Great job PSE. Once you catch one you are hooked. Patience is alot of it too. There will be a week or two go by and nothing, then all of a sudden you got one or two. Congrats.. They are fun to skin too aren't they? I am getting pretty good at skinning and fleshing them stinky things.

Thanks parker. First of all man you know how to hammer the yotes. I was beginning to give up as we have had them out all season and couldn't seal the deal but have learned a lot to and am Gettibg better. Stinky is a understatement they smell horrible. We are going to mount the darker one so who was frozen whole. The other one still not sure about. I love the red coat on it.

Good catches guys! Maybe I'll look for a roadkill and set snares again. h.h.

I can't believe you just done that to me....WTH? Well, plans "A", and plan "B" hasn't worked. After plan "C"............I'm out of plans! It appears there is only the one pair around now. I'm sure they have set up shop for having pups somewhere close, and have the rest ran out. If I could get her caught, I'm packing it in. Be a bonus to get it on the camera.

Your flat wearing them out PB!

Nice job PSE, I assume that request is no longer needed!

Nope think I'm good thanks man. I must say this stuff is addicting. Also do you guys usually only get one yote out of a snare? I was thinking you could reuse them but think I'm wrong after today. It was mangled up pretty bad

REALLY inspect a snare if you think its reusable. The slightest kink or bend will bite you in the butt when a coyote steps in, and the snare hangs up. If even one strand of wire in the snare is broke, put a new one in. The ONLY time I have felt good about reusing one was when a caught tote jumped over the fence, and there was no struggle. The downside is....the scent of the caught yote will remain on the snare for some time, causing the next one through to stop and smell it, instead of going on through.

Congrats PSE. You've joined a very good group of guys on here with yote catches. Gonna have to come up with some catchy elite name for this group of dog slayers.

What Yaz said, +1...

Good job PSE and Parker! Parker, that big male looks like a german shepard... that thing is huge!

Got me motivated to try some sets inside the woods, as the snares I've put out on outlying fence rows haven't been productive yet.

Here she is on the pile of bean chaff last night. WInd was coming from the west, which is left to right in the video. I have NOT been close to the set for two weeks. I baited it up twice with very small amounts of fox gland lure and urine. I have no friggin' idea what she smells, or sees about the set to make her that spooky. Other than it has had a couple traps that she dug up over two weeks ago. When she left, she went toward the step down set that I have been feeding her out of. She was on it last night also. i moved the camera back to that one. If she continues, I will set a trap Saturday.

That says it all. Great video.

Dave, I doubt I catch her. She has my number, and knows too much. BUT....I gotta try! At least I'm learning from the vid's. Plan D........trip wires and claymores!!!!

LOL. I imagine you might then have a nice pond in your pasture!

Plan D sounds like a winner!! Blow that Biotch up.

Yaz, Im not a trapper by any means but why not set 4 traps at 12. 3. 6 and 9 oclock around the set you have now, staggering them. When she comes in and circles maybe she step in one. h.h.

It sounds like it would work HH, but I did have TWO traps on this set, and she found them both. When they are looking for traps, you can not hide a trap good enough that they will not find them. And just to randomly set traps around a set only makes them even more spooky. I know there are hundreds of thousands of them caught every year. But here is what makes me scratch my head. That we can get a coyote that can go anywhere it wants to in thousands of acres of property, and still be able to make it step on one 2" square metal pan buried under the dirt. That kind of puts it in perspective! Coyotes like the one I'm playing with are the reason they will always be here.

Do you think she smells you or the traps? I know my dogs are prone to check out fresh dirt or any kind of dig.

Good luck and maybe you will get lucky and she will become road kill....lol h.h.

Yaz,
This is who you are dealing with.

Here is another demon spawn fawn killer that I snared close to the deer carcass last night. This was a female. That will be a few less pups this spring. This is 6 since last saturday around this carcass. They still have nice fur for this time of year.

Quite a feat in the last week. That carcass is like gold.

Good catch! Females are definitely what you want to catch! Females have an average of 6 pups a year so every one you take out is greatly reducing their population in your area! h.h.

Thats a GOOD catch PB. You wait and see how many more fawns you see in your hunting spot next year!!!! You'll be amazed.....and you'll be buying MORE snares!!!!

I have suspended setting any more traps till the ground firms up some. Its a soaking, sloppy mess! No way I could get a trap buried well enough to catch one right now. Got a few snares out still. No sign or tracks of the digger or any others for several days now.

