coyote trapping

[denniskashmark]

Just started trapping coyotes, what do you look for when trying to decide where to set traps?

[TurTLe]

Depends on where you are at. Hard to know what to look for in a set, when we don't know the area in which you live.

[Possum]

You are on track thinking location. Coyotes are travelers/hunters. They are also lazy. Not really but conservation of energy is an instinct. Most habitat is somewhat fragmented. The animals have to travel from one patch of cover to the next. They'll either go the shortest or easiest route. Set the traps along those routes.

[cdanneman]

i have hunted a lot of coyotes in the winter and i usually trap in the places were i have seen a lot of sign in the winter and it has worked for me.

[trappnman]

Thats perhaps both the easiest and hardest question in coyote trapping.

Easiest becasue the answer is simple- put oyur traps where the most coyotes are on a regular basis, and where they (you must read some of the threads in the archives the one on top has tons of info in it as do others) are receptive to working sets.

and hardest, cause thats tuff to do.

I've trapped coyotes for almost 30 years, and most of those years obsessed by them- and while I have accumulated both learned knowledge, and mentored knowledge I still am a rookie at pinpointing and finding the spots

some things are obvious- stockyards, dead piles, animal operations like sheep, pigs and cattle that are magnets for cattle. Hunting areas. Land features. And I like some continuous travelway locations as well

You can't go wrong on accumulated sign- lots of scat, tracks, other signs of coyotes frequenting an area on a daily or at least regular basis.

[denniskashmark]

I live in west central minnesota, lots of farm land