The 40 acre deer refuge 2025

[Colorado Cowboy]

No Yotes yet? They are pretty smart.

 

[Hilltop]

Need to sit with a thermal and fawn distress call.

 

[mallardsx2]

Coons - 1
Possum - 3

 

[mallardsx2]

No Yotes yet? They are pretty smart.

None yet. I cant keep the trash out of my sets.

I missed a coyote on the first night I had the sets out. It stepped 1" to the left of my pan. I could see its pad print clear as a bell in the fresh dirt. It didn't even bother to work the dirt hole to get the bait which I though was weird.

I switched baits today. I'm just going to stay after them for now.

 

[mallardsx2]

Three traps fired this morning. No catch but it looks like I may have had a pull out. Very frustrated.

 

[dan maule]

None yet. I cant keep the trash out of my sets.

I missed a coyote on the first night I had the sets out. It stepped 1" to the left of my pan. I could see its pad print clear as a bell in the fresh dirt. It didn't even bother to work the dirt hole to get the bait which I though was weird.

I switched baits today. I'm just going to stay after them for now.

I was taught to always offset my traps to left about 2 inches because someone did a study and something like 65% of the time Coyotes approach from the left. Supposedly some professional trappers set up cameras at their sets. Not sure if that is true or not but I did start offsetting me traps to the left and I did catch more coyotes after that. Not sure if that was the difference or not because I am always trying something a little different but I still offset my traps to the left of the bait hole.

 

[mallardsx2]

Coons - 2
Possum - 4