Coyotes are different than most animals When there is plenty of food and more pups can be supported they will have larger liters In this case maybe these can be adjusted But thing is coyotes are monogamous they mate for life with all those females somewhere there's a lot of males

Makes sense. But he is really only trapping about 2 square miles of continues land which I understand they travel just seemed too high to believe.

The males are smarter???

That is alot of females in one area, I thought the same thing Gilley did. LOL (Yes I am looking over my shoulder so my wife don't see me as I am typing this) Just look at all the pups not being born taking them all out. Good Deal!!!!

I think im at 7 females to 2 males.

I'll have to go back and check my records, but if memory serves me right, in the long run, its is usually 50/50 for me. Maybe a slight edge for the females overall. I do know every year, I catch mostly females early, then the males later in the season. I'm talking late january into March for the males. I assume that has to do with the breeding season, and young males without a mate out looking. Maybe its just the area I trap too…...

Caught a female this morning..

I had another one, pulled up on atv and as I was getting off to take a pic before I shot him he pulled his leg out and ran off. All I had was my little .22 pistol so I had to just watch him run off. I had him in a bridger dogless offset. I'm starting to lose faith in the offset traps. Have had a couple since I got them get out. Anyone else have this problem??

Congrats on the coyote gill.....big bummer on the one that got off!!!!

Good catches all you fur takers! h.h.

Great job Gilley, nice yote. That stinks the one got away, I had that happen to me once too.

Outsmarted this old lady in my bean chaff flat set, this is #12 and the 4th in this spot this yr.

Very nice PB!!! Congrats on #12:)

I'm glad to see you guys catching! I haven't had a chance to string a cable or put a trap in the ground. Its been this way all spring, summer and fall! Parker, glad to see you back at it and posting pics! Your surgery must have went well!!??

Its not the trap Gilley. You just didn't have him where it needed to be. I have had it happen once or twice, where I had one just enough to get a light catch circle, and nothing there when I got there.

Since I don't know how you are setting, a couple potential causes are:

Too light of a pan tension. They have not committed their weight before the trap fires.

Too much cover on the trap, or the trap too deep in the trap bed. To go along with that, pan covers must stay INSIDE the jaws of the trap, or the covering stays in the pan cover, and gets folded up inside the jaws, not letting them close all the way. Generally when that happens, you get an immediate pull out.

Not being careful enough, and letting pebbles and/or small clods over the top of the trap. They can get caught between the jaws, not letting them close all the way.

AND, sometimes chit just happens, and you can't get them all!!!! Keep up the good work, and posting pics!!!!

But its not the offset jaws.

Neat face on the last one Parker, those are the kind taxidermists are looking for.

Yaz, I have never used pan covers and haven't had to many problems without using them. Maybe I'll start using some and see if that makes a difference. I do remember thinking when I made the set that I thought I was a little deeper than usual, that could have been it. Thanks for the advice. Coyotes are definitely crafty little fellars. I pulled my traps today since everything is gonna freeze this week, probably wait til next weekend and get them back out.

Thanks Yaz, yes my surgery went perfect, I had it done Sept 8th and was back at work in 5 weeks. I was able to deer hunt too this year. I was really worried but all is well and I am good as new.

Gilley,
I started using the polyfill (Pillow stuffing) under my trap pans this yr and it has been working well for me. I know some use was paper and some use stiff screen wire.

+1 on the polyfill that is what i am using too:)

Might try the polyfill. Do they ever smell it? I did cut some screen covers last year but never used them, gonna try some when I reset. Thanks for the input.

Poly works. I'd let it air out first. To me, it has that "plastic" smell right out of the bag. The downside to polyfill is when it gets wet, it will freeze up, and basically be like a rock under the pan. If it works, don't change it.

I personally cut my own from screen wire. I cut it to the shape of my trap jaws, with tabs that let me tuck it under the jaws. This also effectively increases the "kill area" of the pan. It also has the affect of reducing the pan tension a tad. I also use waxed paper that I'll roll up tight and spread back out to cover the trap. In certain instances this works better than the screen wire. I make that call at the set.

Wrinkled up wax paper is all I use

Can't go wrong with snares either, especially when the snow flies and your traps freeze up. I caught #13 and #14 the last two days in snares. The first was a female and the 2nd was a really nice male and he had excellent fur.

Congrats on the latest additions PB:)

Good going PB !!

Nice, you're slayin' em PB!

congrats!

Anyone braving the weather this weekend?? Itll be my last excursion of the year. Haven't been after em since november.

My buddy has been after em.....he has been nailing them in mbs......4 in the last couple weeks and today just watched one pull his trap and stake out of the ground while walking up to it and got away he is just using table salt and dry dirt.....he will be DOUBLE staking his traps now!!!!

Cross staking or earth anchors of some sort (I make my own pogo style) are mandatory on votes. Tough tough critters.

Here's the thing about me trapping coyotes. I mostly trap along my land behind the house where I can easily check the traps daily with my 4-Wheeler. I just trap using snares along an old fenceline section and some coilsprings along the crop field, so I am only trapping a small section probably 500 yrds long. This is my 6th yr trapping back there and I have caught 69 coyotes to date in this small area. Unreal if you think about it.

I would reccomend you go with earth anchors, takes a whole lot of rebar cross staked to hold them down

He was using berkshire disposable stakes

He is talking about making his cables longer!

It would be a full time job PB to keep them at bay. In the 3 years that I have hit them hard, I've caught 67!!!! 3/4 of those off of one 160 acre part of the farm. The others all within a mile of there.

Unreal PB and Yaz.....ive caught 5 off our farm so far this year.....3 came in last night...and i missed em'......but they showed me were to hang 2 new snares!!!! Guess you take some out......more move in......

#7 A real tree hugger

LOL! Nice!

WTG DP! Glad you are still after them. I just have to ask though…..with the looks of the amount of cable wrapped around that tree…….did you catch him in the next county over????

Lol....double set there coach......he really screwed up the other snare too:)