Cool sets and good info to know. I had trouble driving in my disposable anchors yesterday because the ground was froze. I need to take a 1/2 rebar rod next time to start the hole.

Tomorrow Im setting some more snares if I can get my back straightened out. Im having some real trouble with it right now and its not looking good. I might have to quit doing much of anything for a while. h.h.

I straightened out two Berkshires before I realized to drive a pilot hole in with my driver………That worked. Hope your back gets better !!!

Just hanging out…….. Either I was really lucky, or the yap was really unlucky. Had him by three toes!!! Set the snare too low in the hole and he got his leg in first. I'll take it either way.

It's not how you score, but that you score. Congrats Yaz.

Nice pretty dog there. Congrats

Good catch Yaz! h.h.

congrats Yaz, wish I could see the pic??!!

Got to love it when they are just hanging out waiting for you to show up. Nice snag Yaz.

Nailed another yesterday.....tough to take all the credit though. I determined the locations & hung the snares but DP, and another friend are running them. Anyway....another Turkey eater bites the dust

Good going Bass.

Way to go buckwheat!!! That's how you keep the stink off of DP!!! Make him get out and do something! Lol. Nice coyote too!!

Nice one buckwheat, I just got in from setting about a dozen snares. hopefully some pay off in the morning. Lots of dog tracks and feel pretty good about most of the sets. Here's one of my favorites. Can't really see it but I got a snare hanging off the tree by the trail.



Did some calling this morning too but didn't see a thing. We were sitting at the edge of the woods at sun up...man was it cold.

Hey Gilley......your pic is upside down!!! Yes it is WAS cold at daylight this morning. I was out checking to be sure no cows had calves outside on me last night.

Man, I wish I was a computer guru and could figure this out...ha

yaz you need to make that into a Christmas card.. good catch.

Nice catch Mr. Wheat!

Gilley, that set looks like a good one.

Ive got 4 snares out and one was knock down and the rest were empty. No fresh dog tracks today so they should move tonight or tomorrow night. If my back feels up to it I might hang another 3-4 tomorrow. h.h.

Set looks solid Gilley. I sense a coyote with a shiny necklace in your future Just talked the wife into letting me extend the season on yotes......I'll be hanging snares again tonight. Good luck guys!!! This snow is gonna get them moving!

Hey Yaz... Is that blood from where you put him out or did he crap all over the place?

I decided to go after muskrat in the creek near our house this year. I enjoy trying new stuff. I had seen a few but rarely. Since there are no muskrat "houses" I didn't know how to really go about it. After some research and a few youtube videos, I decided to make a couple colony traps and put them under over hanging grass ledges in a bend in the creek.

Yesterday we put colony traps back out after the rain last week and the snow storm. 4 nights out = 4 muskrats. This what is fun about trapping - you learn different animal habits and learning how to catch them. I mean, we got a rat to swim in a 6"x 6" x 24" box.

Yep - I'm and addict.

That's awesome Bean. I'm right where you are. Got a few colony traps and watched a lot of Youtube. Did catch one a few weeks ago but pulled them for now. I think Youtube and Ebay are the greatest inventions ever.

Good observation Bryan78, looks like that yote had a bad case of diarrhea after he found out he was caught by Yaz

I built my first colony traps this year also bean. Wait till you pull one up and it has 2 or 3 in it. 3 is my best so far. Not sure if 4 would have fit or not.

Nice 1 Yaz!!!!

He was very much alive when I took that pic. Thats a little bit of blood from his other foot….and a LOT of urine…Probably ruined that set for a long time.

Looks like a premo set Gilley! Hope to see a pic with that little tree chewed in 1/2!

bean, I only had two days of rat trapping on the pond before the ice took over. Both my coni's were filled with cattails and roots both nights. They were pushing that stuff up into their feedbed/dens in front of them. I thought about a colony set would work in that situation.

There are about 8 huts on the little pond too. I thought about now that the ice is thick enough to walk on, going out and trying to figure out how to break into the huts and set them………..

I caught my first ever rabbit in a snare today! Have NO idea how a rabbit could jump 12" or more through a 12" loop and get caught. I know I load my snares to be quicker, but…….. Why didn't he just go under it????? :roll eyes:

Dang, nothing in my snares today. Set a couple more. Lots and lots of dog tracks but may take a few days to settle down and get my scent gone.

Yaz I bet that little tree would hold that rabbit. I know it looks little but its sturdy just hope they don't chew it up.

I found this today. There was one set of tracks there yesterday. They were through last night! Think its worthy of some cable????



Made another scent post nearby this snare location on a cattle trail.

Had a yapper in a hole that I set yesterday. Glad I put a 3/32 cable in there, rather than a 5/64"! He about had it wore through!


Had a MB650 tripped and at the end of the chain….swing and a miss! Errrrrrrrr……I also had a big boar coon in a snare today.

Dang yaz, I thought you had your place trapped out but from the looks of that crossing you still got a few. h.h.

Yaz....nice job....coyote whisperer!!

Nice catch

Nice ones Yaz!

Great catches AZEL... good luck setting on that highway.

Touche' Mr. Bean. Nicely played!!

Ha ha..... figured you would understand. Have a great week. Look forward to the catch pics on that spot.

Been out of town the last 5 days, but finally had a chance to catch up on this thread.

Yaz is already putting the hurt on the yappers, and that's no surprise at all!

Got my snares hung back into action this morning and we'll see if any fur is still walking. Found some fox tracks in the snow, but very little sign of coyotes in the area. But the males should start roaming far & wide shortly, as their breeding period starts up.

Finally connected today on a female yote. She was alive when I took the picture. She lay down and I couldnt get her to stand up so I could shoot her in the heart. I ended up shooting her 4 times before I got one threw her shoulder into the vitals. I was using a 2" barrel .22 with LR HP. I had another one get out of the snare. Not sure how that happened but it was on a fence set. h.h.

There ya go HH!!!!! Just go over and grab it by the tail! She'd stood up for ya!!!!

hh- nice catch. My dispatch gun is a NA Arms 5-shot fold-up revolver with a 1-inch barrel. Convenient for lightweight carry, but the drawback is low muzzle velocity. I've had poor luck trying to dispatch coyotes with a chest shot using that pistol. But, one placed right through the top of the skull is 100% effective.

Nice HH. always good to get on the board.

We caught another rat today in a colony. One traps was washed away by the water getting high. It was wired down. Hmmmm

Nice one HH. I had a big 0 again today. Disappointed, I thought this spot would produce quick. It's just a matter of time though, too many tracks to not produce. I just hate tracking up the snow checking them, feel like it give's the yotes a heads up.

HH I tried dispatching them with a little RG .22 pistol with 2" barrel with the chest shot also. Didn't like the results at all, even with a perfect shot it took a lot longer than a nicely place head shot. Washing off a little blood from a head shot is still better than a chest shot IMO.