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getfoxy

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I have never trapped before so bear with me.

3 days ago I took a deer carcass back on the hill to use for bait. My intentions were not trapping but I went and checked it today for the 1st time and it has been drug about 15 ft. SO I went out today and bought some traps. All they had were duke # 1 1/2. Thats exaclty what it says on the trap. They told me that this would work for coyotes and fox. Will it? I dont see why it wouldnt, but like I said I have never trapped before. ANy info. (by the way theres still a good bit of the deer left.)

Heres the way I see it. If the coyotes are dragging it around, and theres plenty left' and I set some traps around it and covered it up.. Why wouldnt this work?
 
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Might want a bigger trap for yotes---1.75 is the smallest I'd go with. Try making a set a ways away from the carcass.
 
Getfoxy,
It could work, but it depends on how you go about it. First thing, those 1.5s, unless they're modified with laminated jaws and four coil springs, probably aren't going to hold a coyote for very long unless you get a perfect pad catch on it. Second, most traps that are new have a coating of oil or grease on then to keep them from rusting. If you don't clean that off, the coyotes will smell it and probably dig them up. The last suggestion I have is you'l have to funnel down routes to the carcass so the coyotes HAVE to step on the trap to get to the deer. Just arbitrarily setting the traps with the hopes they'll step on the pan might work. But, you'd have to be pretty lucky.
If you want to do it right, get you some #3 coil springs. Clean the oil and grease off them. Let them rust up and then dye and wax them. You can probably get by without the dye and wax for now, but you'll definitely need to clean them. Narrow down the approach routes and set your traps so the coyotes will step on them. You can use rocks, sticks or other natural material to guide their feet to the pan. Let us know how you do.

Mike

P.S. You'd probably have better luck with some snares if the terrain allows it. If you have distinct trails coming into the site, walk them out a ways and look for natural areas where the trail is restricted. Set the snares with about a 10 inch loop and the bottom of the loop is about a foot off the ground. You'll need to check your regs to see what the restrictions for snares are. Some states don't allow them and some require break away snares in case you catch a deer, cow or some other large animal. The bad thing about snares is if you catch somebody's dog, it'll be just as dead as a coyote. With foothold traps you can release non-targeted animals.
 
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if the 1.5s are new, they will hold a yote, I would clean them in boiling water with dish soap, when there is a crust on top of the water, take off heat and put a garden hose in the pail or what ever your boiling them in and let the water over run the cantainer, that will keep the gunk off the traps, then wax them, make sure they are DRY before putting them in hot wax, or there is a chance of you getting burned from hot wax and remember wax is flamable.

I would make post sets in the area of the carcuss and use a gland lure at the bottom of the post and urine on the top or half way down and let it run down the post. snares would be great if legal in your state.


Personally, I think you need to wait till next year to start trapping yotes and spend the time between now and then learning all you can about trapping and yote trapping, KY has a state trapping association, I urge you to become a member and atten their convention. you'll learn a lot and meet people that will be willing to help you. that way you dont get started off on the wrong foot or side of the law /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif in sept, the Ohio State Trappers Assoc. will be having there state convention in Lima Ohio, which is about a 2 hour drive from the ohio river north. there will be demos there on yote trapping and a lot of great trappers that will be willing to help you. I am only telling you this, to help you and so you don't educate the yotes before you get a chance to catch them. if you have more questions send me a pm. jeff
 
well, I didnt know how well this would work so I sprayed doe urine on the leaves I covered the trap with, and theres only one entrance to get to the deer to where they have drug it to. Coyotes were not the only targets though, theres quite a few fox around there to.


Thanx for the info guys
 
How did you stake the trap down? I hope not with a single stake, unless its 3 foot long, a single stake wont hold a coyote. you have to double stake them in a X. and you dont want any scent of any kind on the trap.

good luck.
 


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