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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2961727
11/20/19 06:09 AM
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Looks really well made, but looks like the ratchet grips are backwards.

Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2961772
11/20/19 08:04 AM
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I would guess he uses a standard ratchet mechanism and it has to be mounted backwards to pull in since a standard caulk gun pushes out to the the front.

Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2962167
11/20/19 06:14 PM
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That is correct charlie. I have one of his fleshing knives too, he is really good at working with stainless steel.

Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2962602
11/21/19 10:18 AM
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Well the whole litter must have been weird colored. Only had him by 2 toes so I didn’t get a catch pic.

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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2962735
11/21/19 01:03 PM
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Do you post on Trapperman ?


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2962748
11/21/19 01:26 PM
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K bush are you trapping on the old Boykin WMA? The background of the pics look familiar although I haven’t been there in years.


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2962764
11/21/19 01:53 PM
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I do not k bush.

Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: tailgate] #2962896
11/21/19 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by tailgate
K bush are you trapping on the old Boykin WMA? The background of the pics look familiar although I haven’t been there in years.


Nope but I'm close to the Stimpson SOA


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2963206
11/21/19 10:53 PM
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Nice job!👏👍

Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2965609
11/24/19 07:24 PM
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After a slow week, connected last night on a bait stick with a food lure.


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2966432
11/25/19 05:12 PM
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First month ever trapping and the only thing I've trapped are possums. I've got 3 yotes that are running an old logging road every week behind my house and one looks like a German Shepard, he is huge. I'm really wanting to catch him and his 2 running buddies on that old road as its easy to check traps in the morning before work. Probably gonna transition to the fields in front of my house and down the road at our family farm if in the next few weeks regardless if I get the ones behind my house in the mountain. Pretty fun checking them, on son loves to check them with me on the weekends.

Probably over Christmas I am going to take my traps up to the hunting club and run them while folks are up there every day, I heard 3 different packs of yotes last Saturday after my son shot his buck. The river bottoms are flat over run with them.

Last edited by demp17; 11/25/19 05:15 PM.

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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2966750
11/25/19 10:00 PM
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Be patient, attention to detail is important. What type sets are you using ? &


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2966993
11/26/19 09:38 AM
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Running Duke #2 foothold traps (I know they aren't the best), using wolf fang earth anchors. I have some type of bait I bought at cabelas, think the brand in Caven's Minnesota Brand bait. I killed one of the possums I caught this week and am now using it as bait.

I try to be OCD about my scent and how I set everything up. Typically get my trap set up in a dug out hole, toss some peat moss on and around it and sift dirt on top of that, use my rebar to dig a fairly deep hole about 6" about trap and put some bait in it and then try to make it all look as natural as possible. I've sprayed some coyote pee around the bait hole but not sure if that is something I want to do as I think it may keep other critters away.

Its been fun trying to learn the ins and outs of it, figured out I needed to adjust my spring tension when I found one of my traps dug up and still not set off ha ha. Fairly sure it was a possum or raccoon that dug it up.

I am a pure rookie at this but I've been watching a bunch of youtube videos and learning more of what I need to do. If I don't get the yotes behind my house soon I will probably rotate my traps to the fields as I know they run the creeks and fence lines a lot and its the same pack that's running the mountain behind my house.


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2967091
11/26/19 12:17 PM
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I'm not OCD on scent but I do wear leather gloves to set and separate gloves for bait. I would use a kneeling pad or ground cloth for setting. Cavens makes good bait and lures. I also use Down South Trappers products and they are here in Alabama.

Try putting in a compass set. It's best to put it on sign, where they are trotting a road or trail. Find a.clump of grass for backing and punch a hole with your rebar. Bed your trap 7-8" back then punch in 3 more holes the same distance from the trap on the compass points. Add bait or urine to each hole. I'd put your Cavens in the hole at the base of the grass and the urine in the hole closest to the line of travel. Add a and or curiosity lure in the other holes. The goal is to get the coyote moving his feet as he checks out the scent.

Sometimes I only use 3 holes with an open approach over the trap.


