Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: Taximan]
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02/07/19 11:30 PM
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Boone Liane
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You know it is breeding season right?Why do you think they would be interested in a bait and lure that worked 2 months ago.Adapt. They still gotta eat. Especially at -30!
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: grubbie]
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02/08/19 08:40 AM
02/08/19 08:40 AM
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the Blak Spot
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Down here i have better success rotating baits/lures every season.
Are you trapping cold turkey or have you read books watched dvds?
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: grubbie]
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02/08/19 12:38 PM
02/08/19 12:38 PM
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The Beav
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To me It seems your just a tad off location. And like others said wind will play a huge factor In scent displacement. Set both sides of that line of travel paly the wind changes. At that rock pile I would have been setting at least 3 sets right up against It. Gang set gang set One set at those locations Isn't going to cut It. The other thing Is those sets aren't very visible, eye appeal Is very important especially In the winter. A burnt chunk of wood close to that line of travel will get their attention. I can see some great snare locations when looking at that one picture. And then coyotes can just be not interested.
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: The Beav]
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02/08/19 01:49 PM
02/08/19 01:49 PM
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To me It seems your just a tad off location. And like others said wind will play a huge factor In scent displacement. Set both sides of that line of travel paly the wind changes. At that rock pile I would have been setting at least 3 sets right up against It. Gang set gang set One set at those locations Isn't going to cut It. The other thing Is those sets aren't very visible, eye appeal Is very important especially In the winter. A burnt chunk of wood close to that line of travel will get their attention. I can see some great snare locations when looking at that one picture. And then coyotes can just be not interested. ^^^this. Where I live that rock pile is golden. Probably get a skunk or 3, but great spot.
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: grubbie]
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02/08/19 04:29 PM
02/08/19 04:29 PM
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TONY.F
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Even a surveyors flag can and will add eye appeal but I believe curiosity is the biggest draw
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: TONY.F]
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02/08/19 05:56 PM
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Even a surveyors flag can and will add eye appeal but I believe curiosity is the biggest draw I use those small colored "locate flags" that the locators leave behind after they've marked underground water, electric, gas etc. to mark my sets in open pastures. Stick them in the ground about 10 to 15' from the trap. Pretty easy to find and check traps from a distance and they add some eye appeal. To the OP... Had two sets earlier this year that coyotes walked all around but never did get within 10' of the dirt hole or bait pipe. A couple of weeks later I caught a coyote in both sets... Go easy on the lure / bait... they live by their nose.
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: grubbie]
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02/08/19 09:17 PM
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TONY.F
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SHAWNEE I agree I believe they walk by sets on purpose! They are scoping out a plan of attack for later.Or it could of been a timid yote to begin with, they got personalitys that dictate how they work sets. On loud baits a scent post will catch a lot of the overly excited ones!Or it might have just gorged on a road kil. They learn fast, so im patient with them so as not to educate them quicker than need bel
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: TONY.F]
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02/08/19 09:49 PM
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SHAWNEE I agree I believe they walk by sets on purpose! They are scoping out a plan of attack for later.Or it could of been a timid yote to begin with, they got personalitys that dictate how they work sets. On loud baits a scent post will catch a lot of the overly excited ones!Or it might have just gorged on a road kil. They learn fast, so im patient with them so as not to educate them quicker than need bel Agree - coyotes take a LOT of patience. I had one spot that had a trap there for 2 months. Was gonna pull it because I only caught 2 possums in it. Decided to leave it alone and caught a nice big coyote in it last week. When we had some snow, I saw tracks and they went within 10 feet of the spot but never did bite! Go figure...
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: grubbie]
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02/08/19 10:13 PM
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TONY.F
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snow can really humble a guy! You can think a sets dead as a doornail then a skiff of snow will prove otherwise. Snow proves to me every year how much I still need to learn! I love cutting a fresh set of tracks and follow them to a set and see that's were they end! Snow is the ultimate teacher it coves all guiding and eye appeal!
LIVE LIFE LIKE THEIR IS NO TOMMORROW
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: grubbie]
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02/09/19 12:21 AM
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The Beav
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Are these tracks a one time happening?
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Re: Wrong Bait?
[Re: TONY.F]
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02/09/19 06:13 AM
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kyron4
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snow can really humble a guy! You can think a sets dead as a doornail then a skiff of snow will prove otherwise. Snow proves to me every year how much I still need to learn! I love cutting a fresh set of tracks and follow them to a set and see that's were they end! Snow is the ultimate teacher it coves all guiding and eye appeal! This is one of the truest statements in coyote trapping.
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