Fixing to get more serious when the rest of my supplies show up. Big male this morning
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Try this again

Nice. That’s a big coyote

Nice! I tried for first time during the summer heat. Caught 2 cats and 1 yote. Now, since I am in a club, gotta wait till deer season is out

Outstanding John!!

About June, July and August are my most least successful months for trapping. I manly hit small hay fields and pastures during deer season

Way to go John

I've had nothing but problems getting time to trap. Finally got my line started yesterday again and picked up a female and a opossum last night

Nice work John

Want to set bad - thankfully my place soaked and lot more comin - may b a while

Heck yeah, I gotta learn to trap coyotes. I'm covered up with them.

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Reading post on here by deadeye and polwol and googling how to helped me a lot - along with my own mistakes

Just a couple coons this morning

Nice work

When it drys out i want to set

Healthy female and a couple opossums today

Pretty hide on her

I've never messed with it but I've got the urge to. Ordered a good fleshing knife and got a few stretchers in the works just to piddle with

I've had a few people hit me up to save the tails for making fly fishing jigs. If anyone on here wants fox and coyote tails for something like that I'll save you some. I'm just gonna debone and freeze them and you'll have to pick them up or pay shipping since they'll be free

Some pretty dogs and good catches
I wish the southern fur trade was worth investing my time in so we could get paid for our efforts but then seeing the turkeys and deer thrive is payment but some cash would be nice too

Slow day, 2 coons and a opossum

Nice work John

Get em johnv

Small female, huge coon and a opossum today

Nice - she deep in it 😀 - thats how my last yote was

Good stuff

Another healthy female

Dang it man - nice work

You're getting it done johnv, congrats!

Thanks fellas

Nothing today, I'll set more tomorrow unless deer tracks pick up

That was a BIG coon, nice work johnv!

Huge male

Goodun

Awesome John - great pic

Female

Awesome - u getn cranked up 😀

What bait? Still use sole taker ? And what else? What urine?

We wet and got ton of rain coming for weeks - job getn busy - may b while for me

Cavens predator bait plus, Hiawatha Valley and some homemade chicken bait I made last year mostly. Been running Dunlaps red fox gland lure, dunlaps death coyote lure, Leatherwood creek vixen elixir and Jett fuel. Got more bait and lure on the way including more soul taker because I'm out

Thanks

I used haiwatha and dunlaps lot n past - not others and i hav soul taker - need to use - thanks for info/names

Moved abunch of traps around yesterday hoping for a coyote today but still came up empty handed. I caught a few coons and this guy though

Jumped this coyote about 5 or 6 days ago. Watched it run up a trail so I made a blind set on it. Had the mangy female this morning

Nice job John, I need some help, I have got 8 coons and two possums, have moved DP's around but last few weeks of sets coon have been robbing the traps, useing marshmellows but they are empty everytime the last few weeks, what am I doing wrong?

Not sure about that one. Pretty sure that redfox was knocking mine over and robbing them. I always use cat food in dps unless I'm trapping somewhere around house cats then I use marshmallows. Sounds like you might need some foothold traps if they've got that smart

Wet or dry cat food?

Dry and whatever is the cheapest

Dang that an ugly coyote John - nice work

Bailey - i hav had - rats, squirrels, and chipmonks rob my traps over and over. Sometimes i catch those. May not b what happening - but they so lite - dont trip trap sometime. Usually when i catch one - prob stop for while

If you have coons climbing your tripod feeder legs, bed a coil spring trap right where he stands to climb the leg. Blend it in and nothing else.

Got the pair finally, pulled traps till the rain moves out next week. Ready to change it up anyways. I believe this moon has been making it harder also for whatever reason

I'd say mice are more the culprit than coons

John do you do this for a living?

How many traps do you run at one time?

How much land?

You catch more than anyone I’ve ever seen. It’s getting ridiculous.

No, just doing it around my house to help deer and turkeys

Mainly just trapping pasture land and hay fields until deer season is over. Probably 120 acres total

I pulled 17 coil spring traps today that caught all these critters and maybe 1 dozen dps. I have 50 coil spring traps and 4 dozen dps altogether but rarely get them all out

I had been on a dry spell the last few weeks but had a coon and possum yesterday, must have waited to long to check them, something had got to the coon, nothing but his foot left in the DP.

They'll chew or wring the foot off if not checked in time. You probably have a extra smart 3 legged coon now

johnv, I sure wished I lived closer to you to tag along to learn more than I know now. You are on fire, keep up the good work brother !!

How many times must you hit a possum in the head with the blunt side of a machette, last 2, 5 times and they still kicking.

Its funny you mention that...the only thing Ive caught before was a possum last year. I shot him once right square on top of the noggin with a 40 s&w flat nose reload, 5 minutes later he was still alive so I had to pop him again. I couldnt believe it.

Set these a few days ago. Picked up a healthy female this morning

There that man goes again - nice John - good work
N great pic

She smiling for ya! Good work