bone set

[Possum]

I occasionally try the "ol' cow bone set" as a new set close to a remake. Occasionally, it works. Not my go to choice. This was the first time I've ever tried it as the original set at a site but it's tough making a good dirthole in a good alfalfa field so I gave it a shot. Cow-a-bonga! First time for everything. A little Carmens Pro's Choice under the bone, urine on top and a few days of waiting.

[trappnman]

I used to use bones a fair bit-but after experimentation, I don't use them at the set, nor do I lure them

went away from using them, but this year picked up 3 skulls and have been using them on each loop at "marginal" locations and have liked the results

I found that by putting them at the set, I had misses and often the bone was the main interest

so over the years I changed to where I place the bone away from the set- no lure, no urine just a bone sitting in the open. traps then nearby. Several times this year, have had coyote in trap, and bone moved , overturned etc- whether by that coyote or another, but I do see their use

[redeagle]

I once took a doe head from a deer I killed in November, and staked it out in January. Drove a rebar stake through one eye socket and out through the other, and pinned the head securely to the ground. I staked it down at a multiple feature location. Put three scent post type sets within 50' circle of deer head and took 5 coyotes off that location within a week. Simple sets: depression in ground to accommodate trap; trap covered with grass clippings; small upright stick guides stuck in ground on each side of trap; urine on tuft of grass in front of trap. Simple and effective.