In the past I have refrained from snaring fence lines because of pelt damage that occurred when animal tangled in the wire .I've got some great looking coyotes coming into a bait but the fence is the only place to maybe hang a snare . Maybe anchor it back away so they cant reach it ?. Is there a secret to keeping the coyote off the fence in places like that ?

I have the same situation here around a hay yard. I stake so they can’t reach the fence,sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. I am interested in what others have to say. I suppose maybe a kill pole might work.

I just use a good kill snare and let them hang up in the fence. Usually very little damage.

you could slid them away from the fence but It's a lot of screwing around. If You can use lethal methods then the kill pole would be the way to go. Just place the kill pole out away from the fence. The coyote will wrap around It on his first go round. And never get back to the fence.

I have ruined a lot of fences, no more. This is the one time I always use a shorter snare and a kill pole. Dont ruin the fence or the location

Could you hook up a drowner type slide to a solid Buried stake away from the fence?

Osky

You could do that.

I don't set fence line snares at all anymore. From what I've seen the negatives far outweighed the positives to it. I've had to deal with pelt damage, fence damage, and last but also the most prevalent problem I've had...Deer! If it weren't for them I'd probably set a few more but I've learned my lesson. Sometimes I can set just a few feet off of the fence if the trail extends that far out and eliminate all the problems.

Use rams? If you don’t have any, might be well worth buying a half dozen. A nice yote will more than cover it.

I have a love/hate for snaring fences. Works great catches everything. Everything!!! Young/small deer an kill snares are bad!! I've also seen coons and jackrabbit that ripped themselves apart on fences. I've also had wrecked fences. I actually Haven't had bad experiences with fox and coyote but I have almost entirely went away from under fence snarling.
But I will put a snares 5' away or so on the same trail. Put the stake as far away as possible and add a tangle/kill pole to keep them away and save trail. And I use kill snares.
Usually fence snares have the snare lower than recommended for coyote and fox so they causes a lot of incidental catches. Including domestic animals and pets . They also lead to more body catches.

While you are not explaining if the fence is barbed wire, woven or electric, where the crossing is next to a post or the exact situation, you have the option of a kill pole as stated, which can also be camo'd as part of your "guide stick" after the yote goes under the fence. Understand the canine as they are lazy like you. If you make the effort to cross a fence, you are not going to walk around a light obstacle like an open snare pen. I am not talking about a forest, but use your environment. If you have snow, then you have a path that influences a yote, as much as their use of a dirt trail. Subtle will guide them into the snare. But use a kill pole as you can hang them up dead in minutes and save the site.

Just remember that you can run an extra long snare wire, anchor away from the fence, and the kill pole out by that anchor will hang up a yote like a hook seine. Yes it takes more snare wire.

As for deer, use breakaways or a stop so the loop will not close on a leg. Deer should go over snares with barrier placement.

I"m not talking about leg caught deer, deer typically go under a fence head first. I've set snares that I literally thought no deer would think to crawl under (very low bottom wire or very low top wire) yet there is still that one that decides to go under.


Sorry, I kind of got sidetracked on my own problems haha. If there are no deer in the area and the fence is sturdy enough to not sustain damage easily I would just set the snare on the fence. I have had some pelt damage in the past but not much and most of the time the coyote has expired before it could do too much. Otherwise I would just set further out if the trail extends out.

I'm not calling you out star flakes but deer go under fences head first. Just letting everyone know from experience.. snares under fences with small/young deer present can have bad results. Especially with kill snares. I've also had bad experiences with underalls and using jump sticks. So i also don't use or avoid these.
I use 285# s breakaway and deer stops and 99% of leg caught deer escape/ breakout. And I agree with the rest of what star flakes is saying..
Just another thing to add is also snarling right on the fence can wreck the opening they use. Make it bigger with the catch circle. I stay away from the fence aways use a shorter snare, killpole if needed. Then when I make a catch I will use a longer snare while using the same anchors and killpole. I also will do this on both sides of fence if possible .

I’d move the bait.

I won’t set a barbwire fence anymore. Just to many issues.

I will set GOOD woven wire, but am awful picky about the spots I set. ANY deer or antelope sign, and it’s a no go.

Great way to catch lots of jackrabbits and kochia.

I am fortunate here. They widened a 2 lane road to a 4 way and thestate put up a really good woven wire fence. And I have a green light to trap for miles and miles of it. But I dont have the time. If I did I would own a 4 wheeler to haul kill poles and use short snares. Long extensions are nice if the coyote will get away from the scene. But the last thing i want is passer byes looking. Shorter snare and a kill pole and he will likely be dead in less than a minute. Long snare and he might be dead but he is going to tear up a bunch of undergrowth that helped block the snare in. As Clint Locklear told me about fence snaring yotes, "You never know with a coyote. They don't play by the rules ."

Even more important than catching deer are peoples dogs. In the country they just let them out to roam wherever. While I dont believ in that as I have 2 of my own and they stay right by me some dont mind. Its has cost me alot ot coyotes for sure but I always check my snares daily. And if I am in the area I knock on a few doors and let them know traps will be out. While it may be controversial in the end they are glad I let them know. Better safe than sorry. If I find any sign it might be a dog not just a coyote I set a trail cam. 3 days will tell me what I am facing.

The only time I set a fence now is if the trail is obviously not being used by deer, for example heavy briars with a “tunnel” leading to the fence. I don’t find many. Last time I set one in the open I set it about 12 feet from the fence on the trail. There was “no way” a deer would do anything other than knock it down. Wrong. And deer stops and break aways only help with leg caugt deer.

Kirby01 Not trying to hijack this but just a note to the readers, Stopping on ANY interstate highway for any other purpose than an Emergency is illegal and will get you a ticket for obstructing traffic. Your vehicle can be searched and a warden called to assure you have a license, trap tags,etc., etc..Ask the Highway patrol officer its up to his discretion but it is the law in every state for interstates. Same holds true for all our state limited access highways here.
And NO highways in our state can be trapped by individuals as the DOT has contracts with the USDA-ADC APHIS folks to remove problem wildlife on their Right-of-Ways. Permission to trap any land here must be granted by the Title holder (DOT owns highway land, landowners own county roads as only transportation easements exist county roads, etc.). I assume you are on the private land side with any vehicle, atv, or foot traffic to avoid the conflict... the mike.

Any road that was two lane isn't an interstate. But obviously he'd have to be off the right of way.