I typically run all over the place setting what I consider the best spots I can get to quickly. Usually it’s 2-6 traps per location. I was reading the book One Square Mile and it sort of dawned on me (I’m old and it takes a while) that I’m missing a lot of coon that are going to be on the interior of that section. So, it seems to me that if I concentrate the heck out of one section at a time, I may put more on the boards. Is this mindset wrong or is this what I should have been doing all along? Other than possibly missing some family groups, can anyone see a down side to this?

Thanks everyone. Your input is appreciated.

Let me clarify this a little. The idea of the square mile means several corn fields of 40-100 acres interspersed with wood lots, small creeks and tiny ponds, and grassy waterways. Light setting on corner trails, prebait sites, etc would be 2-6 traps. Heavy setting the area for a week to 10-days could mean 50 or more. This could be called carpet bombing, I suppose. In this scenario I’ll have permission from all land owners. But I know there are adjoining 1-mile tracts where my permissions are already limited. Thus, recharge of the trapped area will take place.

I know the middle of those corn fields hold little for attraction compared to the edges. I suspect a family of coon working one area of a 40-100 acre field isn’t going to be the only family working it. I found an 8 acre cornfield, surrounded on 2 sides with wood lots and a wooded drainage area that produced a pile of coon last fall. Based on size, I doubt they were from the same family.