Good job bro! Looks like he was wearing a pretty tight necklace

Good catch! From the picture you can tell your daughter is very proud of her daddy! h.h.

Nice!!!

Sweet, hope to get some like that soon.

here a pic of a couple of my coyote dirt hole sets please comment and critique.

Here's one of mine also. What do you think.

good looking sets!

Yep! looking good!

Some times it just pays to be lucky. That don't happen very often for me. Last night I rode back on the 4 wheeler to look at a couple coon sets and decided to drive by my favorite snaring hole. I noticed a little activity. This is where I took a picture of the quick link last night that I posted. I also noticed that when I finished last year, I just closed and wound the snare up in the fence. SInce I was running a couple coon traps back there till the weekend, I thought "what the heck".....

Its the big female that had 3 pups that I have been getting all the trail cam pictures of!!!! At least I got her out of the way before she could teach the pups bad habits, like digging up sets!!!! I'd REALLY like to try to kill a deer this late season, and this is right where I hunt! So. I'll stay out there with the trapping after this week.

thats a pretty yote.

Everybody is out after the poor ole coyotes! I bet 30 to 40% of the coyotes I catch have been shot at!!! And it is usually in the butt! This ole gal was no different. Had several in her behind!

Pretty one yaz. I one colored like that I'm trying to put some lead into.

Nice going Yaz. Interesting life the yotes lead being the hunter and the hunted.

As hard on them as I am, I sure have a lot of respect for these critters!

Way to go Yaz!!!! I must have caught all the dumb ones last yr. No yotes for me "YET"

And all those look like holes in dirt to me fellas. There really is no right or wrong way to do a dirt hole. You just have to feel confient in your sets and get out as many as you can for better odds. But I really don't know what I am doing half the time either.

It will be nice to have the snow to see their patterns. You'll tear 'em up I'm sure.

Check this big boy out!!! Waiting for us this morning in the snow. He weighed 43#. Luke was pumped as I was. Makes #4 so far. Front paw catch.

That's a really nice catch. Great picture.

that is a very nice coyote!

WTG bean, that is one big yote.

YESSIR!!!! I knew you guys would figure it out!!! Nice going on a big ole boy Brian and. Luke!!!!! Hey bean.....if you dont mind, could you take a couple closeups of his canines? Front on, and side view???? No biggie if not.

Already gone. Sorry. Time to scout and put out some snares. Still after my buck as well.

Dang, that's a big ole dog. Nice catch Bean

Ok, so the coon carcass I buried was dug up and dog tracks all around. Not sure how they missed the trap but they did. The carcass is still laying there so I didn't touch anything just rode the 4wheeler on by. Maybe they'll come back tonight.

I like to somehow corral them and make them come in a certain way. Like take a couple logs and steer them and make them stay a little longer around the trap.

They will be back, Coyote were really moving last night and this morning. Tracks all over the place when we checked our traps.

Good luck.

That is one big woofer there Bean. Nice catch. I am hoping after this snow they start moving. I usually catch a few the night when it snows. I have my paws crossed.

Nice one Bean. Congrats

Nice big dog! Keep up the good catches! h.h.

Great catch Bean. That is a big yote!

congrats bean!

Hey Wes, you runnign the dogs tonight????

Gilley, you may have a yap there shortly.

Were all of those tracks on the down wind side of the carcass? If you don't have one in a couple of days, and they are still coming back, move a trap out away from there where they are circling. Bed it good with a very light coat of dirt on top, and sift snow over it.

Yaz, so why would they dig it up and not eat it or take it?

I do not know why. I just know I personally have never seen a coyote eat a coon. This little bit of snow and cold don't bother coyotes any. They are not hungry yet either. As long as they can hunt mice, voles, and their favorite foods they may not touch it. It just sparked their curiosity. They were just lucky they didn't step on that trap!!!!

This IS an interesting "experiment"!!! Keep us posted daily on the activity around it.

I know its not very predictable. But remember one thing when setting a trap in front of a dirt hole, or scent post.......they will ALWAYS come in to the set with their nose in the wind. Our winds here are predominately W NW in the winter. So, I try to make make my sets where the trap is E SE of the hole/backing. ALso, when I have traps available, I make two sets around the expected path of travel. One set on the up wind side, and one on the down wind side. That way if they don't see the set, they will likely smell one of the two regardless of the wind direction. Use the wind as your corral.

I checked my snare line today and nothing again. I never even seen a yote track in the snow. I must have caught them all last year. "Yeah Right" I did not make it out deer hunting today either. Had to plow the drive way and put up a wooden mini blind for the wifey and I just feel like being lazy today. Try to get out there tomorrow.

I have seen it, but only in February with a few inches of snow and bitter temps.

They came and ate on the coon carcass pile behind my house. They dragged several coon off and ate them. Food was very scarce then...now deer, beaver, or muskrat they love!

Good advice. I so the same thing

Mark June did a demo at hoosier trapper a few years ago. He mentioned always thinking of the 45 degree angle. Federal research has shown that predators tend to move into a set at a 45 degree angle most often into the wind.

Put the trap in the middle and it is actually offset for them as they approach.

Chevy,

They do like muskrat! Dad called me today hopping mad that the coyotes got two of his rats today. He had a couple in steel traps. Coyotes left him a couple of the feet in the traps!!!

Oh, I would be mad too--that's about $25.

I bet your dad has that coyote's hide in the freezer within the week