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Post by dognamedsue on Feb 11, 2015 22:46:19 GMT -6
I was wondering if any of you Nevada guys use cover hulls for your coyote sets? I had planned on making a bunch of waxed dirt this coming summer but ran into a deal to get a bunch of bags of those hulls for next to nothing. So just wondering if I should still make the waxed dirt or if using those hulls would work ok?
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Post by trappincoyotes39 on Feb 12, 2015 20:20:34 GMT -6
Not a Nevada guy but what to use would depend on your weather and soils in your area. I have used hulls in the past with success but you still need to cover the hulls with some dirt, so if hard freezing is your deal the hills not the best answer, if your worried about rain then one could use either.
Freezing your dirt cap will still get a crust so waxed dirt better IMO, try both and see what you like better for your conditions.
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Post by trappnman on Feb 13, 2015 8:27:10 GMT -6
if you have enough hulls to not only cover the trap, but the entire pattern, they should work well
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Post by dognamedsue on Feb 14, 2015 3:45:14 GMT -6
Think I will go ahead and make some waxed dirt. Like most just trying to keep my cost down not knowing how much waxed dirt I will need to make. I looked at the hulls today and realized that they will definitely look different from the soil here and where I will be trapping.
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Post by trappnman on Feb 15, 2015 8:08:11 GMT -6
if you can get enough of them, puting a layer 1/2 to an inch deep over pattern, you should be fine
to me that is the entire secret of beddings such as dry dirt, peat, etc
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Post by hdwolfer on Feb 15, 2015 17:30:54 GMT -6
Never had luck with hulls. Only digging and more digging.
Had very educated trapped hard populations of coyotes though. Many years ago.
Since no one really tries to trap coyotes in NV you might do alright.
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Post by trappnman on Feb 16, 2015 9:15:32 GMT -6
hwolfer- be curious to know how you used the cover hulls-
the one year I used them, had nothing but trouble with just over the trap- but when I broadcast it, digging stopped. bit thing for me was no real source, and the volume needed would have been horrendous
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Post by hdwolfer on Feb 20, 2015 16:28:44 GMT -6
Some in the bottom of the bed then covered the trap and a light covering of dirt over the hulls. Coyotes would edge in the minute they hit the softness of the trap pattern they'd stop and start digging. From frozen ground to that trap pattern the weren't going to play. Very paranoid coyotes at that time.
When people say coyotes are easy they've never trapped real educated trap hard coyotes.
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Post by trappnman on Feb 21, 2015 7:46:32 GMT -6
yup, thought that might be the case. I had the same problem with peat- problem solved by broadcasting the peat over the entire extended pattern. This got the coyotes walking on, and smelling, the peat "long" before they get to the trap bed.
My lesson was I couldn't skimp on peat if I wanted to rely on it.
I'd suspect the same would occur by broadcasting the hulls.
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