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Would urban coyote step on plywood that has foothold attached by magnets and covered with hay.
No digging or bedding with dirt.
I've seen their tracks on lumber by barn before, and are bold.
Again these are not out in the wild coyotes, they and parents have been around subdivisions, buildings, parking lots, gravel and concrete and blacktop driveways, domestic pets.
Just wondering what trappers thought before attempting, they are really thick here in Ohio
 
I’m sure there are plenty of other techniques, and there are plenty of trappers here that can elaborate further, but when I trapped the set I made was done so as to have the coyote step where I wanted / needed. Just setting a trap on a piece of plywood and covering it with hay sounds a bit arbitrary.
 
I would think getting a coyote to step on a raised pile of straw would be very difficult. You usually use raised items(stick, stone, pile of dirt, etc) to guide a coyote foot to whatever appears to be solid footing when using foot hold trap. As mentioned in another post trapping coyotes takes some skill. A trappers Education class would be a good starting point to learn.

Like any coyote control it takes skill. Man has been trying to eliminate coyotes since they first encountered them and in the past rules were far more liberal than today and I'm pretty sure we've never made much of a dent in the population, and they have spread to places they have never been before.

One of the first/few coyotes trapped in the Red River Valley of the North(near Rollag) around 50 yrs ago, plus my ex-wife's first fox on her own line.
Fox were the predominate predator in the area. I lived on a remote farm and never heard a coyote in the 12 yrs I lived there.
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Man was able to eliminate wolves through most of their range in the US where with even more pressure coyotes have flourished.
 
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In answer to the question, no. Most good traps have a D-ring on the bottom that wouldn’t allow it to sit flat. Plus you’d have to do some serious guiding to get it to step where you want it to step. You’re trying to make a critter step on a 2” diameter circle. Even in dirt it’s still hard to do.
Your best bet is to set the trails they’re using or where they’re crossing under a fence.
 
And if the coyote can't move away from the plywood it will be shredded, plywood is not cheap. I had one farm where the owner said coyote would lay on round bales under a shed roof. Saw one leave one afternoon when I drove in to get in a blind, half hour later coyote came to the bait from the direction of the shed. I shot it.. Farmer hasn't mentioned seeing another one in the hay shed.
 
Monster Toms said:
Even if you could, how would you stake or tie off your trap? Why no digging?
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I'm not a trapper and am trying to reduce the coyote population on my hay farm. Got the idea from straw bale set and tire set videos. Will fasten trap chain with swivels to a 12 inch diameter log section. If it works i plan to leave it all year long and have a 2nd setup at other end of property. Can duke 550 pro be damaged if left set for a month.
Health issues leave me to restrict digging and exertion
 
Surprised that as a hay farmer that you want to reduce coyote numbers since they eat the animals that cause damage to your crops (i.e. deer, rabbits, mice, etc.)

No hay fields around here but there are a few sod (grasss) farms. They won't allow predator hunters but feel free to shoot all the rabbits you want.
 
Besides the possible legal(I don't know of a state that doesn't require daily checks of foothold traps not on drowners) and ethical issues(animals left in traps) with your year round "plan". Land trapping can require set remakes after weather events. I think you should take a state approved trapper education class.
 
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Besides the possible legal(I don't know of a state that doesn't require daily checks of foothold traps not on drowners) and ethical issues(animals left in traps) with your year round "plan". Land trapping can require set remakes after weather events. I think you should take a state approved trapper education class.
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I might be confusing the issue with my interest in nuisance coyote trapping and not finding non targets in foothold on my property.
One site for a set is visible150 ft from my kitchen window and another spot is visible with my average binoculars, and except for nite I can monitor almost continuously.
My fear of being bitten or attacked by coyote are real concerns.
This forum has lots of information on trapping and firearms for dispatching, and as soon as I learn to use search feature, will not have to post any more questions, and can find experienced information on this fourm site.
 
Questions are fine. Most are just trying to understand the reasoning behind the questions. Except under very specific circumstances, possibilities of getting bit by a coyote are next to nill. Don't try to feed them by hand and don't back them into a corner with no way out. Oh and don't try and release one from a foothold trap without a catch pole. If you do, get it on video.
 
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Questions are fine. Most are just trying to understand the reasoning behind the questions. Except under very specific circumstances, possibilities of getting bit by a coyote are next to nill. Don't try to feed them by hand and don't back them into a corner with no way out. Oh and don't try and release one from a foothold trap without a catch pole. If you do, get it on video.
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Thanks, no chance of releasing, will be dispatching as soon as seen in foothold,
.... I'm also afraid of fleas and ticks.....
Will drag it back to woods with tractor after it's cooled down and parasites have jummped off.
Game warden mentioned burial in soil is not required, maybe use lime on top.
Will tell it good riddens, and like Clint Eastwood said, tell it, buzzards and maggots have to eat too !
 
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