We didn't get a whole lot of fresh snow here. But just enough to show last night's action.



This set pictured below had only been there 3 days. Too fresh. The yotes previously had been passing right through and hopping over the log in the middle of the pic below the loop.

From the tracks it was pretty clear what happened...the yapper was walking straight into it, but stopped right at the log and must've smelled something on the metal, or my scent on the brush. So he backed up, tried to turn left, but I had that all brushed in. So he whirled around and walked straight back out the way he came. Crap!




But this next set had been hanging only 48 hours. It was in a real tight brushy tunnel, that the snow a few days ago had shown as a hot crossing spot.

I'd made that set real quick....got in and out fast without needing to brush it in. Didn't leave much scent apparently. Score!



And then this female below was hung in a set that's been a real hot spot all season, having caught 4 there so far this year.

In spite of the swivel, she had the 3/32 cable shredded down to the last few strands...yikes!




Re-setting and re-brushing the spot took a while. I used a battery drill with 12-inch 0.500 masonry bit to bore holes in the frozen ground to "plant" new brush. Gotta keep it natural looking for the next yapper