Help in trapping yotes?

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I am from Pennsylvania. Im starting to trap the elsuive coyote, what makes the best coyote set? Where should you place the set, feilds, old logging roads, etc? What scents should i use?

Thanks
 
Any set that will take a fox will take the coyote,such as flat sets & dirthole set. Just set your trap back 12 inches from backing object and a little off-center.I only use urine and gland lure at both sets. Hope this helps.
 
This year will be the first year for me on a trap line if the weather in Alaska ever gets cold enough. The AK Dept of Fish and Game up here made a trapping manuel that will help me alot out in the field. I`m going for the k-9 for the first year. I`m going to use both snare and leg hold traps. 12-snares and 12-leg holds to begin with at first. Read the regs, some states require you to check your line every 24 hrs. Up here it is 7 days in most areas if not all areas. Good luck and let us know how you do.
 
The terrain and soil conditions will help you decide on what type of set to use.

Ex: It would be tough to make a flat set in tall weeds. A dirthole would be better suited.

Which ever type of set you make just try to make everything look natural.

As far as set placement....Well if you know coyotes are in the area that you want to trap, the first thing you would want to do is locate where the coyote sign is at( Tracks..scat). When you find sign this where you would want to make your sets.

Randomly setting traps in areas that you THINK the coyote may be will catch few coyotes...... When you set on LOCATION you will catch more coyotes in a shorter amount of time.
 
Yotes,
First of all you should have some well made traps that are strong enough to hold coyotes. After the traps are ajusted properly, you will need to learn how to bed the traps very solidly in your chosen location. The trap needs to be bedded solid enough so that if coyote steps on a jaw or spring, the trap does not tip and spook the coyote. The prevailing wind needs to be taken into account when making your sets. Here in the mid-west, wind blows out of some version of the WEST about 90 percent of the time. You want your trapset to be upwind from coyote travel lane. OK, here is a set that will take some coyotes for you. Find a field road that runs east and west, and look for prominate bush or rock or stump which is within a few feet of the road. You will make one set on north side of the road and another set on the south side. Place a few drops of pure gland lure about nine inches high, on side of your bush, rock or other backing and set your trap with pan about nine inches out from near edge of backing. If you make these sets along field road that has a lot of coyote tracks, you will be well on your way to some coyote pelts.
 
Rich hit the two of the most important things for trapping bedding the trap is extremely important and location location location...you want to narrow down the travel route of the annimal you want to trap here in ky we have hay fields that in order to get from one to the other there will be a road through the woods where that field narrows down at the edge of the road is a good trap sight also where two roads go into one at that junction is a good place..ridge lines in pasture fields are also good for yote and reds..edges of fence lines etc....another thing is lure.. the people that sell that stuff wants you to use a lima bean size...can get expensive..i always mixed one oz of glycol with one oz of lure..i mostly used russ carmen mega musk...and then put in a small container and mix with cotton balls you can get 70-80 cotton balls doing this..i used one per dirt hole set makes your lure go a long way and it works also sprayed my backing with red fox urine..went to 24inch stakes a/c coyotes pumping the stake..hope this helps a little
 
I'm glad that trapperdoc mentioned the stake pulling ability of mr. coyote. I used to make my stakes from 5/8" diameter re-rod. The rough texture of re-rod allows coyotes to work a trap chain down that bugger like a bumper jack. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif After nearly losing a coyote after he jacked a 24" re-rod stake out of hard packed alfalfa ground, I went to double staking. Two 18" stakes which were hammered in at different angles will hold in MOST soils where you can drive a stake. Later on, I started using the Iowa disposable stakes with good results.
EDIT: my trap stakes were 1/2" re-rod, not 5/8". I did make some kill stakes for my snare line from 5/8" stock though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
When setting along creeks or deep ditches, pay close attention to those outside bends. Coyotes take shortcuts just like people, which takes them very close to the edge on those outside bends.

Remember that when you are setting creeks and deep ditches, that culvert or old bridge where farmer crosses the ditch is also where the coyotes will cross. Setting the intersection will usually pay off for you.
 
This is my second year running a small trapline trying to trap coyotes. Last year I only used foothold traps and all I caught was coons, possums and skunks. This year i am using a few foothold traps still but mostly snares. i have already caught 4 coyotes in snares. I don't seem to catch near as many non target animals in the snares. THis means it will still be set when the coyote gets there. on how to set, I set my snares in crossings in fencerows. The day after a fresh dusting of snow is a good time to go and look for these crossings. also if there is much snow on the ground you won't have much luck with foothold traps anyway. You can buy your snares but I make my own. 3/32 cable about 5-6 ft long with a cam lock. I don't use swivels just make a loop on the end
 
Man i miss trapping! After it was banned in CO i have been unable to trap at all. I never had too much luck on dogs with the flat set. The dirt hole always worked for me though. The double dirt-hole is an awesome set too. I always like Carman's Canine call or Pro's Choice lures. A good bok if you are really new to it is Coyote Fever by Milligan. Although using insulation under the trap pan never worked for me, i always used plastic baggies. I am soooo jealous of you /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
Alpha,
There are several variations of the double dirt hole. I will try to describe one of them. Right up next to your backing, take a re-rod stake and drive two holes about twelve inches apart and about eight inches deep. Drive the stakes at about 45 degree angle so that the hole is driven back under the backing (sort of) and before you puld the stake back out, wiggle it around in a circle so that you end up with what looksd like two mouse holes. Using un-scented cotton balls or sheep tails as scent holder, push one lure soaked ball down one hole and a different lure down the other one. Set your trap between the holes and have the pan about eight inches out from the holes. Tom Miranda used this set a lot and he probably still does. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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