I used YouTube as a guide for learning the basics but have refined what works for me. Other advice calls for arranging sticks or rocks around the trap, so as to guide the coyote’s foot to the trap pan. When the coyote stops to investigate the goodies in the hole, it hopefully steps on the trap pan.ĭepending on the advice you read or watch, dirt hole sets call for a “backing,” which is some obstruction behind the dirt hole that forces the coyote to dig for the bait from the trap side. The trap is buried just under the ground, in front of that hole. This do-it-all set has a hole in the ground with bait or scent inside. It’s obviously irresponsible - and probably illegal - to put traps where people and domestic animals commonly travel. * It goes without saying to be mindful of where you set traps, particularly if you’re not trapping your own property. Walk or drive those routes, find fresh coyote tracks and scat, and set traps right on the sign. Areas where two or three trails join are best. On our farms, those routes are mostly the dirt access roads that we travel by ATV and tractor.* Secondary options include fire breaks, heavy deer trails, and convenient creek crossings. Use coyote sightings to narrow down general areas, but within those areas, identify the major travel routes coyotes use over and again. So, setting a random trap on a ridge near your deer stand because you saw a coyote there in October is low odds.
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It needs to step on a 5-square-inch trap pan.
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It doesn’t do any good for a coyote to walk within bow range of your trap. But a trapper’s ambush must be even more carefully chosen.
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Just like a deer hunter setting up in a hot pinch point during the rut, trappers must learn how to read the land and sign to put together a good ambush. Instead, envision scents as a tool to stop a coyote and hold its interest on a route it’s already traveling.
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For a beginner trapper, it’s tempting to think of baits and lures as something that will draw coyotes in like deer coming to a feeder.