Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
#24832
01/04/2015 03:16 PM
01/04/2015 03:16 PM
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With this snow and cold weather coming in...will it slow down coon movement? I assume so, right?
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/05/2015 05:43 AM
01/05/2015 05:43 AM
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Yaz
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Originally posted by Magnum hunter: With this snow and cold weather coming in...will it slow down coon movement? I assume so, right? Typically, this is a slow week for coon movement, as they lay up and prep for the rut. With these cold temps, and full bright moon, I'd say movement will be a minimum. If you have traps set between a den site and place for them to get a drink, you might still snag one. When they do move, it won't be far. When this weather breaks, it will be good again, as the boars will be on the hunt.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/05/2015 06:34 AM
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Jeff Valovich
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In the super cold, they'll den up for days and live off their fat....once it warms some again, they're back out making up for lost time...Brrrrrr
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/05/2015 05:15 PM
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delaney
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Thanks for posting. Good pictures .
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/06/2015 05:47 AM
01/06/2015 05:47 AM
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Is it ok, or well, good to set footholds in the snow?
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/06/2015 10:43 AM
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bean
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I would hold off until the wind/drifting is past. Sets would get covered up before you even got home.
Really need to snare right now.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/06/2015 11:53 AM
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I rode my 4wheeler around looking for yote tracks today and not a yote track to be found on my place. I did set two snares in places Ive caught them last year. h.h.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/06/2015 12:47 PM
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bean
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Originally posted by hornharvester: I rode my 4wheeler around looking for yote tracks today and not a yote track to be found on my place. I did set two snares in places Ive caught them last year. h.h. WE had a few moving. Didn't set anything yet. Going to wait until Friday after the cold blast.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/06/2015 01:49 PM
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How much snow in Richmond?
We got only about an inch over here.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/06/2015 01:53 PM
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bean
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5"-6" here. All fluffy stuff. Going to be a mess when the wind picks up.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/07/2015 09:35 AM
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Ya same as bean 5-7 in randolph county...fluffy powder snow
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/07/2015 05:08 PM
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Yaz
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FINALLY in the game! Got 10 cables up, and three traps in the ground late this afternoon. Little bit of coyote sign around, but between the deer tracks, and the drifting snow, it was tough to tell much else. A good sharp hatchet was my friend getting trap beds dug. I did NOT use any calcium on these sets yet. I'm experimenting with another method of keeping traps working without it, or any other chemical. Made a scent post, big hole step down, and hay pile sets. Mostly loud, highly visible sets. Did not use urine on any of the sets. DId not bait the hay pile set with anything but a mouse nest, and one of it's occupants. Big hole only got a chunk of tainted deer meat and a piece of white hide as a visual. Scent post got some beaver castor, and tad bit of fox gland lure only.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/07/2015 05:27 PM
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Glad to hear your in the game Yaz. Been sick with the flu for the second time this year and going into a bad turn around at work has me side lined for now. still going to try to get to the golf course before the fur starts getting rubbed.
69 coons 19 possuums 6 coyotes 21 muskrats 3 skunks 1 mouse 1squirrel
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/07/2015 05:46 PM
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Good luck Yaz....glad to see you back attacking them with all you got!
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/07/2015 06:26 PM
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Yaz
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Originally posted by traditionalarcher17: Man gotta take a picture of these sets to help us newbies. Trad, I will try tomorrow. It was all I could do to get them in today. Wasn't taking my gloves off to get to my phone, except when Weedy called…He has this uncanny ability to know when to call me right when I'm in the middle of something important!!! :rolleyes:  Like trying to kill a deer... Plus, the frozen snot cycles were piling up on the sets……..  If coyotes can smell that, I'm screwed!!!!
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/08/2015 10:52 AM
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bean
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I did a funeral this morning and it was brutal outside. First time wearing under armor under a suit. This kinda cold wears ya out no matter what AGE.
We got nothing but snares out. Others will be set this weekend - maybe.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/08/2015 11:24 AM
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Yaz
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Originally posted by hornharvester: I rode my 4wheeler around looking for yote tracks today and not a yote track to be found on my place. I did set two snares in places Ive caught them last year. h.h. You thinned them out pretty good HH! I have a few that moved back in, but NOTHING like it has been.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/08/2015 12:56 PM
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Nothing today but I did set two new snares. There were yotes out last night or early this AM I had 2-3 different sets of tracks. h.h.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/09/2015 08:12 AM
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Yaz
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Originally posted by traditionalarcher17: Man gotta take a picture of these sets to help us newbies. Here you go Trad. Right, wrong, or somewhere in between….This is how I tend to make my sets. This first picture shows you WHY I chose to make the sets here. IMO, location is a lot more important than the actual type of set you make. This is a "funnel" with a short lane between two alfalfa fields. There is a draw/point that comes out of a big thicket and the woods. With a W or NW wind, the scent should blow up into the woods and thicket. Coyotes travel that lane, and there is always coyote turds there. The two red lines are tap locations. ![[Linked Image]](http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/GYaz/IMG_0268_zps0e05c24e.jpg) Here is the "big hole" set. made to imitate a groundhog hole. Dug it 18" deep with a tile spade. Makes it so they have to really work to get at the bait, and get CLOSE to see what is in the bottom. Since it is made on a fairly steep slope, you can see there is only one approach the coyote can make to see down in the hole. Red X is where the trap is at. No urine or lure on this one. Just some tainted deer meat. If I don't get any action in a week, I'll add a little lure to it. ![[Linked Image]](http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/GYaz/IMG_0270_zps06bac44c.jpg) Typical scent post right on the point with weeds. I put the rock there as a visual. Its in a spot where they would typically mark anyway. Urine, and some gland lure under the rock. Red X is the trap. ![[Linked Image]](http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/GYaz/IMG_0271_zpsd0a332b7.jpg) Hay set just off of some round bales in the edge of a lane. Put the pile out there about two weeks ago, and put some bird seed under it to attract the field mice. It had been hit once before it snowed. I took a rake and spread it around to make it look like something has been in it. I took a mouse nest, and mouse and stuck under the hay at the edge of it. If you've every smelled a mouse nest, you'll know why I didn't add any lure or other scent! I have caught way more red fox in this set. But it does work on the coyotes. Red X is trap. Again, if no action in a week, I'll add some lure of some sort. I always try to start out subtle with the lures and bait. ![[Linked Image]](http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/GYaz/IMG_0273_zps4049281e.jpg) It seems by this time of year, the coyotes are a little more educated, and have seen a standard dirt hole set, so I make something a little different along with the standard dirt hole and flat sets.
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/09/2015 08:42 AM
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Yaz
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Originally posted by bassbum: Glad to hear your in the game Yaz. Been sick with the flu for the second time this year and going into a bad turn around at work has me side lined for now. still going to try to get to the golf course before the fur starts getting rubbed. Hope you get to feeling better bassbum!!! I look forward to pics of your catches!!!!
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Re: Who's setting traps Saturday?
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01/09/2015 08:45 AM
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Originally posted by Yaz: Originally posted by bassbum: [b] Glad to hear your in the game Yaz. Been sick with the flu for the second time this year and going into a bad turn around at work has me side lined for now. still going to try to get to the golf course before the fur starts getting rubbed. Hope you get to feeling better bassbum!!! I look forward to pics of your catches!!!! [/b]No problem Trad.! I hope to make a few more sets this weekend. Don't hesitate to ask. I've made MANY mistakes trapping over the years. I may not be able to tell you how to do something, but I can tell you how NOT to do it!!! 
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