Coyote toilet?

[foxman]

I will start by saying I'm done trapping for the year. While trapping raccoons with my father I noticed some coyote scat by a small tree on the edge of a cornfield. The next day there was more scat. By the 5th day there was a total of 6 separate groups of droppings. After that i couldnt tell you because we pulled out as the coon catch slowed down.
Is this the spot? Or just a spot? How would one approach this situation? I set up a trail cam near by and have on video coyotes, coons, rabbits, a rat and one critter i cant identify. In two nights it took over a hundred picture. Mostly of coyotes wandering by. The location hardly looks special or eye catching.. But the amount of scat and coyote tracks attracted my attention. Also, in the snow coyote tracks were all over by that tree like they were stirring around.
So my question remains, is this.. The spot.. Or just A spot?

[trappnman]

certainly a spot I would set up-

the difference, IMO, between "THE" spot, and "A" spot-

in all cases, you are looking for the location, that allows the coyotes to work the sets in a relaxed mode- and why this is important is simple- the more "relaxed" a coyote is, the more his defenses are down, and the more susceptible he becomes to working a set
I know some say set on tracks, nothing more is needed and as I've oft been told- sure, you will catch coyotes doing that.

but it doesn't take too much of a leap in faith, to know that a coyote with all his defenses on maximum alert, is going to be that coyote where you see all the tracks circling your set and avoidance, and one that IS, again IMHO, harder to catch meaning your %s of coyotes caught at that location, is going to be relatively small compared to the coyotes your set was exposed to.

contrast that, with a coyote that has his defenses down, and TIME on his hands- that's the location where, your %s of success vis a vis coyote awareness of your set, increase.

the only difference between "A" spot under this assumption and "THE" spot- is that "A" spot is the location where the local coyotes (meaning that group)stall out, hang up, etc and "THE" spot is that "THE" spot attracts multiple groups of coyotes.

and the clue, is often the size of the attraction. small attractions attract the locals- big attractions attract the neighborhood

[foxman]

Jan 23, 2014 8:32:16 GMT -6 trappnman said:

certainly a spot I would set -

and the clue, is often the size of the attraction. small attractions attract the locals- big attractions attract the neighborhood

How would you set up a spot like this? Its a small attraction, so under your statement that it attracts "the locals". Is the whole family visiting this spot? Given the amount of sign and pictures i have, i can only assume so. 5-7 coyotes? More? Less? Would you go balls out and set 5 traps around this location? Say maybe a few more along the travel route.

[trappnman]

I can only assume what you see.....

I'd set up the location heavy- if you got the traps, might as well set a bunch.

you can certainly set up the travel route- I know I do more than perhaps I should. not so much that you won't pick up coyotes on the routes, but more that if they are coming into the location, you really aren't gaining much

[MRussell]

I would have a half dozen flat sets scattered along the travel routes and two or three flat sets in close proximity to the "spot"
I found a location similar to the one you describe Foxman and caught 8 in two weeks before it went dead.

I wish I had DOZEN SPOTS like that!!!