Good Advice=Dead Dogs

[EO caller]

Awhile back I asked everyone a question about how to set up next to a bait station. Prairie Ghost recomended setting trail snares and after trying foothold traps for a couple of weeks [were in it rained every other day] I finally wised up and followed the pro's advice.

[EO caller]

It looks like a hole under the fence is were I set the snare but thats were he dug it out. In between the fence post and the sage brush is the spot I had the snare. I've caught two in three nights. Its nice to have a new trick in the bag.

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[LeviM]

good to see a success trip with pictures!

[lyonch]

I have learned too that you try what they say the first time and skip that curve in the learning process great guys on here with a ton of knowledge!! Keep the pics coming. Love the dead stuff

[yipyipyow]

http://s970.photobucket.com/albums/ae18 ... g&newest=1

New to postin pics... hopefully it works... but here is a fox I snared yesterday thanks to some good advice

[1Shooter]

Wow, cool fox! Keep it up!

[Prairie Ghost]

Thata boys!!!!!!

[Coyotehunter]

crap I can't see the fox. Can't beat fence snareing.

[yipyipyow]

Well I'm sure you've seen plenty of near death foxes coyotehunter ... Not sure why you can't see it. I don't how to post the pic as an attachment

[EO caller]

. Can't beat fence snareing.

Thats what I thought when i saw the woven wire. Have'nt caught anything in the crawl threw holes in the fence, caught em both in trail snares along the fence. The one crawl hole was scratched up above the snare because the scent from us was below it. If you know the coyotes are coming from a certain side of the fence should you do all the work from that side so they smell you before they get to the hole or set from below the hole? It probly wouldn't matter if you weren't expecting a coyote to bounce threw that night but when your setting near bait ya gotta figure there gonna be by fairly soon. Just wondering what you guys thought.

[Prairie Ghost]

It don't matter they smell you either way if there is something to smell.

[EO caller]

I hear ya PG. Caught another coyote in a snare above the bait this morning and another in a foothold set for bobcat. Thats four on my buddies place in a week and two days. Never could get one called in there in the two years I've been trying but I've caught seven in traps and snares. Kinda weird. I'm a way better caller than I am trapper, especially when it comes to coyotes, I guess its all about switching it up.

[lyonch]

EOcaller to me it is all about using the tools that you have available to capture the game you are pursuing. If traps are the better tool in that situation then that should be what produces the most.

[Prairie Ghost]

A good "coyote hand" uses all the tools available

[DustyC]

I agree completey. it seems like rightnow I am picking up alot more coyotes in my traps then my snares. But that might change with the weather getting colder here and my snare sets being on draw stations. Most of my traps have gone to scent posts to try and snag the traveling pairs that are running around. I am using a heavy gland lure and alot of urine and it seems to be working.