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Post by bogio on May 23, 2014 10:22:50 GMT -6
Do you feel that the percentage of locations you are now setting is higher/lower overlaps. I feel that I for the most part am still working single groups. On short stays, spot type locations that are serving just the residents coyotes would be more productive than random travelways but obviously locations that are overlaps would simply have more bodies to donate.
While the research says the majority approach from down wind, I find many attraction points that the only habitat/approach is upwind with nothing but open tilled fields downwind. Do you feel they will still swing downwind through open terrain with no cover? Furthermore, will they establish a stall out in this open area, say from an elevated vantage point? And lacking elevation, what else could cause stalling/milling/confidence in a barren agricultural wasteland where things such as trees and fencelines are nonexsistent?
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Post by bogio on May 22, 2014 12:44:58 GMT -6
Which brings us to our peak. We agree that confidence/comfort is key. Buddy shows that in his reaction to the nozzle when encountered in his core area. We however do not want to work our coyotes in their core areas, the 3 vs 30 study proves that. So, for maximum numbers exposure, we are concentrating on finding areas of overlap which due to that fact, being shared territories, I would think would take away a degree of that comfort. What exists within those overlaps which re-instills that level of comfort? A particular type of geographical feature? I feel that once you understand it, it becomes self evident and easily recognized.
As far as my opinion on the coyotes reaction in the videos. I think it was as simple as where they where located and that is not a dig/attack/belittling as I see problems like this on my own line. I want to learn how to eliminate it. It is true that the follow up action produced a coyote however my goal is to not have to follow up.
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Post by bogio on May 21, 2014 15:14:27 GMT -6
Was looking through old postings last night as things are rather "stale" here of late. Read through this thread again and was disappointed in that it did not progress better.
As I stated before, my questions were sincere and no malice was intended. I HONESTLY want to decipher the behavior that was depicted in the videos and do everything I can to eliminate it. We have devoted quite a bit to discussions of location/behavior but always seemed to reach a peak we can not go ahead and break over. I think we were right there this time. There is shiit hanging out there begging us to ask about/discuss and yet it sank into a pissing match.
Our loss.
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Post by bogio on Mar 6, 2014 19:51:34 GMT -6
Tman
What do you want to see?
I've got video of all of it.
Since no one wants to participate, I would rather take it to P.M.
Let me know and I'll send it to you.
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Post by bogio on Mar 5, 2014 20:56:18 GMT -6
Little premature it looks like, snowing today and they are predicting more.
Musher,
I too wish they would work for you. I wish nothing more than to get folks talking here (hint to the lurkers). Do any others have problems with my videos? Loading them through photobucket.
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wtf
Mar 4, 2014 18:20:42 GMT -6
Post by bogio on Mar 4, 2014 18:20:42 GMT -6
click it Caught quite a few at this location.
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Post by bogio on Mar 4, 2014 18:18:45 GMT -6
click it
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Post by bogio on Mar 3, 2014 20:47:05 GMT -6
It seems to be the general consensus that I squeezed the stretcher in a little bit too much. Perhaps I'll spring it back out a bit and not put much tension on them. mastermink you are on track. I started stripping the ears as they dry considerably faster and I like the look with them tucked in. I'm doing it on the beam with a pair of pliers. Just grab the ear butt and pull. Takes about 10 seconds per. So Tman, you are doing a clear water wash and giving them a little oil massage before going on the stretcher? Do you oil them up wet then tumble dry them or let them hang dry/oil/tumble? Scrape before the wash or after?
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Post by bogio on Mar 3, 2014 20:30:46 GMT -6
click it A pond for you.
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Post by bogio on Mar 2, 2014 10:25:22 GMT -6
click it Disregard the commentary as it serves no purpose here. Look my put up over and tell me what you feel would help make it more saleable. Hard to make a silk purse from a sow's ear but you work with what you have. Just started tucking the front legs in last year, stripping and tucking the ears this year. I feel it gives it a cleaner more professional look. I also narrowed them up this year to try and make the necks and bellies appear fuller. Too narrow? Wash or no. Straight water, soap, woolite? Been doing a straight water wash, this one had a little shampoo put at it. Seems to add some fluff. Wire need to be traded out for wood? Why?
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Post by bogio on Feb 27, 2014 21:27:46 GMT -6
Habit.
Have always set out away from cover. Mixed it up this year and did both. Will set more against cover in the future. Brought in high backstops for these sets.
Are you talking about below the damn for your choice? You've shown other setups below dams. If so, why low as opposed to high. I went high as that is where I found sign, mostly droppings.