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: k bush] #2967130
11/26/19 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by k bush
I'm not OCD on scent but I do wear leather gloves to set and separate gloves for bait. I would use a kneeling pad or ground cloth for setting. Cavens makes good bait and lures. I also use Down South Trappers products and they are here in Alabama.

Try putting in a compass set. It's best to put it on sign, where they are trotting a road or trail. Find a.clump of grass for backing and punch a hole with your rebar. Bed your trap 7-8" back then punch in 3 more holes the same distance from the trap on the compass points. Add bait or urine to each hole. I'd put your Cavens in the hole at the base of the grass and the urine in the hole closest to the line of travel. Add a and or curiosity lure in the other holes. The goal is to get the coyote moving his feet as he checks out the scent.

Sometimes I only use 3 holes with an open approach over the trap.



Thanks, I will give that a try this week since I'm sure i'll have to re-set my traps after the rain.


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2967188
11/26/19 03:25 PM
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I probably go 70/30% on dirt hole to compass sets for the initial set. After a remake I almost always make a compass set though. The area is full of scent and usually the backing for the dirt hole is destroyed, and I have had a lot of success that way. Another thing to note is if you find lots of sign or have pics of multiples coming through, don’t be afraid to make 2 or 3 sets close to each other.

I reset 2 today after all the rain from the weekend. It is getting about time for a cat to walk through.

Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2967315
11/26/19 05:53 PM
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Demp,

Did you boil/clean up your new traps? Got to get those suckers cleaned before the first set. Check out a video on how to night latch a trap too. Best thing I learned from North 40's class a few years back. Trapped way back when you could actually make money at it and never did know about night latching. Once you catch a coyote you will be hooked (no pun intended) too. A little scent goes a long way on trapping. You don't need as much as you think. You just want to get their attention, not spook the heck out of them.

I'm hoping to make some sets in a couple of weeks.


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2967440
11/26/19 08:28 PM
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Demp try running your pans at 9 and 2! 9"s back from your hole and offset 2"s right or left. If you're using a larger/ taller backing then back your trap up even more.

Make sure your traps are bedded solid! ROCK SOLID! Any movement at all will cause critters to dig.

Make sure your pan is level and there's no creep in it before it fires when set. You can do this 2 ways with the Duke traps. You can night latch them or simply bend the frame the dogs attached to up or down. Either way you want your pan sitting level and firing with less than 1/16" of movement. You can also wrap wire around the frame where the pan connects to take some of the pan wobble out of Duke traps.

Coyote urine will not deter other predators from working your sets. I use either coyote, fox or bobcat urine on every set. All it takes is a few drops on your backing.

Bait and lure go a long way as Wade said. Commercial baits use a butterbean sized glob on a piece of sheepswool down your hole. If you're using commercial lures dip a q tip in the lure and you're done. I normally use either a bait and lure combo or 2 lures at each set.

Learn all different types of sets, I've seen dirt holes, compass sets and flat sets mentioned here but learn to make more. Walkthrough sets are deadly, stepdown sets are perfect for fields where coyotes or other critters have already been digging. Don't get hung up on any one set.

You'll develop your own style of making sets and it'll all fall into place.


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2967573
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I watched a video yesterday on night latch and am gonna try to fix that up this weekend when I get some time. I've been making sure my sets are rock solid, every video I've seen thats what everyone talks about first so that's what I've been trying to do. I've been making my bait holes about 6" back and slightly offset but sounds like I may need to A. move it back further and B. look at adding an additional couple of holes. Been using coyote pee and Cavens at every set. I'll get some more lure and bait in the next few weeks. Ill watch some YouTube videos on those sets to see works best for me... Thanks for all the advice, I wake up about 20 minutes earlier than I normally do to go check traps, kinda like checking game cams in Illinois, can't wait to catch that first yote.


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Re: 2019/2020 Trapping thread [Re: AU coonhunter] #2967939
11/27/19 11:49 AM
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You can also buy the Paws I Trip pans and SS rod style dogs like the MB550 and put on them. That's an option if your night latch attempts don't work as planned.


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