I usually set two sometimes three traps at a location. Some good trappers recommend 3-4 traps. Your thoughts on gang setting. Do you always set a trap across the road or trail from the other trap to adjust for possible change in wind direction or do you set the traps for the initial wind direction the time you are setting.

That will work.

The thing about gang setting Is If you catch one coyote you have a captive audience. So any other coyotes are going to hang around and with more sets In the vicinity your odds go up In catching the other critters.
The other thing Is If you catch some junk you still have other sets that are still In working order.
I've never made more then 3 sets at any one location. There may be another location on that property that I may set but It's going to be no where close to the first location.

If your not gang setting your missing lots of opportunities for taking other critters.
I'll have to take a step back on the 3 set thing. When trapping road side bridges I would some times set 6 or more sets at a stop.

I’m somewhat new to trapping, but when I first started out I set one set per location. Caught some critters and was happy.
Got on here reading about gang setting and was told if a spots good enough for one, it’s good enough for two or more. Well, let me tell you, it works! Had multiple doubles since I started. I hardly set singles and I may be setting doubles wrong, but I’m catching multiple critters within sight of one another. My sets may be 10-15ft apart or 10-30yds apart, don’t know if that constitutes as gang setting or not. I generally set no more than 2. Really haven’t found a spot for more.

I dont per say "gang set" a location but will set several traps per location and here why. Let's say I'm setting a 2 tract road I'll make a set on each side. Maybe both dirt holes or flat or one of each. And go 20 or 30 years and make another. The reason behind that is that any animal when caught will whine cry whimper howl ect. Other will come to investigate that distress call. Now there 2 or 3 changes to catch that animal. Set one trap and happen to catch a rabbit and sees what happens. Itll scream and bounce and will become a free dinner. Now without another trap in the close proximity you miss a chance to catch that animal. Just my 2 cents

2 traps for normal prevailing wind and 1 across trail/rd for change..typically a rub set, dirt hole or compass set, then a flat set.
ya MUST plan for a coon in 1 and a fox or skunk in another trap, leaving 1 for the yotes

That pretty much sums It up.
If some one would post that gang set pic of Bob Ws catch. There are 12 coyotes caught at that location I think you can actually see 8 or so.

I definitely agree with traprjohn. There r places I trap where coon is so prevalent that I have no choice but to gang set. If i don't I just have to keep taking coon from that location and defeats the purpose of even setting a flashy set for coyotes. Last season I even went so far as to place dps yards around my coyote sets cause I couldn't keep them out of them. And save on my waxed dirt on the constant coon remakes.

We have so many coon, possums, and skunks here. The extra sets at a location help me catch more targets with each stop.
Jim

"That pretty much sums It up.
If some one would post that gang set pic of Bob Ws catch. There are 12 coyotes caught at that location I think you can actually see 8 or so."

Mark Zagger has some pictures like that. All out West, in places just like the one the picture you are talking about was taken.
It is different out West, than back here in the East. Those huge carcass dumps are magnets. Plus there are typically a LOT more coyotes in those areas.

I'm just making the point that just about every location needs at least 2 sets and In most cases 3 would be better. I like to have one dirt hole set up with no bait lure or urine. You would be surprised at how many catches can be made at that type of set. It just about eliminates the junk catches at that set.

I've set a lot of my locations with 3 traps and have never had 3 animals caught at once yet. I have noticed if I have 2 remake sets at one location it pays to have a fresh at that location for the shy ones.

Two or three at a good location, maybe no more than 6-7 traps per family unit, territory

Always multiple traps/snares per location. Location is defined by sign. Could be two or three sets within 50 feet of each other or 7 or 8 sets in 200 or 300 yards. When you have tracks and turds everywhere, set everywhere that makes sense. If you're going to stop and check one you might as well check a bunch.

Here you go Beav,

I tend to use five traps at any real likely location. If the extra traps are in the truck or the shed they just won't catch.

All those coyotes and none of them trying to get away.

TAME PET YOTES!!! He used to train bird dogs but got to easy now trains yotes for obedience!

Dad would say that about fishing. "Can't catch anything if your line is not in the water."

Man - you could write a book about THAT location!!
Another thought - when I hear coyotes around here at night howling - it's not just one or two howls coming from the same area...

Well they may have been there for a few days. Maybe no check laws.

But It does point out the reasoning behind gang setting. He might have caught all those yotes one at a time but It would have taken weeks to do It.
I think that location was a dead pile from a feed lot.