sticksender, what I find interesting, is I will set a hole on sign. I'll catch ONE coyote out of it pretty quick. Then nothing the rest of the year. It's like that was THAT particular coyote's own personal place to cross. Then, I have places that will catch 3 to 4 every year, like my favorite double corner post hole. Or, like you said, have a snare in a spot that just sits and sits for weeks on end, then out of nowhere, there swings one……I WAS about to give it up. However, I seen a pair over the weekend that is about 1/4 mile up the road in the field next to us. Lot of CRP waterways over there. What I assume is the male, since it was a lot larger, was jet black, with a white throat, and socks. I WANT that one!!!! LOL I have never seen it. I don't know if they were passing through from somewhere else looking to set up shop, or if they've been under the radar and been there the whole time. So, I will continue for a while.