Anyone ever try mixing two or three different types of commercial K9 baits together and use down a dirt hole ? Would this make it more appealing with all the different scents, or all the ingredients in most baits all about the same and would offer no real advantage ? Just thinking out loud on a rainy day. -Thanks

Make a two or three hole set with a different bait in each hole.

In theory with all the mega ingredients and knowledge in them bottles I don't see why you would have ta do that, but it just might be a winnah winnah chicken dinnah. Since it's raining I'd throw on the water boots and a raincoat and punch a few hundred holes, drop some slop on the surface as well to confirm edibility and other responses, then set a camera on a few of them in a group. If you don't have many cams just move them periodically. That is the only true way to find out if it will draw something in your neck of the woods. The real question...how is ones ability to prepare and trap the animal that will be coming to the bait?

This is one test batch, hundreds of holes for a baseline on responses. Then we move to phase two.

caught a coyote today with a strip of bacon and a dab of a buddy's homemade bait in a dirt hole. i had some old bacon that's been sitting out for a while so i gave it a shot. goes to show there aren't any rules in this deal

I have a shelf full of these so called great baits,some I have already sold off.Wasn't what I would say was a dynamite coyote catching baits.Others have told me the same thing.A guy catches a dozen coyotes and thinks he has a winner,lol.

Like the homeowner who hires a trapper and that trapper breaks out bait and claims the reason you weren't successful was because commercial bait and lure have "special" ingredients to attract animals in them. That's always a good one and around here some pest guys who do wildlife control use that a lot. I've said to customers on more than a few occasions after the first 1 or 2 companies failed...then why am I here if they used "commercial bait and lure? Always done with a smile too, we all lose a few here and there, comes with the territory. They've paid good money for their services as well. I believe an individuals efforts and ability in "trapping" is the missing link to a lot of problems from coyotes to squirrels. You could spit on the ground and have a canine come over and give it a whiff, especially after eating a fantastic meal. When trying to make an attractant for an animal, I really believe if people put half the energy into their ability to trap an animal while learning about the target animal and things that animal likes, needs and what sparks its curiosity. As they do on trying to come up with the million dollar concoction without testing, knowing or having an idea why an ingredient is added or evaluating the materials they are using by field testing and serious about it, would put them right where they want to be, with a better understanding. You'll also find that making an attractant isn't as hard as most make it out to be. Putting on the lab coat and compounding lethal ingredients that'll knock ya out without wearing a respirator or any other crazy combo is a different story, but I've seen many guys who buy "THE BEST BAIT" use their own blend because the best bait just wasn't the best in their neck of the woods. Then I've seen lots who use the best bait and do very well, but they take their trapping very serious and practice making sets and do their homework in the field by setting where the animals are. Some will say its more scaled to that then it is the bait. Hard to get better at something or making something without practice and repetition. jmo

You get yourself in front of different coyote traveling areas or draw stations you should get interest just by being there with a variety of smells. If you stay in the same old areas all season you keep getting the same old action or not much at all.

Unless you are in a good draw station area that continues to attract animals all winter you need to spread yourself around more.

Many trappers are restricted due to time limitations on their field time or don't have enough places to go to if some areas don't pan out for them. Some locations change in their productivity every year so you need to move on to other places in hopes of connecting else where.

Things happen to some areas where animal frequency is changed or they avoid an area. This can be due to some conflict they have dealt with in that area such as harassment, close trapping pressure, calling, spot lighting etc. This changes a lot of predator behavior and whether they leave an area or avoid it for a period of time.

Always prevailing winds and them bait and lures that claim they can call'em in from miles away. For those who are limited in trapping ground and time, tha might be an option.

To the original poster:

Yes. I end up with a jar of "all kinds" of lures and generally a little jug of "who knows what" baits at the end of the season. They do perfectly fine for me.

A 50/50 combo of RJ's Lucky and Graham's Cat Creek put a bunch in the truck for us this year so far.