No, guess I could go check the nearby houses but thought maybe he'd learned his lesson. We had a husky once and if you know them they will wander for miles sometimes.

Caught 1 boar coon today and this nice female yote. She was all tangled up in the bushes so it was hard to get a good picture.

Gilley, I was having the same problem a few weeks ago. I caught 4 of the neighbors dogs. One I caught twice. I got so whizzed that I called the local sheriff and made a complaint. Indiana has a leash law and they can be fined per dog. He said he wa going to talk to the neighbor and said that if I caught anymore to call him and he would send someone out to take it to a shelter. Have not seen any dogs since.

Nice PB. Have done the same thing on the dog issue. Certain neighbors don't speak to me anymore but that's ok with me.

On an earlier discussion on hard setting traps. I broke these out to take a picture. I got them on a Bridger #3 i'm getting ready to wax. These "setters" fit the dukes. But with a little modification, will fit the Bridgers. I'm going to mod them to fit those 650's and keep them in my bucket in case I run into trouble in the field. They do work well. I just have not needed them until these 650's.

Yaz,

Did you make them? Ive looked on the net for a trap setter but only came up with the one that fits Conibears. Yesterday I set the 550 over the head of my 3 lbs. hammer. Layed the hammer down which gave me something hard to push against. h.h.

Dang!!!! Missed the Yote last night PB! I was on a little flu medication…. Congrats.

HH,

Dad got these for me. He may have gotten them at the Trappers convention in Ohio this year. Might check HTS. I think I see n some last time I was in there.

Found some setters on the net. One is made for the 650's and you can set it with one hand! h.h.


http://www.fntpost.com/Products/Trap+Setters/MB-650+Trap+Setters

http://www.hoosiertrappersupply.com...ails/tabid/69/ProductID/655/Default.aspx

I like that first set! Looks easy, and frees up a hand, so I don't need three!

Caught another fox today that makes 2 so far. I had this same set tripped 2 days ago and almost moved it yesterday. The third picture is the reset, we'll see if something come to all that scent.

Beautiful red Gilley! Congrats! I sure wish we had more around here! I haven't seen a gray fox in 25 years!

very nice red gilley. my favorite animal to see in the wild by far. the reset looks good also.

Nice looking fox. My favorite animal to trap.

The coyote has pretty much run them out of this area, which is unfortunate.

Not many fox up here since the 'yotes moved in years back.....very seldom see any fox sign, but 'yotes, thats a whole different story ....

Anybody see the temps for the first of the week???? We'll see how well the calcium chloride works!!!! I think after the snow quits, I'll take a wide yard rake and broom, and go get the snow off the sets so it don't crust over my traps. Gonna be tough. If the snow don't get too deep, at least the snares will be working!

Well Chit!!!!! Cow bone scent post. Snow too deep to connect! I shoveled off the snow, and broomed it down. Hope they come back tonight before the new snow comes.

Yaz, you might be lucky to even see the bush tomorrow. No bird today. The wind in Madison above the Ohio River was probably 25 mph and no sign of birds but coyote tracks were literally everywhere.

No luck for me either Dave. Deer were laying in the sun, out of the wind, 40 yards from my blind when I walked back. Needless to say, wasn't a very productive evening. Wind was bad today. The only place I could see tracks today were in the bottoms where the wind didn't blow the snow around.

Now this guy knows how to catch yotes........h.h.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BlGqmryX6I

I have seen this, very impressive catch for sure.

I was very interested to learn how he does it so I looking into it some more...

He uses heavily baited (100-200lbs) piles and ram power snares near Regina, Saskatchewan. He places the bait about 2 weeks prior to setting the area.

He also runs on a 3 day check. He was running 180 power snares on 27 bait stations 2+ miles apart.

Holy Smokes, that's impressive

I got some MRI Saturday with the snow on. I need to adjust some sets. I'm also going to set a part of our farm that is two miles from where I normally set. I have never set for coyotes there, because we pull the cattle from there in the winter. It was covered up with coyotes tracks. We didn't get the snow. We had rain all day with about 2-3" of snow. I'll have sets in the ground tomorrow after the ground solids up enough to drive back there. I won't be venturing too far from the truck!!!

roughed the cold and managed to get three sets out this morning. the coyotes have really been moving the last few days.

for sure, tracks everywhere. They are HAMMERING my coon carcass piles right now.

I know they don't love the coon meat like they do deer and other stuff, but they are hungry and the coon look pretty good to them. I would set snares if I could get out there to the piles more easily...

Got snares on the way!!!! Looks like a warm up this weekend. 40-50 degrees. Coons will be out as well.

I relocated a couple of sets, and put up three snares in one spot. Lots of sign. The traps I put in before it rained Sunday, are froze in so tight I'm afraid to chisel them out. I'm afraid I'll bend them up.

I had to laugh at this one. I guess they couldn't get their deer leg through the fence. The deer leg had to have come off the Amish place next door! I snared a coon right here last week. Hope to have a yote here soon!



I made a dirt hole and a scent post close together in a place where they have been coming between a fence corner, and a steep bank. Its a good pinch point. I hope snot doesn't smell, because I couldn't keep it from dripping in my sets as I was making them!!! Ground was tough to chop out and made a mess. Hope this one works!

Should be a great weekend for coon!

where did you get your snares from?

I bought the FNT coyote kit. Being a beginner I wanted the dvd and setting tool that came with a dozen snares.

http://www.fntpost.com/Products/Snaring+Packages/Dakota+Line+Coyote+Snaring+Package

Looks good. Dakotaline makes great snares and those support wires make it so quick and easy to set them.

I have not tried the redman tool but it looks ideal to help push the supports into hard ground.

What keep the snare/and support from spinning in the ground?

?? got me - I am just learning. Maybe the dvd addresses this. Will let you know.

Those would be good to set on tire tracks in a weedy field. Tomorrow I'm getting the tractor out and scout for yote tracks, set my feeders back up and put out some hay for the deer. I would take my 4 wheeler but Im afraid to get hung up in drifts. Lot of deep snow up here. h.h.

Newest video from HTS:

http://www.youtube.com/user/HoosierTrapperSupply/featured

Thanks bean.........good videos to learn from while snowed in. h.h.

If the snow is that deep HH, snare or trap the tire tracks is a really good method! Good luck, and don't get stuck!!!!

Dad has caught 4 coons in DP's in barns the last two nights.

they have a flat plate or washer welded to them usually to keep them from spinning.

76 is correct. Here is the answer:

http://www.fntpost.com/Products/Snare+Supports/Freedom+Brand+Snare+Supports

Hey received my snares today. The way they have the wire set up for this "kit" is to put a "U" at the bottom. One side is longer than the other and on the short side about 4-5". You will then pound the "U" into the ground w/ the snare tool and it keeps it from spinning. This kit does not have the washer. Very easy to make. Now that I know it will be very simple.

Those are what I call "kill poles", which act as an entanglement pole, and the snare support. The kit Bean showed us was just the wire supports.

bean, do you just use earth anchors for the snare?