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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 1983720" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>When traps are used my favorite set is what the old timers called the coyote set . Today you will hear it called a scent post , a flat set ect. I use it for all predators . The thing I look for is a good travel route that the animals hit frequently , when they are feeding pups they will often use the same trail every night and some times more then once a night . I like a trail that has a section running north and south as our winds usually come from the west here . I then find a small sage brush , cactus or a rock that stands out to the eye more then most of the others on the west side of the trail and a foot to two feet off of the trail so I will have room to make a set . If there is a Y in the trail I will find a place east of the Y so I don't need to make two sets . About 6 " from the object and east of it and to the right hand side , as most animals I've met are like people right handed or pawed in this case , I will use my digging tool to dig up the dirt and put it in my sifter I don't want this to be much larger then my set trap and about 2" deep with soft dirt in the bottom of the hole . Depending on the soil type as to how many stakes I will use if it's loose soil I will put in one stake angled left and another angled right so they are crossed forming an X at the top . I got in the habit of most times using two stakes just in case it rained and softened the soil . I then set my trap and put the pan cover on it , I use lite canvas cut large enough to fit snugly inside the jaws with a split to allow it to fit over the dog and under the jaw and long enough to fit under the free jaw this helps in freezing weather to keep them from freezing down . I set the trap in the trap bed using the levers to wiggle it and make it solid then lift the free jaw and make sure that dirt didn't get under the pan . tighten the pan cover and lower the free jaw and place diet around the trap firming it in place so the trap is solid and will not tip if pressed on any where but the pan . Using my sifter I put dirt on the pan and level it off so there isn't a mound on to of the trap then I will take my gloved hand and make kick backs from the the trail side toward the backing . Watch that you don't get sticks or small pebbles in or on the dirt covering your set that will interfere with the traps closing . I then use a cotton ball with a piece of 16 gauge tie wire ran through it to hold it in place in the backing area . push the wire into the dirt then put just a small drop of lure on the cotton ball , remember they can smell things that are in the hundred of parts per million . My favorite gland lures are Hawbeckers wiliy red 500 and O'Gormans set freshener #6 . Most of my sets a person won't see except maybe the cotton ball and it has two uses to hold the lure and sight appeal .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 1983720, member: 91783"] When traps are used my favorite set is what the old timers called the coyote set . Today you will hear it called a scent post , a flat set ect. I use it for all predators . The thing I look for is a good travel route that the animals hit frequently , when they are feeding pups they will often use the same trail every night and some times more then once a night . I like a trail that has a section running north and south as our winds usually come from the west here . I then find a small sage brush , cactus or a rock that stands out to the eye more then most of the others on the west side of the trail and a foot to two feet off of the trail so I will have room to make a set . If there is a Y in the trail I will find a place east of the Y so I don't need to make two sets . About 6 " from the object and east of it and to the right hand side , as most animals I've met are like people right handed or pawed in this case , I will use my digging tool to dig up the dirt and put it in my sifter I don't want this to be much larger then my set trap and about 2" deep with soft dirt in the bottom of the hole . Depending on the soil type as to how many stakes I will use if it's loose soil I will put in one stake angled left and another angled right so they are crossed forming an X at the top . I got in the habit of most times using two stakes just in case it rained and softened the soil . I then set my trap and put the pan cover on it , I use lite canvas cut large enough to fit snugly inside the jaws with a split to allow it to fit over the dog and under the jaw and long enough to fit under the free jaw this helps in freezing weather to keep them from freezing down . I set the trap in the trap bed using the levers to wiggle it and make it solid then lift the free jaw and make sure that dirt didn't get under the pan . tighten the pan cover and lower the free jaw and place diet around the trap firming it in place so the trap is solid and will not tip if pressed on any where but the pan . Using my sifter I put dirt on the pan and level it off so there isn't a mound on to of the trap then I will take my gloved hand and make kick backs from the the trail side toward the backing . Watch that you don't get sticks or small pebbles in or on the dirt covering your set that will interfere with the traps closing . I then use a cotton ball with a piece of 16 gauge tie wire ran through it to hold it in place in the backing area . push the wire into the dirt then put just a small drop of lure on the cotton ball , remember they can smell things that are in the hundred of parts per million . My favorite gland lures are Hawbeckers wiliy red 500 and O'Gormans set freshener #6 . Most of my sets a person won't see except maybe the cotton ball and it has two uses to hold the lure and sight appeal . [/QUOTE]
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