coyotes

[T-bow]

Anyone out there have any tips on how to best trap coyotes? Best way to set leg traps and such?
Thanks

[westguy76]

I think a county trapper comes out and sets traps, poisons and such on our lease

[McClain]

Best tip I can offer is to find an experienced trapper and follow him around for a year or two. Second best tip is to read everything you can get your hands on, and then read some more, and then get your hands plenty dirty trying the things you've read. A few tips from sites like this will not help you much. Although if you string enough steel, you may eventually get lucky. Seriously, there is a lot more to trapping, especially for yotes, than you can expect to pick up from a few tips. It takes a lot of learned (or earned) skill to become reasonably good at targeting some furbearers like coyotes, foxes, bobcats, etc. For possum and skunks, less so. Read, look, listen as much as possible -- that would be my tip!

[Roy D Mercer]

snares are far more successful that clamp traps. You must make sure there are no other animals in your area that you don't want to kill, including cattle, horses or the neighbors dog. Go to youtube and do some research.

[Roy D Mercer]

oh and you can add deer to the list.

[McClain]

snares are far more successful that clamp traps.

That is not necessarily true. Snares work well on confined trails and especially at fence crossings, etc., but in many other types of habitats, snares will not work as well as well placed foothold traps. Foothold traps give you the flexibility of making blind sets, scent post, dirt hole, and baited sets. Snares are basically blind sets. Sure snares (if set right) tend to hold better than footholds, but few trappers would not use both -- depending on the situation.