Catching Coyotes with out Trails

[aaacoftristate]

find edges of fields that are grown up some with weedy vegetation, bushes, etc. and even if there is short grass like the pictures you will see, there may not be a visual trail seen but coyotes are probably traveling it. if you want to know if they are for sure, follow the fence til it crosses the road, look to see if there is a faint deer trail looking trail crossing under the fence and across the other side, then go set the edges. To find the set location for the CR, get out of the truck, walk to the edge and look down the edge til you find where a group of weeds about 2 feet high or more just come out from the edge, that is your CR location, Cr about 10" off ground and a 10-12 inch loop. Set at least 2 of these. Set four on a 40 acre field like this last year and in one week had 3 coyotes out of the 4 CR's.

these next 2 pictures are of 2 coyotes caught in a double about 100 yards apart along an edge with no trail. notice the lack of height of the grass and what the edge looks like, the second picture can help you understand, the first picture, the coyote destroyed the group of weeds.

[shooter06]

So do you want your CR hugging the tall grass, or do you want it so many inches away from the tall grass?

[aaacoftristate]

find the spot that the CR almost touches both the edge and the weeds

[shooter06]

Gotcha! Thanks

[horsepower]

So would this be a good place for an extension to get them out of the weed channel on a one-way slider in a hurry, hoping they don't destroy it for a reset? Could you describe how you'd set that up if my assumption is correct. I do hope to be able to make down to you for some teaching before you get moved away.

[aaacoftristate]

come on down, if you want, come down to get your order of CR's and will give you some complimentary lessons. LOL LOL LOL

[aaacoftristate]

yes, one way sliders, i make the one way sliders with our custom made L locks on 1/8 cable, they are about 10 to 15 feet long. just stake in at where the CR will be put in, then run down a ways out of the edge or if you go into the edge, make sure when the CR is at its last stopping point on the slider that the end of the CR when fully stretched out is at least 20" from any fence. i know the law says 12" but sometimes cable and stakes move a little when an animal is caught and if you are exactly 12" when you set then it may be more like 6-8" away when the animal is caught. always take precautions, we have the ability to use them here so we want to take extra safety precautions to be able to keep them.

[horsepower]

Unfortunately, I'd like to get my cr's faster than I'll have time to get down there so I can get them out. I just got access to a great property that can support a bunch of cr's but I only had 8 left to put out on it. After I get a chance to come down and get some refining, I can always move them. You get the check yet? If not, it should be there tomorrow.

[aaacoftristate]

if it is there tomm. will get the CR's on their way.

[rdtrapping]

can i use this same situation with a foothold trap

[deerhunter65347]

Yes you can. Edges will most times be a travel corridor sooner or later!

[WilliamBevels]

i agree tony.
this is were a good ldc call will come in to play as it will travel a farther distance with the air current and once the animal starts to looking for that odor will locate your set with a different odor.slide wires work great for hiding your animals and at the same time saves a location

[yotetrapper]

in those pictures what size trap did you use

[willie]

A CR is a cabel restraint. like a snair