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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 22, 2020 9:21:25 GMT -5
I have been getting a lot of coyote pictures on my trail cam. I hear them almost every night from the house. Last night we heard yapping in our front yard. We looked out the window and saw 4 standing in our yard less than 15 yards from our front door. They were so close we could see them in the glow from the porch lite. We have an outside cat and small dogs. My wife is worried they will attack the dogs when we let them out. I think it's time I do something about them. I have zero knowledge on trapping animals. I need some advice for a beginner. Or if anyone is interested in doing any trapping in the Ohio/Switzerland Co. area let me know. Thanks.
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Post by parrothead on Jan 22, 2020 10:10:21 GMT -5
You live in country?
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 22, 2020 10:24:21 GMT -5
Yes. The dead end of a small country road. |
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Post by parrothead on Jan 22, 2020 10:28:56 GMT -5
I pick up couple road kill deer after season and get them tagged. I put one where I can see it out my bathroom window and stake it down. During evening and night if I get up I will ck out window. Kill 3-5 a year that way. I also take another deer to woods and secure it and put some traps around it. Get several that way too. There are several real trappers on here maybe they will chime in too.
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Post by schall53 on Jan 22, 2020 16:08:38 GMT -5
If you have never trapped anything before, you are going to have problems starting out trying to trap coyotes. They are one, if not the hardest animals to trap. If I were closer to you I would give you a crash course. My suggestion is to find someone close by and get them to trap for you. Then go along and see how it is done. If you can’t find anyone let me know and we can talk about it on the phone.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 22, 2020 16:46:49 GMT -5
If you have never trapped anything before, you are going to have problems starting out trying to trap coyotes. They are one, if not the hardest animals to trap. If I were closer to you I would give you a crash course. My suggestion is to find someone close by and get them to trap for you. Then go along and see how it is done. If you can’t find anyone let me know and we can talk about it on the phone. Thank you. If I can't find anyone local I'll send you a PM. |
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Post by welder on Jan 22, 2020 19:05:41 GMT -5
If you have never trapped anything before, you are going to have problems starting out trying to trap coyotes. They are one, if not the hardest animals to trap. If I were closer to you I would give you a crash course. My suggestion is to find someone close by and get them to trap for you. Then go along and see how it is done. If you can’t find anyone let me know and we can talk about it on the phone. EXCELLENT ADVICE! |
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Post by gumbootbill on Jan 22, 2020 19:26:12 GMT -5
You tube has a lot of videos on trapping. You might try snares they are fairly cheap and easy to use and very effective. Trapperman.com has a lot of info to read. Must warn you trapping is an addiction.
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Post by esshup on Jan 23, 2020 1:47:41 GMT -5
You tube has a lot of videos on trapping. You might try snares they are fairly cheap and easy to use and very effective. Trapperman.com has a lot of info to read. Must warn you trapping is an addiction. I've got snares, but no place to set them - I haven't figured out how to get the yotes to walk thru them. No trails in grassy fields, no fence lines. Just open woods and short grass areas at the edge of the woods. It's MB550's for me. Ground is solid like a rock, I found a few places I wanted to make sets so yesterday I scraped the leaves away and sprinkled water softener salt on those areas. Tomorrow I'll check to see if enough ground is thawed that I can poke in a dirt hole set or two. I have coyotes and fox on the trail cam every few days that is less than 100 feet away. What do guys do to make sets when the ground is froze solid like a rock? I think I know enough to keep the trap from freezing but how do you get the bed dug out and the hole punched into the ground? |
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Post by welder on Jan 23, 2020 15:56:16 GMT -5
You tube has a lot of videos on trapping. You might try snares they are fairly cheap and easy to use and very effective. Trapperman.com has a lot of info to read. Must warn you trapping is an addiction. I've got snares, but no place to set them - I haven't figured out how to get the yotes to walk thru them. No trails in grassy fields, no fence lines. Just open woods and short grass areas at the edge of the woods. It's MB550's for me. Ground is solid like a rock, I found a few places I wanted to make sets so yesterday I scraped the leaves away and sprinkled water softener salt on those areas. Tomorrow I'll check to see if enough ground is thawed that I can poke in a dirt hole set or two. I have coyotes and fox on the trail cam every few days that is less than 100 feet away. What do guys do to make sets when the ground is froze solid like a rock? I think I know enough to keep the trap from freezing but how do you get the bed dug out and the hole punched into the ground? Chop out a trap bed with a pick. Line the bed with dry dirt or peat moss,put waxed paper under the trap,bed it SOLID! Bedding is the most important thing. Cover the pan with waxed paper (to keep dirt out),sift everything smooth, bait/lure and catch those dirty dogs. |
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Post by gumbootbill on Jan 23, 2020 18:02:50 GMT -5
I used my hatchet to chop out the trap bed then used a small sledge hammer to pound down the jagged edges and make the trap bed flat. I got dry dirt from an old barn. As above line the bed with dirt crumple your wax paper so it don't make any noise set trap I used trap pan covers sift dry dirt over set. For my hole I used the steel rod that you drive your cable stakes with. Drive it in at your angle a few inches and move the rod in a circular motion to make a mouse hole.
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Post by esshup on Jan 23, 2020 23:25:36 GMT -5
Thanks guys!! I picked up a deep fryer today and melted the trap wax, so I'll move the fryer out to the stable and wax the traps there tomorrow. Dunno if I did it right or not but I melted 9# of paraffin and 15 oz. of beeswax. Got the temp set to 230°F, checked it with a meat thermometer.
With the warmer temps I think the sets will go in easy enough. I did pick up a sodbuster from Hoosier Trapper Supply when I was down there.
A neighbor bought a tool from a trapping supply in Mi. F&L maybe? It cuts a hole the size of the trap and he said it works pretty durn well, even in the frozen ground. Then if the dirt doesn't come out when you pick up on the "cookie cutter" use the pick side of the sodbuster to bet it out.
I'll have to see how he's doing after he gets his sets out, he's using polyfill under the pan and inside the jaws, then putting waxed dirt over that, finally giving it a vert thin coating of the dirt that came out of the hole he made for the trap. he's got an earth auger for his cordless hammer drill, he said it works great in thawed ground, he's going to use it in frozen dirt tomorrow. I'll report on how it goes for him.
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