Cows in yote sets.
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01/25/19 11:47 PM
01/25/19 11:47 PM
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I’ve been running into some problems with cows tripping my sets before the coyotes can get to them. Are there any little tricks I can use to keep said cows out or deterred from sets.
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Re: Cows in yote sets.
[Re: coonfinder]
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01/26/19 12:13 AM
01/26/19 12:13 AM
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Set outside the pasture just over the fence!
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Cows in yote sets.
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01/26/19 12:32 AM
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Set outside the pasture just over the fence! ^^^ this
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Re: Cows in yote sets.
[Re: coonfinder]
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01/26/19 07:48 AM
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Dfabs, I never thought of doing that, I slap one in tomorrow or this eve. Thanks for the advice. Greatly appreciated!
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Re: Cows in yote sets.
[Re: coonfinder]
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01/27/19 10:53 AM
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I have not done it myself but I have seen where guys will make a set in the middle of a tire to keep cows out. Then smear lure or bait inside the tire.
JQ
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Re: Cows in yote sets.
[Re: coonfinder]
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01/27/19 05:59 PM
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Years ago I got permission from a beef farmer to trap foxes on his 160 acre pasture. My walk in to scout showed lots of sign. The day I drove in to make a few sets, as soon as I opened the gate the cattle came a-running and followed my truck. When I stopped and while I was making a set, they surrounded me and I could almost feel the hot air from their noses. I made a few sets and as I drove out of the pasture, they followed me back to the gate. Come to find out later, the farmer was taking hay bales out daily to the cattle with his truck and it was their "chuck wagon." He just dropped the bales on the ground and returned to the barn. When I went in to check the traps the next day, every set I had made was licked on, stomped on, and the traps were snapped and bent. There was so much fox sign that I really didn't want to throw in the towel, but I had to do something to keep the cattle away from my sets. I came up with the idea to make a pen. I used 3 steel T-posts and barbed wire(3 strands per pen) to make a 3 sided enclosure (pen) and made a dirthole set in the center. The pen was big enough that even if the cows stuck their heads through the wire they couldn't get to the set. I had the traps on short chains with swivels on the trap and stake ends so a trapped fox couldn't reach and get tangled in the barbed wire. It worked. The foxes easily crawled under the wire to the sets and I caught enough of them to make the effort very worthwhile. Back then (late 1970's) a good red fox was worth $70-$80 so the cost making the several pens (T-posts and barbed wire) was covered in one trap check. Over later years I reused the T-posts and barbed wire in some other pastures where cattle were present, but none were as bold as those where the farmer trucked out bales of hay every day. Back then we had lots of foxes and almost no coyotes. Now it's vice versa. I suppose pens would work with coyotes....maybe not. They would have to be made larger to accommodate the larger animal, and I'm not sure how many guys would enjoy hauling t-posts and barbed wire out to make them.
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