Coyote Predator Management

[ground level]

You'll do more if you can find someone who has trapped coyotes regularly with foot hold traps as opposed to calling and shooting, especially gang setting traps in a natural crossing intersection or locating a toilet spot.

[afishinman14]

Easy way to not educate em... Don't miss!

[Cuz]

I dont reccomend snares to people unless they know exactly what they are looking at and know what they are doing...one wrong placement and you have a non target animal and easily a deer...

Stick with leghold traps or calling...

But there's only one way to learn. Do some research and get after it!

[tex4k]

Trapping would be the most effective, if you don't have any experience, I recommend you find a good adc guy. Not that you can't learn but the learning curve educates predators and predator hunters regardless of methods you use.

[kumathebear]

What has worked for me: use a rabbit in distress call or puppy yelping call. Like someone previously said, DON'T EDUCATE THEM! Yote's are extremely smart and will adapt to calls for different reasons. Most of the time a inexperienced caller will call TOO long or not wait long enough for them to show up. Any kind of motion decoy even like a feather waving on a stick will get them to come in many times. Good luck!

[Horitexan]

If you're going to call them, I'd try to find someone with some experience to take you out. It's not all that hard but it sure helps to have someone get you off to a running start; not to mention, having 2-3-4 sets of eyeballs (and shooters) can really improve your success rate. There are a lot of guys here on the GS who call on a regular basis. If you don't have a local friend to help you get started, reach out to the GS and get some help.

[systemnt]

Just saw 5 of them caught in snares on back fenceline..makes 31 so far this season including sendero shots

[Drycreek3189]

I dont reccomend snares to people unless they know exactly what they are looking at and know what they are doing...one wrong placement and you have a non target animal and easily a deer...

Stick with leghold traps or calling...

Snares would be the last thing to learn ( after leghold traps ) IMO. Get a good DVD that shows how to call and set up. Also lots of info on Utube about how to trap coyotes and cats. It's not hard, but does require more time than one can spend on here. Also , the visual of a DVD is priceless in your learning curve. All supplies you will need can be had on a couple websites ( F&T Post and Minn. Trapping Products ) in fact PM me your address and I will send you a DVD if I can find it. It's set in the North, but is still a good DVD.

BTW, I caught three yesterday with only 10 traps set on 217 acres !

[Pineywoods Paul]

Have never tried trapping before but I'm very interested in this. Anyone here able to point me in the right direction or walk me through it?

Ed Snelson of Huntington Texas is one of the best trappers in east Texas, if not all of Texas. He has begun contracting with clubs/ leases for moving on for 10-15 days in December-March and he gets $50-60 per coyote and keeps cats and foxes for their pelts but not yotes since market crashed for them. He has trapped over 9,000 east Texas coyotes in his career. PM me if your serious about contacting him. Don't know your place's acreage. He would need a few thousand acres minimum to make it worthwhile.

Ride with him on your place for a day or two of those he works your place if you want to learn from an expert. My son did and our city's Animal Control Dept. had him trapping for them the next season. It's hard work though.