Trapping/hunting question?

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superslamsam1

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If you're trapping in an area do you avoid calling and hunting in the same area? Will one screw the other one up? Kinda new to this and was curious? Thanks!
 
I hunt same areas I trap. If I'm calling and something comes into calling very late (after I leave), the traps have a good chance. A guy I know always howls after setting a property for coyotes. May not work for everyone, but works for me.
 
Depends on you goals for both trapping and calling. I always joke if I can’t trap’em I’ll call’em. Or if I can’t call’em I’ll trap’em.
The goal for me is to make them “extinct” off the properties I have. But, that really makes it difficult when you love to call’em in! Can’t call what’s been killed off already. Landowners don’t care how they go as long as they’re gone. I am thankful for transient coyotes though!
 
I have had to do both in order to reduce landowner coyote sightings levels to their satisfaction. Sometimes with a light snow you will see refusals at trap sites, but nearby coyote will respond to calls. Or you see coyote tracks after calling but didn't see the coyote(usually have called and shot some on a small property). I will go in make a couple sets near their travel line. Than pop in and call a morning and evening set. Binocular check the next day, coyote in trap.
 
superslamsam1 said:
If you're trapping in an area do you avoid calling and hunting in the same area? Will one screw the other one up? Kinda new to this and was curious? Thanks!
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Will not the only thing that will mess one up big time be novices educating the coyotes with poor calling tactics and shooting, I can usually tell within 20 minutes if someone has been educating them.
 
I don't trap, but called 3 properties (21,000 acres total) that employed trapping year around for over 20 years. Managed to do reasonably well calling; spoke w/trapper often and he never complained. I think the two, done properly, compliment each other. Trapper catches call shy critters and I took care of those who were trap shy.
ETA: Trapper shot a few targets of opportunity, as well. ;)
 
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