I'm reading Land sets and trapping techniques by Charles and either I keep missing something or he don't say what bait he used in his pre season bait sites, I've searched MTP today I can only find a few liquid food baits... Thanks

It was probably the Pre-Bait that he made and sold by the gallon.

I'd dump a bucket full of fish that's been sitting out for a while if you have spots you can prebait

cheap dog food and bacon grease are my all time favorite!!

I like the logic behide a free meal it just stuck to me, so you can pick any oil and make it the free diner bell??

you can also make a so so location a great location as well! Predators leave locations for food or lack of so give em a reason to stay. Not indefinetly but heck a month is better than nothing.

I did some experimenting on pre-baiting gray fox and coyotes for a couple of years. I aimed trail cameras at the bait holes, etc. It was pretty interesting. I can say that almost anything will be investigated by canines and probably coons (assuming you wanted to catch one), but if you want the most bang for your buck, concentrate on doing it in September and October. Summer time pre-baiting has a marginal benefit, mostly it will keep you in shape and boost your fuel bill. But when the weather starts to turn and the days get shorter, predators really focus on stocking up on food. Some bacon grease, melted lard, cracklings or any combination of them down a one inch wobble hole will show you where the critters will be on opening day.

i could'nt agree more laz I wont waste my efforts during the hot long months either I start experimenting in September come October ive got a real good idea on were to consentrate my effort to lock them into a specific area.

It's my opinion that any pre baiting Is a waste of bait and time and money.

Thx..

that's why I use stuff thats dirt cheap. As far as gas you will be using it to scout. I consider this concentrated effort scouting. as well as most of it is done in areas, I intend to make my core

im lazy. I scout by looking for coyote turds alongside county roads whenever im driving someplace. I look for bobcats by noticing where rabbits get squished a lot or I see multiple packrat nests in hedge rows. im to cheap to prebait anything

My yote density isn't as great as some states so I try hard to congregate them in a area. I search for sections with over laping territorys then pre bait it hard. in areas I can drive to farm roads are my first choice! easy to access and major travel ways for yotes

In my area the coyotes are where you find them no need to feed them.
WE caught 33 coyotes off of 6 farms and only one of those farms was 10 miles from the others. Most were only about 3 miles apart. NO need to pre bait coyotes around here.

This Is corn country and when the corn Is standing It's our main food source for coon. When the corn Is gone they head for water or the hard wood ridges eating mast.
If you find the local seasonal food sources just set those areas the critters will be there.

I also use to dig holes and pour In 5 gallon buckets of fast food oil and grill scrapings. Drew critters like crazy and they dug out every bit of bait and even increased the hole size by about 10 times it's original size. But when Nov rolled around lots of those critters moved on to seasonal food sources. Sure we caught fur at those spots but we had to wade through all the domestics and other non target junk too.
If you feel the need go for It but I think your time would be better off spending time scouting for local seasonal food sources. The critters will be there.

I've been mixing new cafe $&it "yellow" with an oil and have been getting an unreal response, I'm hopefull they remember that oil this fall...

I agree beav but my seasonal food source is deer gut piles and its hard to determine who when or were they are going to be. Hunting pressure might increase or decrease ultimately dictating the amount of food. To date I haven't found any scent that trumps a fresh gut pile. I can say with certainty they want a big rewards instead of a small hole full of good smells. Even urine is ignored in the time of plenty. Blind sets are king once the orange brigade leaves then its a deer carcass at every bridge.So now my #1 bait is very slightly tainted deer meat using a unbelievable amount at sets.

I think a lot of problems are misdiagnosed.

Last year I tried some prebaiting. I did this out in some open range land and ended up catching more skunks and coons than I normally would in such an area and I can't really say that I caught any more coyotes than I normally would. That's my limited experience in my area. I have done well in areas where we have disposed of dead cattle so maybe a large carcass is worth it.

Seth with your skunk and coon population I can see you could load up on them but that isn't such a bad thing. Skunks are a good money maker and I always like catching them. In fact they are over all more profitable then many of the coyotes out there. Adding up the skin, essence, pods and the fat value they are well worth catching.

Carcass beef, sheep and dump stations will bring good rewards if it has some history to it especially in your country.