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Post by primetime on Dec 12, 2005 9:40:07 GMT -6
I have been seeing a LOT of coyote and I think Fox (could be small coyote) tracks on the ice while running my water line. It's usually really random, but today I found a place were the shelf ice was only about a foot away from shore, and those coyotes are funneled down in that location. Above and below this location the shelf ice and shore line goes way out, and with a more vertical bank and only 10 - 12" of shelf ice in one location the coyotes are using it quit regularly to get from one are to the other.
I will be able to start snaring in 1 week. How would I go about haning a snare in this location? How would I stake the snare? It's a grass bank. Do snares kill the animal, or do I need a special type snare? If so what snare do you recommend and were can I buy a few that will kill the coyote?
I'm guessing the water on the one side will keep them from going around the snare that way, and the grass bank will keep them from going the other way. How big of loop and how far off the ice?
Later- PT
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Post by rk660 on Dec 12, 2005 12:02:30 GMT -6
I tackweld a support wire to a 5-6" long ringshank nail, a couple 90 degree bends in wire so it is offset enough to pound nail in ice. if thick enough ice you can hammer in pilot hole and shove in support wire, you can fence down with cut off cedars, drift wood, and sometimes just wrap off support wire on fencing.
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Post by primetime on Dec 12, 2005 13:06:46 GMT -6
How do you stake the snare so the animal doesn't ruin the set location? If this place works, it would be nice to take more then one at the location.
Also any info on killing snares?
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Post by markymark on Dec 12, 2005 14:34:39 GMT -6
I drill a hole and drop in a Iowa disposable, for my support I drill another hole and drop in a devils hatpin. If you have your brush cut to choke down an area before you set you can get in an out in minutes.
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Post by JWarren on Dec 14, 2005 17:32:56 GMT -6
Primetime, if you are using snares without springs you could hook to a good sized log as a drag. Not my favorite method but works in a situation where you want them away from the set. You could use a stinger snare or kill pole but I would be afraid of catches freezing to the ice.
There are good killing snares available but you still need to do your part. Any snare set within reach of something to tangle in will kill about anything neck caught.
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Post by rk660 on Dec 14, 2005 18:35:05 GMT -6
Drilling a hole would work, usually Im on small creeks I can tie off or stake into bank, many times a bruspile covers 1/2 the creek and you can tie off and 1/2 fenced down already. On smalll creek they will usually tangle up on bank if enough cable. On my creeks drags would work great as all kinds of cover both sides, but ive never been much of a drag man, that may change though.
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Post by Woodsmoke on Dec 15, 2005 13:48:41 GMT -6
Another option to consider is running them on a slide wire (cable) out into the water. I run alot of my snares on slide wires to get fox away from the fence. I'm not sure how you would fasten the bank end so that it wouldn't be obvious, then again, it may not matter if it is obvious. I think such things tend to bother me more than they bother the animals. LOL
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Post by primetime on Dec 15, 2005 14:02:19 GMT -6
I for sure could run a slide wire to get the animal down the shoreline further as to not ruin the set location. I may give that a try. The weather needs to get a little colder again for the shelf Ice to form. Next time it does and I see tracks on it I'll be hanging some snares.
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