I got this nice big male in a wide open trail, previous snows laid grass down, snare was just hanging there above trail, 10th coyote here, left part if catch circle is circle from female - male double. I had a snare cut here three weeks ago, maybe he's the one that did it
Had 5-6" snow then, blowing 30-45 mph, sposed to get 15" maybe

He blends in.
Congrats

Normally I don't catch coyote the same night a system hits, usually it's best 2 nights before weather hits, good sized male skinned out pretty clean, he had wire cut 2/3 the way through

I’ve been thinking a lot about snow the last few weeks. I was catching 2 yotes a morning then we had a skiff of snow, and I had 8 the next morning. It’s got me wondering if the snow blended the sets better then I do. OR they where just running hard that night.

Both, I think, if it's just half inch, inch they still travel, if set has lil snow covering it then anything odd to them is covered, eight coyote in a day sounds good to me, lol

Snows too deep now

Same farm, got my fifth female in this flat set, only trap I have out now.
She was so old her teeth were half wore off, how did she live so long? 2 years ago I got 12 there, last year 6, this year 11 there, 7 females, 4 males
Funny she finally stepped on the trap

Just before and day after a snow is always a good catch for me. Doesn't even have to be a major snow fall an inch will really get them moving. I prefer small snow falls big dumpings can drift snares in pretty fast

Yep gotta love those little weather fronts... We have one coming Sunday evening I think...

You hit the nail on the head. “Anything odd” it really bugs me that I maybe missing something. I trap 10-15 days for yotes at the first of January every year. I’ll take in the mid 40s to high 50s, but I think it should be a lot more. I’m a dirt hole guy. Since I finally joined up here I thinking I need more flat sets, but blending is blending dirt or flat to me.

I lost most my snare trap spots to deep snow, the flat set was blown free during the blizzard, she was the one that cut a snare,her neck was wetter and Pinker than rest of hide, three big scar tissue on her, bet she was 10+ years old, must of been the one coyote always left when I quit, I had just put a fresh turd on that set right before the snow

If you can snare too you can pick up more

She was almost 60" to the ankle, decent sized, but skinny
No obvious arthritis, sometimes they have a big swollen joint

As bad as her cutter teeth were it's hard to believe she could still cut one, especially a 1x19, 5/64

Looks like a Ghost yote

I wasn't sure if he was any good, was glad he had good fur, bunch of burrdocks but decent fur, a week ago a pair came through the small farm, I thought I had most of them, and was hoping to get that pair, farmer lost 9-10 chickens this last fall-winter, the coyotes hit chickens at about 10-10:30 am