I've been covered up with coyotes recently so I decided to put out a few traps.......I thought I would try something new.....I took a green t-post and drove it about half way in the ground, wired three traps onto the base then tied a big chunk of deer liver to the post.....I set my traps then waited a day before tying the liver on......Got this guy first night after putting the liver out........Next.

Cool set CNC.

Thanks!......We'll see how it does on the yotes. In the past I've had good luck catching coyotes by just resetting traps in the catch circle after I caught the first one on a dirt hole......This was sort of a play on that idea. The yotes have been making a regular run through here lately so my plan is to just keep resetting this set and letting all the smell from the last catch create curiosity for the next one......With three traps set around it if something messes with it at all they stand a good chance of getting caught.

Nice CNC

I just put out 3 traps last night - had one fox this morning

Thanks......this one is a healthy female probably weighing 25 lbs.......

I noticed - good size cat

I hav few large cats - they are way tuffer to catch than the coyotes on my place

WMHunter has a huge one for a neighbor. I walked up on it and that sucker cleared a 6 ‘ privacy fence in one bound.

CNC, did you trip the other two traps, or did the cat?

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I was wondering the same thing - I figured he would hav had multiple feet in those traps

Great catch

Yep, they are there to stay when they get more then one foot in traps

I also got one today

The cat did.....I kinda had in mind that they might get two feet caught or maybe even get lucky and get a double......

Uh, you may want to check the regs on suspending or hanging bait within 25' of traps.

Yep

Nothing was "suspended"........by definition that would mean something is hanging in the air correct? A chunk of liver lashed to the side of a t-post with twine is neither "hanging" nor "suspended"....Is it? ...I'm seriously asking here and not trying to be smug. Is it about the bait being "above" the traps?.....because that's a slippery slope if we go by definition.....I could have a dirt hole in a bank that was above my traps. What if it tied to the base of the post? Would that make a difference?

What is the intent or purpose for this rule out of curiosity?

Just guessing but I’d say anything elevated above the ground would be considered suspended

Congrats JohnV - been while since I got a cat - got fox today - just put out 3 traps yesterday and added 2 more this evening

This is thing and again I’m not trying to be a jackass……..but if something like this went to court and the rule says “suspend” then Webster’s dictionary defines suspend as “to hang” or “to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible force” such as buoyancy or a solution in a suspension…..There is nothing about it being “elevated”……Elevate means to raise or lift something to a higher position……Does this mean that your bait always has to be in a lower position than your traps?? If I bury my traps and then sprinkle bait on top of the ground is the bait not in an “elevated” position in relation to the traps?

Great job CNC.