Good picture PB. Surprising how little the area did/does look torn up.

Nice catch PB! Good sized female. This is the scent post set I caught the coon in yesterday. I tidied up the set, but didn't put the trap back in. A pair of foxes had been all over, including in the old barn. Hoping they have a litter in there again. I had intentions of setting a trap back in there today. I did NOT. As you can see, they both were on the set, and one would have been caught. This is going to get difficult, catching the coyotes, and NOT the foxes.

About how far back are those tracks from the scent post?

About 8". But, after the coon was in there, I'm sure there was all kind of scent around there. Those 3 little sticks you see pointing toward the tracks had gland lure on them also.

Congrats on the latest catches PB and Yaz! Great pics!

BIG dog!!!!!! Will weigh this one before I skin it tonight. Gotta give Peter Cottontail the assist on this one. Tracks in the snow showed where Mr. coyote had chased the rabbit through the bottom. The rabbit slid under the snare, and the coyote didn't!!!!

wowzers.......congrats! Look @ the rear end on that sucker!

Dang that is a big coyote!!! Look forward to hearing that ones stats. Nice job.

That is a big ol' dog. Congrats on that catch.

That is huge! Congrats bubba!

Nice catch! That old boy was a deer killer for sure! h.h.

Wow! Big dog!!

Nice one Yaz, sure he could fit under that fence?

Nice big dawg Yaz. I was able to get out 10 new sets today. Hopefully I will connect with a few of them.

This is the track set I made last Sunday. After a fresh snow last night a yote walked the track for over 100 yards in the track the set is in. Just before the set he followed a track around the set made by a friends quad who ran my snares yesterday.

When I saw he drove around the set yesterday I was P.O.ed to say the least. When I showed him the snares we parked the quads back about 60 yards and walked by the set to check a couple more sets.

He basically ruined the set.

Friday a neighbor went with me to check snares. He is snaring some land he owns too. I missed a yote on a little trail in some wheat straw. I was remaking the set and here he come walking up the yote trail, i walked 4-5 ft to the side of the trail. He pretty much ruined that set.

Sad part is both these guys have trapped for years and should have know better but some trappers are not good snarers and some snares are not good trappers.

From now on no one but I will be checking snares. h.h.

45 lb. - 8 oz. Just like in striper fishing…..that 50# still eludes me! I honestly thought he was heavier than that.

I pulled everything but a handful of snares, and a couple of traps. Snow keeps blowing over my foot holds. I only have 2 DP's out right now. Cows are in full swing, dropping calves what seems like every couple hours. Between work, and checking cows/calves before work, and feeding and taking care of calves until 8:00pm every night, I'm wore out! I only left sets that I can quickly scan from the truck with the bino's. Hopefully by the last week of the coon season, It will have settled down a little where I can get a few more sets back out.

Sorry HH….I had to chuckle a little at the picture, before I read about it. Idda been mad too! Run back through the original tracks a couple of times and reset the snare. Take a broom with you, and from the quad, push snow back in where they are going around. They'll use it again.

You saying those Carharts make my azz look big????? :p

We all know you got a BIG azz :p ! Looking at the fence behind ya in that pic.......I would have never guessed a traditional hunter like you......would be hunting/trapping in a "high fence" preserve

That part of the farm is surrounded by Amish folks. That fence is not designed to keep the game in, but keep the Amish OUT!! Notice the 2' hole I'm standing in that was dug under the gate. That coyote was just "by catch"!!!

Caught this female today in a set that produced last year. She tore up the set so I moved it to the other side of the pines. There was another with her that circled around a couple times. Love catching those females. The last two I've caught had fur rubbed off around the shoulders so I pitched them. Im not snaring for fur so much as for deer/turkey predator control. h.h.

Nice one hh!

Good going HH. It is very satisfying to outwit one of these buggers.

Great catch HH!!! Female makes it even better! I had a refusal at snare today. I don't understand why. Its blended in about as well as I can get it. Makes ya wonder how many refusals you get when the snow is not on, and you can't see tracks.

Congrats HH

I look forward to the day when you guys have caught them all! Nice going HH.

I'm out of commission!!!! All snare holes filled completely with snow. The few steel traps I have set, are drifted over big time! This is getting OLD quick!!! Its a full time job keeping a 1/2 dozen sets working!!!! :rolleyes:

Yeah same here. Had 1 coon today at the creek. The trap was sheltered by an overhanging bank. All our coyote sets are buried. One thing that was cool,the set I caught the fox yesterday had 2 sets of fox tracks go by it. Barn sets are okay but not much moving.

Yea, I had coyote tracks go right past a couple of my sets too but they are under 2 ft of snow drifts also. I swept them off tonight hopefully the wind will lay for a few days. I actually went out tonight and was gonna pull my traps but ended up setting another one Just to many tracks to ignore.

Caught another female today in a set that was on an disposable anchor, that's 3 females so far. I use the anchor because no big trees were close. She was still alive. When she would bark at me I barked back and immediately she would bark again. It got kind of comical. She had good fur so she will be tanned.




We got blowing and drifting snow too. A drift completely covered up my corner fence set. I dont have any traps out, all snares. h.h.

Congrats again hh.......that is a cool setup!

Nice job HH

You are on a roll now HH! Keep it up!!!! I use cable stakes on my snares in fences if I can't get it around a post. They will flat tear a good fence down if you wire it directly to the fence.

Nice job HH. Between the weather and grinners messing up my sets it has been a rough year. Put in 5 new sets on a different farm today. It is a very tough year. But i don't know what else I would rather be doing.

Keep going HH. Getting ready to snare pretty hard. Only 2 out right now.

Good job HH, keep after'em

Thanks guys!

These 1=2 inch snow we been getting every day makes it easy to see where the yotes are moving. This set was the first one I put in 10 days ago on a trail a yote used.

Catching these females took 10-24 pups out of the gene pool and will save count less small game and fawns. Guys who own their own hunting ground should be aggressive trapping or snaring right now because every fawn saved might be that booner they are after. h.h.

I bet the coyotes moved good last night since the wind laid. Too bad I didn't have time to uncover everything last night. I'm sure I will be cussing tonight as I look sets over!!!

Had a set along the ditch that was covered by about a 2-3 ft snow drift. Was having trouble locating it then saw a big piss spot in the snow about where it was. Dug out the snow and what do you know, there's my set. Dang yote is just making fun of me

HH. Did you relure the set anytime during that 10 days?? The weather here has been brutal the last few days. I have 10 new sets out on a new farm and man it was windy and cold. Tried to make a burnt bush set but the wind kept blowing my lighter out.