This is another example of how I use leaves to erase muddy footprints.
It also helps blend in a snare at a go-under.
You want it to look like the wind blew them there and make it look completely natural!

Photo of using a leaf to help hide the Cam-lock and to protect it from freezing ice.

Yes. I like it where I can fasten the snare solid.

I've had coyotes literally drop in their tracks with that setup and the snare just behind the ears. It must shut off blood to their brain real quick.

If the coyote is getting tangled in small bushes with some give to them, they will chew and may chew through 1/16 cable.

I use the leaf too, or a small fir bough after snow covers all the leaves. A head of goldenrod or other weed works too.

It all works. I use maple leaves becuse we have so many but anything that keeps the hole in the lock from freezing and helps hide the lock, is ideal.

Wish I did. Need some people with coyote problems around here first.

good question

Anyone else have any coyote snaring photos?

LT Grey is on a ROLLLLLLLLL!

Yep. spent the day at the hospital....trying to get back on track!

Welcome back my friend

LT i bet the only time you find your snares is when a coyote is in them cause otherwise you cant find them Lol

Yep, I once bet a guy who came up the last week of season... to ride along, that if there wasn't a coyote,'coon or fox there , that there wasn't a snare set....just a joke really, however on that day I had 13 animals out of 17 snares.

Another great post! Just wanted to say I really enjoy reading what ya'll have to say. Yes, I am a "greenhorn" trapper. I started last year and I did catch my first coyote in a leghold. Man I got fired up! But I wasn't too successful with the snares except for unwanted catches. I thought I would post some pics I took back in the winter but after reading this post and seeing LT's pics I'm alittle embarrassed. Well, it was my first shot. Now I know how to blend them in better. Thanks for your time on this forum. Please feel free to critique or advice?

Bearcrazy, I'm pretty sure you're a person I got to spend a little time with at the NTA. Although it was not the setting I would have liked to show someone how to set a snare, I hope a few of the things we talked about will help you on your trapline this fall and winter.

These photos of snares you've posted, seem at least to me to really stand out against this enviroment. I would want some honeysuckle vine,( I'm pretty sure it grows in your area ) or some other native vegatation, to help hide your snare, lock and support. Your snare does not seem to be "treated" and although trappers have caught coyotes and fox in untreated snares, I ALWAYS treat mine, using Formula 1 and 3 different colors of camo paint.
How big is your loop and are the trails going into a bait?

Yea, I am the guy who was runnin with Ohio Andy whom you gave the snare to. I am now treating my snares with Formula One. When I first started all I did was cooked them a little in bakin soda and water. I'm gonna start doin a better job of blendin in the snare. Got some good ideas from your pics. The trails that I set on did not lead to a bait.

I hung around Clint Locklears booth for a while yesterday. I bought his snaring video and watched it after I got home last night from the convention. Got some more good ideas. One thing I have been doin this summer is watchin DVD's over and over again ..... plus with the many hours on T Man I am pretty sure I can do more natural lookin sets. But I guess I'll find out this fall. Locklear referred to some snaring sets as "caveman sets" because of their crudeness. That is how I would describe the pics of the sets I previously posted.

By the way LT, thanks for the coon snare and kill pole. Very cool.

is there anything that should be done to the snare before painting?

Yep, forgive me for not sayin so earlier but you were a big help. Pleasure to meet ya as well.

Pleasure was all mine. I met a lot of people there....wish I could rtemember all their names.

LT,

Everything ok? Haven't been here in a while so I'm kinda out of the loop. Hope everyone is ok here. You ever get that fishing trip?