Does it play a role on your trapline?



How often are you using it in some form or fashion?

I see no reason to use It.

I use BTO in some of my dirtholes.

There is other oil I prefer over tail oil.

I made some up last summer and tried it in dirt holes this season, oftentimes paired with non commercial meat baits. It got a lot of attention from coyotes and a few fox. I will be making some more up. This one was caught in a dirt hole baited with a piece of fresh chicken and some beaver tail oil. Three coyotes worked the set in 6 days.

what oil do you like.

Never got a good enough response for me to continue to use.

Tried it alone in dirthole and flat sets just to see what kind of reactions it got. If they even stopped to smell it was brief. I like major digging at dirthole so and like lots of movement of the feet at flat sets. It just didn't satisfy me.

There is a guy down in souther oklahoma that swears by bto. I made some just like he said with a few drops of skunk in it and it just dont work as well for me. Now i made a lure with bto and caster as the base with a few other oils in there and i get a decent response from coyotes and coon. Last year i made the same lure with shell fish oil as a base insted of bto, not as good for the k9s but did catch a lot of coon and 2 cats.

It's looking like BTO isn't something I should bother with....

For cats I mix a few teaspoons BTO and glycerine in my squirt bottle of urine. Kind of a go-to combo on my line. Really hangs at the set in cold wet weather and seems to "pop" the urine scent too. As mentioned above, another good cat lure is to mix a few drops of skunk in with some BTO.

Doesn't come from beaver. Although,I like certain parts of a beaver but when comparing animal oils,there is one I like better.

Well to me It just seems like a lot of work rendering down this BTO. If you want something that will get a good response at any set just strip out most of the oil from the sacs. Then leave the partially empty oil sacs out till they get a slight taint. Then your good to go.

Fascinating how certain odors work in parts of this continent and other areas they don't.

Ground beaver tails that have been making black oil for months is my go-to coyote bait. If they miss the pan the hole will be dug out.

I also use the bto as a bait solution in just about anything...deer meat, beaver meat, etc. Any oil mixes well with it. Also add skunk essence.....and it is a great change up.

Not hard to make. Cut or grind tails in early spring...put in 5 gallon bucket with lid....place in old freezer that no longer works....check it at end of summer. I have gallons of the stuff. It is a staple on my trapline.

To each his own.

What's its normal color? Black or tan/semi clear color?

Looks like cane syrup to me...very dark...almost black.

Smells like catfish stink bait to me. I like it before the temps get below freezing. Anything that eats meat will dig it out here.

Did they work it or did you catch them????

I caught one at that location. On the second night after I made the set I had a coyote pull out of the trap after digging at the hole.




Two nights after I made the catch. On the sixth night it got down to 5 degrees and the remake was worked again. The coyote stepped all over the trap but the jaws were frozen in.

Looks like they wanted it from the intense digging reaction......use peatmoss, waxed dirt , drydirt with salt then you will have more skinning to do. Thank you for the response.

Cletis