yotechoker
Skinner...
Anybody move and wiley gets it!!!
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Post by yotechoker on Dec 5, 2006 8:08:14 GMT -6
Lotsa good stuff here fellas, thanks.
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Post by trappnman on Dec 5, 2006 9:20:29 GMT -6
When dealing with low population areas , sign is an absolute necessity to making good catches. In high populations , second to good location setting. But then again , this is just my opinion. LOL
sure- I agree- but those are the extremes and most populations level off and are normal in areas that are managed by hunting trapping.
So much of trapping is knowing your area and knowing what happens when.
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Post by Zagman on Dec 5, 2006 9:51:19 GMT -6
I really like pulling into a spot for the first time, knowing it just looks right and that I will set it, and then finding sign on the money as confirmation.....
The dogs help a ton in this confirmation.....surprising how many terds are not where you can see them.....
....and no matter how hard I try, I can't find the places the canines have been lifting their legs....but the dogs find them in seconds.
Would set the spot either way, but like finding a track on the money, a pee spot is even better.....
IMHO, of course..................
Zagman
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Post by shagnasty on Dec 5, 2006 17:22:01 GMT -6
animals must fly and not shiz here is all i can say. the location can look as good as you want, but if no catches in a few nights, well, someone else already got em or they never were there!
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yotechoker
Skinner...
Anybody move and wiley gets it!!!
Posts: 75
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Post by yotechoker on Dec 5, 2006 17:46:38 GMT -6
The sign was there before the season, I brought my fox down to be tanned, and the taxidermist( who also is an excellent trapper) told me that he and a couple others have taken 7 yotes from this bunch this year! no wonder it's so quiet! It's all good, I win either way!! I just wanted 'em gone . I know we'll never get em all.
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Post by sbhooper on Dec 5, 2006 19:18:09 GMT -6
I am fortunate enough to trap an area that has basically east/west roads with some variations due to canyon configuration. When I started setting traps this year, there was very little sign, but I knew that they were there due to the fact that years of calling coyotes, hunting deer etc. has helped me to understand the animal. I set according to where I thought they should be according to my experience with animals and the amount of sign that I have seen in the snow etc. at other times. My sets were on the money. The coyotes will take the path of least resistance(et al roads, trails, field edges etc). They like look-out points and will go to the best food sources. High points are great, especially if they overlook food areas such as fields. The bottom line is that the coyotes HAVE to be in the area. If you do not have the population, you aint gonna have the fur. If the ground is too hard to see tracks and no scat, you will have to depend on landowner sightings and your instincts as far as what the animal will do. Just my inexperienced obsevations, correct me if I'm wrong.
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