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Post by NEPISIGUIT on Jan 20, 2008 14:35:17 GMT -6
I read somewheres on a recent post that at least one person did not concider beaver as one of the top notch baits to use. I see it is used a lot in my area. Would be interested to see what others use.
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Post by youngandtalented on Jan 20, 2008 14:41:28 GMT -6
beaver seems to pull pretty much everything in for us, haven't really found anything better
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Post by dabrock on Jan 20, 2008 14:50:49 GMT -6
I'm using it this year, first time. seems to be ok.
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Post by NEPISIGUIT on Jan 20, 2008 15:00:22 GMT -6
Guess i was speaking in terms of coyote mainly.
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Post by PAMINK on Jan 20, 2008 15:11:02 GMT -6
Muskrat carcasses...if you can get them.
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Post by Griz on Jan 20, 2008 16:13:52 GMT -6
I use beaver for bait.
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Post by steeliekingfisher on Jan 20, 2008 18:11:15 GMT -6
I use cages and cages only, dumb state rule. I like to use meats for bait, but it depends on what I am after. For cats, cat meat first, then beaver then muskrat. For mink, muskrat and thats all, have yet to produce better results on mink than anything but rat meat, including fresh fish. Might just be here, but rats work best for mink. As far as yote, cant get them in cages but they sure love my dump spot for carcasses. They seem to eat the beaver and rat carcasses first but when I was hitting coon, they really like that. Seems the beavers will get eaten in a day or two, but with coon carcasses, it was always gone the next day? Might be interesting to try. I even had some cat tracks at my spot I dispose and it was during the time I was dumping coons there. Anyone use coon meat?
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Post by irnhdmike on Jan 20, 2008 18:39:39 GMT -6
There is no question. The best bait for Coyotes is deer. Beaver is also an excellent bait. Good for everything.
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Post by outdoorsaddict on Jan 20, 2008 18:59:54 GMT -6
I personally use cat meat for bait but I have it. I have used beaver and deer and had good luck with both but prefer cat. IMO coon is terrible. I personally would not use it. I would buy something else. The only thing that eats coon and possum in the carcass piles around here is birds. A cat carcass is always tended to immediately, as is beaver and deer gut piles.
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Post by Woodswalker on Jan 20, 2008 20:54:47 GMT -6
If you get a chance try bear. You might be in for a surprise the risks coyotes will take to get to it.
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Post by NEPISIGUIT on Jan 21, 2008 7:43:08 GMT -6
Some interesting answers .Around here a moose killed on the road is definately a magnet for coyote. Many a coyote has been taken with the use of snares on carcaces that have been deposited off the road and in the woods. Some use just the hide of deer or moose thrown in the ditch with positive results.
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Post by maddog on Jan 21, 2008 13:21:37 GMT -6
I like beaver and muskrat just fine.
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Post by bobm on Jan 21, 2008 13:44:51 GMT -6
Prior to a few weeks ago I would have stated beaver as one of the tops and coon as the worst however, I put a beaver and a coon carcass out on some property I own and check them daily. For reasons unknown to me, the beaver ain't going and the coon's dang near gone! The birds, mainly black cap chickadees are swarming all over that coon. Go figure.
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Post by coonhangman1 on Jan 21, 2008 14:14:54 GMT -6
Crows eat the crap out of my coon carcass pile. Haven't seen much evidence of coyotes taking a liking to it yet.
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Post by garman on Jan 21, 2008 14:15:01 GMT -6
It is the fat in the coon carcass the birds are attracted to Bob.
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Post by walkercoonhunter(Aaron L.) on Jan 21, 2008 15:40:56 GMT -6
i think the bottom line of it is.....if they are hungry and food is scarse then they will work a bait pile of anything ......so it all depends on your area......
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Post by kyboy on Jan 21, 2008 17:33:35 GMT -6
Cat,beaver and rat for me. I made some rat based bait this year and have dome pretty well with it.
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Post by bobm on Jan 22, 2008 15:20:28 GMT -6
It is the fat in the coon carcass the birds are attracted to Bob. You are correct! Not a bit of fat left on that thing. I should have saved a couple to hang off the bird feeder at my house!
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Post by garman on Jan 22, 2008 15:42:07 GMT -6
One year Bob I was scraping coon, on contract for others, at my parents house and was throwing the fat down the hill and some landed in a tree. The birds ate well that winter and parents got a kick out of all of them.
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Post by bobm on Jan 22, 2008 16:13:14 GMT -6
I think next year I'll pull a bunch of the fat off of the coon, freeze it in a bucket and then put it out during the winter for the birds. Didn't know they liked it that well.
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