Any tips for a novice trapper trapping all species in cattle pastures with cattle roaming around freely?

Don't. They'll drive you nuts stomping on your sets and catch. You literally have to make your sets so they can't get at them.

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A good deep step down dirt hole is about the only thing that I've found that can help keeping them from tripping em

Big thing is DONT LET THEM SEE YOU. They see you their coming over and the will find your set every time. Aslos don't sent in the trails set up wind and off the trail

Run!!

You may not have anything salvageable left in the traps with some cows. We had one that hated anything canine. She would stomp one flat.

It's an up hill battle to trap around cattle. There would have time be special circumstances for me to do it. I would think in Oklahoma it wouldn't be too difficult to get permission on some ground were there wasn't cattle. For coyotes close to cattle is good with cattle is bad.

It's harder for sure, but it can be done. I do it.

Some good tips above.

Posthole set with the trap in the hole. Otherwise get somewhere the cattle can't. They are fascinated by any smell from rotten meat to urine and every lure I've ever tried. Never found a smell cows won't investigate.

I've tried all this^^^^ only thing that works is to make sets OUTSIDE THE FENCE.

One set that I've seen recommended that I've never tried but may someday is the tire set. Bed a trap then center a truck tire over it with bait/lure in the tire. Supposedly keeps stock off the trap but supposedly a canine will dive right in. I have some serious doubts they would but would be willing to try and satisfy my curiousity.

The only one I’ve seen pics of that worked, the tire was half buried. Down here I’d figure it would hold snakes more than critters being attracted to it.

Didnt work for me---- something about a tire falling out of the sky in their living room I guess ! you can make a set right under the barb wire fence that will deter most cattle----- dont use any urine----- fresh bait creates less interest from the cattle---- a trench type set- some called it the indian set ? under the fence works for me------- cattle are a pain to trap around but sometimes it is necessary

And I will pipe in here, sometimes cattle can be hard on a caught coyote, if you are hoping to put any up.
Jim

That's my thinking as well. Maybe if the tire had laid there for years but not a tire just appearing out of the blue.

I trap a number of large ranches and there are always more coyotes in the pastures with cattle. The pastures with no cattle still have coyotes, but not as many as the ones with cattle.

Stands to reason. But I also imagine there's a huge difference between what Texas calls a pasture and the strip grazed pastures we have in the east.

Yep. Set traps outside the fence. If wind direction is wrong at a good location a slide wire may work

You are correct, the cattle where you live are much more concentrated and would cause a greater problem. In our rough country we run 1 cow to 25 acres.