fox and assured me that it wouldn't bite me. Held it in my arms and petted it. The fox had froze when he initially had felt Slim's hand touch him. Said just don't try it the second time, they catch on quick. A former student of his called that day and told me that coyotes react the same way the first time they feel that human hand, again no bets on the second time.
Guess it scares them bite-less.
PS: He also said don't try it with a red fox. They lock on and won't let go.
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