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Post by silverfox on Dec 16, 2014 20:25:48 GMT -6
Back to the subject. I use Cletis's Apple road in the hole or cubby. Sometimes something else with it like a mouse or whatever!
Red fox piss on the set, and maybe a little castor. All I need!
Catches all the predators but I go for reds and cats. Greys are fine but I catch possums and yotes too! Raccoons stumble in!
Try the Appleroad bait! Its great!!
I sell it from the fur shed and give a jar to youngins to get em fired up!! It always works!! haha
Silverfox
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Post by trapper660 on Dec 16, 2014 20:33:17 GMT -6
Didn't know we got away from the subject. anyway like I said I don't guard the dog but I have heard of what you are talking about. The stepping stick is all I do for a simple yote set. I put the dog towards the hole because imo it has less chance of throwing the foot out of the trap. I have however recently been accused of over thinking things  |
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Post by cletisrichards on Dec 16, 2014 22:01:43 GMT -6
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Post by krank on Dec 16, 2014 22:10:16 GMT -6
yotesnatcher- Are you in MO?
Here is some good advice.....#5s ought to be banned on dryland.....A man can do alot with a #2. Even the longsprings are good old traps. Some of them Bridgers are good to go right out of the box with no mods.
Boil your traps in water. Anything with scent is bad ju-ju.
It is midseason so forget staining and waxing this year. Also mid season is not the time to look for that ultimate bait. What works for one is dung to another.
Bait is food which predators are wary of and lure appeals to an animals sex drive and territory claim.
Pretty hard to beat quality fox urine as a lure that catches any predator. The scent of that pee will cause it to step in your set in a round about way.
Get your some 24" rebar stakes with a lugnut welded on the end or some 15" berkshires and a driver (Make or buy)
Make sure you got a mid swivel on your chain.
THink about a natural set right along the path of a yote. Forget trying to call them to a place you picked.
You could call F&T tomorrow and they will ship tomorrow. Order six #2 coils (or 1 3/4) and a pint of fox pee and develop your skill before you go gah gah crazy on gear.
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Post by yotesnatcher on Dec 16, 2014 22:49:48 GMT -6
yotesnatcher- Are you in MO? Here is some good advice.....#5s ought to be banned on dryland.....A man can do alot with a #2. Even the longsprings are good old traps. Some of them Bridgers are good to go right out of the box with no mods. Boil your traps in water. Anything with scent is bad ju-ju. It is midseason so forget staining and waxing this year. Also mid season is not the time to look for that ultimate bait. What works for one is dung to another. Bait is food which predators are wary of and lure appeals to an animals sex drive and territory claim. Pretty hard to beat quality fox urine as a lure that catches any predator. The scent of that pee will cause it to step in your set in a round about way. Get your some 24" rebar stakes with a lugnut welded on the end or some 15" berkshires and a driver (Make or buy) Make sure you got a mid swivel on your chain. THink about a natural set right along the path of a yote. Forget trying to call them to a place you picked. You could call F&T tomorrow and they will ship tomorrow. Order six #2 coils (or 1 3/4) and a pint of fox pee and develop your skill before you go gah gah crazy on gear. Krank, Yes, I am in southeast MO. Thanks for the advice. Like I said, the only time I have used the Bridger #5s has been trapping beaver. A 40 or 50 pound beaver has a pretty big foot when its fanned out, and it takes a pretty big trap to hold those feisty little buggers. However, I thought that they would be fine for coyotes as well. I guess I was just coming from the "bigger is better" school of thought. We have plenty of fencerows, creeks, and ditches on our place, so I have a few natural funnels in mind already. Already ordered a 1/2 dozen of the #2's and a pint of red fox pee from F & T (merry Christmas to me). I'm graduating college this Saturday, so hopefully I can get them sometime early next week when I make it home so I can get started. Really diggin' this forum. You guys are great. Thank you all. |
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Post by login on Dec 17, 2014 12:33:29 GMT -6
Bigger ISN'T always better.... This coyote was caught in a 1.5 North Woods...  Bigger better my behind...  You just got to get good enough to make them step where you want them to when they come to your set. And that might take a few seasons.... Good Luck with your trap line... |
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Post by yotesnatcher on Dec 17, 2014 13:46:29 GMT -6
Nice catch login. Did you catch two from that location and just move the second set over out of the first catch circle?
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Post by login on Dec 17, 2014 15:01:28 GMT -6
Did you catch two from that location and just move the second set over out of the first catch circle? Good eye... That first catch circle was from a skunk a few days before. The skunk emptied its whole bag of skunk junk on dispatch, contaminating the trap with it. So I put in a clean trap and yes, put it out of the catch circle. However, after dispatching the yote, I just remade the set where it was at. No blood and had plenty of yote smell there... |
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Post by tylercraiglow on Dec 17, 2014 15:45:45 GMT -6
Where abouts in semo are you located?
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Post by yotesnatcher on Dec 17, 2014 15:51:50 GMT -6
About 30 minutes outside of Poplar Bluff. I was actually born in Cape Girardeau tylercraiglow.
login, do you use earth anchors or stakes?
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Post by login on Dec 17, 2014 16:08:18 GMT -6
Earth anchors.
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Post by yotesnatcher on Dec 17, 2014 16:12:37 GMT -6
Gonna look into getting some of those next year possibly. Depending on how the remainder of this season goes. I think the rebar stakes will work fine for now. No point droppin' more money on something to hold my catch, if there is nothing to hold right? |
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Post by login on Dec 17, 2014 17:09:40 GMT -6
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Post by yotesnatcher on Dec 17, 2014 17:41:01 GMT -6
Wow. Very impressive. How does a fella go about making a set of those? What size pipe and what size chain? I would rather have something heavy duty like that (and wouldn't mind saving a little bit of money).
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