snares as said. 10" loop on the ground where they leave the water.
if you find a fresh dropped tree that still has limbs they will be back for...set a few along side it too.

In shallow water they often have channels....snare those too

Here's #4
Thanks for the help, Yaz! You were spot on. He shipwrecked a couple of the boards on the cat walk in the loft.

I set two mink boxes around my pond today since seeing that mink a week ago. I used a blend or clams, mackerel, smoked mussels and sardines, plus a cotton ball of mink musk.

Also set one DP on the dam, two cat traps in the barn and one live trap at the back gate using the same bait. Forgot my camera but will be taking pictures of any caught varmints. Yote trapping and snaring will start in about a week or as soon as my buddy hunting my property kills a buck. h.h.

Good catch cornfed! h.h.

Way to go Corn.

Nice job Cornfed, HH let us know how those mink boxes do. I'm gonna set some this week and some beaver traps too, never trapped for either before so its gonna be a learning experience.

Thanks fellas. The farmer called while I was cutting wood with my Dad and said he had a coon for me. He said it was standing in his driveway and let him walk right up to it and dispatch it. He threw it in the back if his truck and was bringing it to my house when he called. I told him where to put it, when he said over the phone, " It ain't dead! It's walking around in the back of my truck!" He was successful the second time, but we got a good laugh out of it. This is #5, but I won't count it since I didn't trap it.

+1 on this. set every spot you find them narrowed down in. Set it up heavy....

All my traps were empty today. Maybe tomorrow will be better. h.h.

finally got a dozen dp traps out today. Hoping for some glowing eyes in the morning check.... =)

I had to contribute one time

Caught another coyote today.

My hunting buddy went out this morning and decided to walk the fence line back to the woods instead of the way we usually go in. He didn't know I'd set a dirthole set along that fence yesterday. Needless to say he got a big surprise in the dark this morning. said he almost had to go back home to change his britches...

Good one Delaney, don't stop there.

Nice one, Delaney! Good lookin yapper, Gilley.

Nice catches guys! h.h.

lol, i'd have loved to see the look on your buddy's face Gilley.

Also, i had never used the dog proof traps, tells you how old I am, but I only put out 2 and put them to close together as the coon that got caught messed up the other trap I think. Using them is so darn easy that I almost felt guilty. We pulled cam cards yesterday for the first time in two and half months, for most cameras, the number coyote, raccoon and bobcat pictures was ridiculous. i told the guy I lease with that we need to find someone down there who would hit the properties hard for a week. Too far away to justify me messing with it with fur prices so low.

Nice catches guys.

We just reset all our stuff since we were gone 4 days. We will be hitting it really really hard for the next couple months.

Got this snaring thing down better. Look forward to doing this more.

Keep after em guys. Love to see the success.

Got me another coon

Hey Bean did you get that skinning machine set up yet?

Nope. Going to be a while for that. Had funds ready to but it all then needed to use it for other things. Still hope to get it soon.

the coyote I caught yesterday had a decent sized bare spot up by his neck. You guys think that will really knock the price?

yes. h.h.

yup

Caught a dp raider today.



I think the beaver have moved or something. Zero new sign the past couple days.

They saw the game you played and didn't like it, haha.

Put some wax on them old rusty traps! :p h.h.

Yes sir!! This is one that we forgot outside last year. All the rest are cleaned and painted. It still works as you can tell.

How hard was he to skin Bean?

Don't know. It is resting in a dirt hole set.

Last year was my first ever attempt at trapping. My son bought me 2 DP coon traps for Christmas. I had fun and caught 3 before the end of the season. went and bought 4 more. with warm weather and deer season winding down I set them yesterday. this morning I had 2 and a 3rd trap knocked over. Should get some pictures on here soon. Looking to try for Coyotes in the next week or so.

Man i wish i had the time and place to take part in this fun! I bet i could catch a coon or two in West Lafayette but the neighbors may not appreciate it! LOL! I will just keep pumping dad (tony wright) with gear!

And yet ANOTHER trapper!!!!! Post up the pics Tony!!!!!!! We keep it up, and we are going to have to call the site Hoosier Trapping, and Hunting!!!

congrats Tony.

Hahaha!!! Skin that one bean!!! On the beavers…..believe it or not, they are VERY spooky, and wary of disturbance. I learned a LONG time ago, if you set a conni in a hut or bank den, you usually catch one beaver out of it. I can't tell you for sure. But I often thought they just left the area. But, I've had old timers tell me their food cashe in their dens is enough to last them for months. Combine that with the fact that they are Coprophagic (eat their own poop) they can stay in a den for weeks. So, that may be the case. Even if you are not setting den sites, they still get spooky. Pull out for a couple of weeks, and go back when the sign says they are active again.

Decided to put some sets back in since the sea of orange was gone for a little bit. Only have 3 days off this time so I just put a small line in again. I started off on some wide open ground with several ditches and fence rows around. I only have one field I can trap on but the coyote sign was really good. I put 4 sets in and this bridger #2 dogless did the trick.


The next farm had 5 coyote sets and 10 coon sets with 2 traps at each set. The coyote sets were all empty. I decided to play around a little and set some 1.5s and DPs to see if there was a big difference on which the coons preferred. I was not expecting much since there was a light coat of snow on the ground when I woke up this morning. My first 4 stops were all dry land sets along a picked corn field which produced nothing. My 5th set was a fence row that I connected with a nice boar in the DP. 6th set was the end of a wood line with a small coon in a DP, and the 7th set was at the edge of the woods with a nice sow in a 1.5 duke. Upon getting to my 8th set I finally remembered I had my camera and needed to get a few pics. Here I connected with one small sow in a DP and a large boar in a 1.5.





The last 2 sets were empty and I ended the day with 5 coons and 1 coyote. Hoping the weather will be better tomorrow and the run a little better.

Good pictures and results. Congrats.

Nice catches everybody!!!!! Good to see the pictures! I couldn't stand it any longer!!! I set 3 DP's along the ditch in my back yard, and a snare in woods behind my house Sunday…….My hound knocked the snare down when she went back with me to check them yesterday. She knows what those sets are, and where they are at, and knows that's some good "fun" when Dad gets home……Hope she doesn't go check them before I get home tonight!

Yea, nice catches Bassbum and Tony. I got another coyote tonight that makes 4, I think i'm getting good at this.

Gilley, what's the male vs. female count?

Another 50 or so Gilley and they will be down to a manageable level in that spot. LOL. I am amazed at how many yote there are in certain areas.

Oh man…….Now you went and done it….You just JINXED yourself…….Just when you think you have them figured out…….