Well....sometimes is pays to be forgetful and lazy. I had left the one trap in the set where the female had dug me several times. Its been in there for over three weeks. This is the set where she was on the video scared to death of it. Never put any bait, or scents in after the initial set. I drove by there every day, and kept adding bait in another set without a trap about 40 yards away. I kept forgetting my puller, and just about forgot about the trap. Tonight, I didn't get the feeding started till way after dark. I rode the 4 wheeler back with just a bucket of feed, as I have not had any action for weeks. Matter of fact, they hadn't gotten the bait for over a week. I seen eyes, and thought maybe it was just a deer. Low and behold.........MEET THE DIGGER!!!!!



Now, this is where it gets interesting.......Fed the bulls, went back to the truck at the house, and got the pistol. Had 3 shells in the mag...no problem. As I got close, I seen a coyote running south away from the set! I was TICKED. I just knew it pulled out! I got there and she was still there. It was another coyote. So, I dispatched her, and just by chance thought I'd go look at a snare about 100 yards away, that I had just looked at 10 minutes earlier. And look what I found!!!!
Ms. Digger's partner in crime!!! Yep, he ran right to the hole with a snare in it. He was carrying the mail when he hit the hole, as I got him by the hips!


Now, this is where it gets stupid, on my part. This is a 8' deep wash with steep sides. So, I reach over the fence and dispatch him. Lay the pistol on the 4 wheeler, and jump the fence and cut the snare. As I'm dragging him up the muddy steep sides of the wash by the snare, I feel sudden resistance. Yep, he's on his feet, pulling me back down bank!!!! Dumbass, hard headed me took another wrap on the snare, so it was ON, and off down the creek we went! Without going into the gory details, it was 10 minutes of him leading me down the creek, and me leading him and avoiding his attempts to eat my knee caps off. I was NOT going to let him go. He finally got us to a point where I could grab a stout enough subdual apparatus (big azz club). I'm getting too old for this crap!!!! :rolleyes:

LMAO!!

Haha..... oh to have that filmed!!! Haha

Awesome catches Yaz. It is easy to forget about a trap or an earth anchor after moving and running different sets. I have dispatched them before too with a 22 to the head, cut them from the snare and carry them to the 4 wheeler and then have them let out a growl and not be dead. talk about whizzing down your leg.

Yaz.....now that is funny stuff! LOL h.h.

I am sorry old timer but that is funny right there, haha, glad your knee caps weren't ate off and you got two you were after

Thats awesome....NEVER give up!!! Make sure to let us know how much you get out of that wiley rascal.

Haymaker,

Both of those coyotes still had very good fur for this time of year. We skinned them, and stuck them in the freezer. Since I maintain a taxidermy license, we are going to hold them to next year. Prices SHOULD be very good next year also.

I remade the set today, and stuck in a trap in the hole I was baiting them in, since the weather is suppose to be decent next week. Those were my last two clean traps, so if they make a catch pretty quick here, I'll be done, and just leave a few snares guarding the barn lots where the calves are at.

Nice going guys. Nothing like you'all finishing strong. I'm sure going to miss this thread. Yaz, you could use a holster for next season!

Dave, I keep my .22 in a plastic box on the 4 wheeler. Its a Ruger MKII target. Its too dang long to carry comfortable. I will have a pocket pistol for this business next year. It wouldn't have mattered in that fiasco anyway. I didn't really tell the REST of the story. I HAD 3 shells. I hit the fence, and missed with the last one! :rolleyes: Out of bullets, so it wouldn't have mattered!!!

Yo Yaz, I have a MKII Target also, with an Aimpoint RedDot scope..... and JUST ordered this molded holster for it!

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=876514
Which I will probably set it up with it's own belt, that would be worn more around the hip area, rather than waist area.

I can let ya know how it works out, if you might be interested...

Oh yeah, and I just ordered these for it too

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/set-of-2-guide-gear-22-cal-auto-reset-targets.aspx?a=798824

Thanks Bo. Ive been looking at those. Also been looking at the leather holster for it that has the pouch for an extra mag. It appears one like that is what I need!!! My Ruger is not scoped.

I have an extra mag too... and even with my old holster, I had to just stick the 2nd mag in my back pocket. That will remain the same for me!

You probably saw it, but this one is purty nice with the Ruger Logo on it (for non-scoped).... http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=691337

That's the one Bo!

Glad you was able to finally snag those 2 Yaz. The fawns should do really well around there this year once again with them gone.

I thought it was over. Tracks in the snow said 3 came by my scent post in the pasture, and two left! I took the muddy trap down to the creek and cleaned it off and re-made the set. Hope his partners come back looking for him tonight!