Weather and Big Days...

[Steve Gappa]

I find over the years I have less "Big Days" and more "Average" days.

Just out of curiosity- I checked my records from this season to see WHAT days were best. On each day I ecord the AVERAGE temp for the day and the major weather feature.

Here are the results:

Coyotes: (Best daily catches)

1) 57, rain
2) partly cloudy, low 40's
3) partly cloudy, low 40's
4) sunny, 60
5) pc, rain, low 40's

Worse Days:
1) sunny, 10 below
2) sunny, 20's, ice
3) sunny , 50's
4) partly cloudy, 40's
5) partly cloudy, 40's

Coon: best catch days

1) Rain. 40's
2) sunny, 20's
3) sunny. 30s
4) cloudy, 40
5) cloudy, 40's

Lots of skunk days on coon- so can't really document that.


about the only think i really think is that on cloudy nights when rain comes late in the night- I seem to do better on coyotes

[CoonDuke]

Steve,
My best days are usually on a night during or near a rain event. Rain is a pain but it usually means fox to skin. ;D

[yota]

While I have no documentation this question is easy to answer, the best days coincided with a warm front, misty rain and fog with a increace of temps about 10 degrees. Great skunk nites also .

[Steve Gappa]

Thats a good coon night- for sure!

I think a lot of the puzzle is what occured before the "big night" and what after.

In other words- take the kind of night yota described following a period of very cold, dry, windy, etc weather- and those are the big nights.

I think wind is a very big factor for land animals. My coyote catch drops a lot on windy nights- plus, pullouts happen more on windy, stormy nighhts- the animal is just more aggitated and works the trap harder.

[dj88ryr]

My weather data from this season is incomplete, I was having too much fun trying every lure combination I could ;D But one thing is for sure, a 10 or so degree warm up after a couple of cold nights or a week of cold really brought the fox out. I also noticed that if the warm night coincided with a bright moon it was even better, conversely, a full moon and real cold temps equalled just cold feet for me.

[briankroberts]

Give me the night before a weather front is coming thru and a dark moon, if I have sets out they'll get hit on these nights.....B.....



Lets see does that raise the ? about Coyotes and moon phases?