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Post by coydog on Jul 2, 2004 15:40:54 GMT -6
I Use a lot of bleached T bones because of how slick they stake down. I like the idea of the 2x2 burnt wood.
Any other favorites out there? ;D
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Post by trappnman on Jul 2, 2004 15:58:58 GMT -6
While I use a lot of flat sets, I don't use an attractor at the set very often (away from the set, yes). when I do- I like an "old" rock (LOL- I know, that sounds absurd!), an aged cowpie or occasionally a bone.
I beleive also that the flow of a walkthrough set is in itself a visual attractor.
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Post by thebeav2 on Jul 2, 2004 17:10:28 GMT -6
I normally use a burnt chunk of wood. But A couple of holes punched In at the base of a tufft of grass and some fur or feathers stuffed In would get the job done.
Any thing that stands out from the norm.
Beav
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Post by Stef on Jul 2, 2004 17:15:04 GMT -6
I like black block too also bones when I have them.
I caught many large coyotes using black blocks when I used them for a scent post set.
Stef
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Post by coydog on Jul 2, 2004 18:56:41 GMT -6
Anyone use much pvc for K-9's? Ive piddled with it a little.
When you guys do use attractors, do you lure the attractor or punch a little hole and lure that (like JC Conners shows) Ive been fiddlin with lurin a small punch hole by the bones etc, seems like they dont tear up the attractors so bad (but it still happens).
This is probably a whole other subject, and Im sure its been brought up, but how about a type of flagging near subtle flat sets to get their attention, and get them millin?
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Post by Stef on Jul 2, 2004 18:59:09 GMT -6
I never tried what Steve will tell you if he wants to post it but I really like his idea of punching in between sets in open field a large white bone. Your turn trappnman  Stef |
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Post by K9Wolfer on Jul 2, 2004 20:03:34 GMT -6
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Post by Deadfall_Paul on Jul 2, 2004 20:45:29 GMT -6
Guess I am like everyone else,dead piece of wood, feathers old bone, SMALL rotted stump.
Like a bone that has all the hollows where the marrow was (?).
Holds a scent real good.
That old burried skunk set that has just the tip of its tail sticking out works like a charm. Don't need the whole skunk just the tail.
I also make a post set in the immediate vicinity and it produces a double quite often.
That is good if its legal. Maybe that is getting into a different type set though.
Depends what you call it.
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Post by trappnman on Jul 2, 2004 22:27:19 GMT -6
Ok stef- my "big" secret.....
I found that if you place a visual 15 or 20 feet from your set- a bone. a hole with dirt beside it, a big rock- you attract the coyotes to the visual....yet since the visual is off the set..coyotes don't shy from it...but will work the set around the visual.
My thought is that the coyotes keep "one eye" on the visual and work the set with partial concentration
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Post by mattjones298 on Jul 2, 2004 22:58:57 GMT -6
steve, your to good a trapper for your own good...lol but i do like your posts i have never been accused of thinking to much but why dont you go ahead and put a trap at eye atractor also...just in case...and some lure..  matt |
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Post by Stef on Jul 3, 2004 0:00:11 GMT -6
So how could they step in a #1.75? ;D
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Post by Rob220swift on Jul 3, 2004 5:53:11 GMT -6
I have been using a 2x2 piece of wood with a 1/2 inch hole drilled in one side. I char the wood with a torch and drive it in the ground at an angle, with the hole on the inside of the angle. I give it a good soaking with urine and let it be all summer. When season opens I put lure in the hole on a small piece of fur and bed a trap on the side where the hole is. It's about 7-9 inches out from the bottom of the post. I try to put these in spots where they stand out from the surrounding ground cover and have a natural backing like where short grass meets tall grass.
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Post by trappnman on Jul 3, 2004 8:06:00 GMT -6
Good question matt....
It has to do with my thoughts on how a coyote works a set...or rather how I WANT him to work it.
I don't want him working the visual- I just want him to see it and investigate it.
And while he is investigating it- he will find my sets.
I don't want him "thinking" about the sets- by using a visual away from the set- I accomplish this, or so I believe.
My thought is that part of his attention- one eye if you will- will be on the visual. Similar to how I imagine a coyote works a set with a coyote sitting in the next set (BTW 30 feet for doubles? LOL- if 1 coyote can see the other, or just around the corner- its a double in my book. Very, very seldom set coyote traps closer than 50 feet- most times 100 feet or more apart- probably closer to 50-100 yards.)
Many times when using the bone, I plant the bone and make 2 flat sets so that the bone is between them. Traps would be 30-50 feet from bone on each side.
Find that by not luring the bone, I don't have coyotes trying to pull and bite the bone- its just investigated- sometimes not even closely if a set is encountered first.
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Post by Maineman on Jul 3, 2004 8:28:39 GMT -6
I use attractors at almost every set I make...Although I'll use everthing from burnt wood to dirt, I like a football size rock that's flat on the bottom...They serve two purposes, acting as a backing and giving me that visual that I want...
A little trick that I use in crop fields is to place visuals for "ME"...There's nothing worse than trying to locate traps under a foot of snow at 3:00am...A small "Tomato stake" or some other indicator that sticks up, placed off to the side of your set will save many a headache later in the season...
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Post by Stef on Jul 3, 2004 10:24:32 GMT -6
I learned years ago to put on all drags chain a little stick in the back of the set attached on the chain because we never know when the white stuff will cover the ground and its always hard to tell if we've made a catch or not when there's 12" on the ground!
Just a smart thing to do!
Stef
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