I have a coyote right by the house I been wanting gone. I had a chicken die the other day. I tied it to a plum tree at the base and set 2 traps on it. I walk up just a minute ago and the chicken is moved and some feathers around. I get excited. Wait a minute. Where’s the perp?????
Both traps were gone. I had them staked down with a foot long bolt that I had to hammer in and I can hardly get out normally. What could have pulled them??? Coon hunter trespassing maybe? Giant dog?

Coyote can be strong if it’s a big male
I’ve had them pull a 18” cable and anchor out of the ground
12” isn’t much for a struggling coyote

Yeah, they go all kinds of crazy when trap one.......The area is usually thrashed to bare dirt by the next day........Yours probably pulled out

Tracks around the area should tell you what did the deed.

I would say definitely pulled out. I quit using stakes on coons because I lost several traps and stakes. I had a coon pull one of those screw in anchors for a dog not long ago. Luckily he didn’t go very far. I only use cable around a tree now.

Fount Her. Went about 75 yds

Nice find!

Heck yeah! There’s no way I would trust those bolts with a dog. I know for a fact a coon can work them out in most soils.

coyotes can jack a stake out of the ground, I usually double cross stake or use earth anchors.

I’m going to earth anchors after this episode

Why the coon hunters always get the bad wrap? Lol