Posted by GeneMO on September 01, 2014 at 10:47:59 from (71.51.203.52):
In Reply to: Trapping Coyotes posted by JohnDeereJimOhio on September 01, 2014 at 05:45:44:
I use 4, number 3N traps (offset jaws), but they are impossible to find now days. So go with # 4 double spring traps. Join all 4 traps to a three or four prong drag. (looks like a grappeling hook) We made some of ours, I think you can buy them though.
Then, this is the hard part, find someone who raises pigs and still uses wheat staw for bedding. Prefferably put a dead pig in it or some afterbirth.
Lay your traps out in the middle of the field where you have seen signs. Lay the 4 traps and drag on the ground in an X shape, cover the traps with at least two burlap bags full of pig bedding. You want the coyotes to see it and smell it.
Curiosity gets the best of them. Set the traps carefully, making sure they set flat on the ground and are solid. We use to even run some fresh wheat straw through the feed grinder to make it finer, we used the fine stuff to actually cover the trap and the pan area. You want the traps covered and solid if a coyote steps anywhere besides the pan. Wind can be a problem, as can rain and freezing weather. Check the traps daily. Best twice a day. You can drive by and tell from a long ways off if the set has been disturbed as the mound of straw will be strung out and flattened.
Follow the straw trail to the first fence or brush pile and your coyote will generally be hung up there. My dad and I caught hundreds of coyotes this way. He started in the 50's and we set them out every year till up into the 90's when he passed away/
Regular wheat straw can be used in a pinch, but pig bedding is best. You need some type of smell to draw em in. I guess even mix in cow piles, or any type of animal waste for smell if you can't find pig bedding.
If you do catch a dog, throw a blanket over their head, hold em down and release their foot from the trap. We caught most of our own dogs over the years with no lasting foot damage. This is why it is best to check twice a day, and dont go to bed in cold weather if your dogs are not accounted for.
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