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Post by bogio on Feb 26, 2014 21:12:24 GMT -6
Here are some vids showing where I set. click it First coyote to show up. Male. click it Second coyote to show up. Another male. click it An interesting detail on the second male. Also note the "montgomery thumb". click it Third coyote. Female. Note the mange. I also placed two sets below by the confinement where the ditch buffer strip meets the squared out area. Those sets had no action whatsoever. I did not set back at the ditch/woods corner as I felt everything would end up where I already was set. The sets by the pond hit bang, bang, bang then went dead. I checked back a couple of times after we had snow on and saw no signs of visitation or travel. Another location was set on the far SE corner by a small wetland. That is where several mange/lice coyotes were taken that I showed previously. Some other areas I trapped showed animals afflicted with mange but not nearly on the scale this area did. My hope is that the extended period of snow and very low temperatures that we have experienced this year will purge what animals that remained with it.
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Post by bogio on Feb 25, 2014 14:12:02 GMT -6
This is not a multiple group use spot but i feel it is going to be attractive to the "locals". Tman, you seem to agree that you would set it up also on this criteria. To me the pond is the obvious location. Where would you locate sets around/by it? High/low/out from/tight to. Here is a vid of the immediate area were the ditch hits cover. Is that the corner you refer to and with a close view does it offer more than the pond does. Would you set both or one or the other? click it I tried some new things location wise this past season and while they worked, they weren't what I was looking for. That said, I suspect some population issues in many areas may have given a skewed view of my results. I'm looking for some realistic evaluation here.
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Post by bogio on Feb 24, 2014 20:56:29 GMT -6
Pond is west of the building.
It is hogs and is the only "big stink" in the immediate area. Dead hogs are from time to time left out behind the building until they have time to deal with them. Owners tell me the coyotes drag them around, generally ending up down over the lip of the ditch out of sight. While I was set up there, there was a 200 pounder that lay out there and got plenty "seasoned" but was not fed upon. Where they eventually take them is yet to be determined.
Where would you set around the pond and why there over the corner by the woods, or would you set both at the same time?
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Post by bogio on Feb 23, 2014 17:34:24 GMT -6
click it click it click it Three short videos of a location I tried for the first time this past season. I'm interested in thoughts as to how to set it up or if you would set it up.
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Post by bogio on Feb 9, 2014 19:52:28 GMT -6
I could see a benefit on long checks in wet weather.
Were you using disposables at that time? If so, what type of setup. Are you using the same now in the midwest? After a season with the IDSs, my rebar will be taking a long deserved rest.
Your chain setup looks relatively short. Do you experience much fouling/wrapping/mounding?
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Post by bogio on Feb 9, 2014 17:42:16 GMT -6
TC, I'll give you that those springs aren't as heavy duty as J.C.'s but they had been on since before J.C. went to the t-bar style. They had a lot of coyotes behind them and had served their purpose. I tried J.C.'s but it was just too much shiit to bury. Going without springs this year, I saw absolutely no difference in my coyotes feet or legs and bedding was much easier. Look at the coyotes foot in my throwaway video. That is pretty much what they all looked like. When skinning I saw NO issues with shoulders or legs. As far as door springs are concerned, we had several out buildings at work that had a spring similar to PIT style shock springs on them. Every time the wind blew hard it pulled them thru themselves. I put J.C.'s heavy duty shock springs on them a year ago and have had ZERO failures. The wind will tear the doors off before those things fail. Bluegrassman, I doubt you would see ANY benefit going to a 24 over an 18 inch chain. Less to bury also. I've just always been partial to longer lengths. How much total length are you using on your disposables? Started with 16 inches this year and found it to be totally unnecessary. Cut them all back to 12. Anybody seen a banty rooster around here?
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Post by bogio on Feb 5, 2014 14:12:04 GMT -6
Ended up with about six inches of dry powder snow. Spent the morning moving it at work, gonna do my own and parents now. Supposed to get down to minus 15 tonight and blow hard. That will be nice. 24 inches of good #2 twist link chain with 3 Sterling swivels and no shock spring. Standardized all of them last summer. Before was a mix of 2 to 3 foot lengths and a variety of swivels with a shock spring. Coyotes had ruined or tore off many of the springs thru the years so I elected to go without as advised. Got along great with the new setup. No mounding or trash fouling with this much length. Coyote's looked great as well. Ran Iowa Disposable Stakes as advised (THANK YOU!) with 12 inches total finished length. Absolutely no issues there. A clydesdale couldn't pull those things. By season's end last year, I had a bucket full of shock springs that looked like this. They had several years on them and were just plain wore out.
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Post by bogio on Feb 4, 2014 22:24:22 GMT -6
Predicting big snow but as of yet not much. Lot's of cancellations already. Pussies. It is an area where several drainages come together. Intersection of multiple long running travelways where they seem to pile up. Where I set is a high knob/ridge on that bottom that they are drawn to. I bait up the high grass which is upwind of the set location. No mange here. Don't remember ever catching a throwaway here. Here's a couple of big boys that showed up there. click it click it
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Post by bogio on Feb 3, 2014 21:07:28 GMT -6
This is how it started off. click it
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