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Rocking_OX
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I have met a guy running snares as well but on an exotic game ranch with bull panel fence. He has great luck setting on dig outs. We have 5 stand so it's a bit more difficult to pin point them.Old trapper on the Ranch I hunted destroyed coyotes with snares on fences. Catching two to three at the same snare point. Pack mates will come looking for one another. He would never get out of his golf cart to minimize scent. Caught like 50 plus in about two to three months. Then he would move to the next ranch.
wax dirt and pan cover for sandy soils.What area are you from?
Any tips on setting in sandy loam soil, medium to high moisture. Our property consists of oak heads and improved pasture. Thick palmetto clumps and a few cypress heads. All 5 strand wire, so, no visual dig outs under fence, just occasional tracks in known deer trails.
I also believe in the dirt hole set. I prefer a #2 . If wetness can be a problem I would use waxed dirt. Use the most stinking bait you can find.. If you want to trap near the kill site, you might use a straw bail set. Use roughly a half bail of straw up against a good backer ( tree line, tree trunk) make a dirt hole set and place a small amount of kill in the hole. Place a second trap about 6” to the left or right of the dirt hole trap. Put some coyote urine on one or both legs of the horse shoe. The new straw is a visual attractor to draw coyotes in, the urine reassures the coyote. Learn to bed your traps very solidly. Blend the trap in with some surrounding vegetation grated through a screen ( look up what that’s called) and keep human scent to a minimum.I’d snares are legal i alway catch way more with snares but a 1 3/4 or number 2 coilspring with a dirt hole set works as well.
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I will agree with this and add that any worth two will probably be better with three this time of year when the young ones start cruising around. I never set one at a spot...NEVERAny location worth one trap is worth two if you have them.