Got a lot of properties that farmers want the coon off of their property. Problem is with the wonderful fur prices I don’t want to be there an extended amount of time and these properties are all over the map but some of them want to pay by the head because they are having so much trouble. Figure I would pick a farm and gang set the crap outta it and try to get the numbers down while running the line Friday Saturday Sunday

Anyone got any opinions on other ways of getting good majority of the coon off a property in a short amount of time? I figured I will use dp’s, footholds and snares for them. When I mean gang set I’m saying 50-60 sets on a 100 acre farm. Just wondering if I’m going about this correctly.

I would say scout the properties very good and gang set like you said . sounds like fun .

If legal in your area I would add conibears in boxes. They will pickup some set shy coons, unless domestics animals are an issue. You can use totally different baits.

Could try pre-baiting. Several threads on here about that.

On a 100 acre farm I think that is a bit overkill but I could be wrong

I’ve prebaited before on some of the properties I trap. I honestly have had the same success with prebaiting and running normally. I try to stay away from conibears tho.

One farm in particular is 100 acres bottom and swampy area. This ajoins a 200 acre corn field, where the farmer plants 30-40 of it in sweet corn. And on the other side is grain storage... Lost a lot of sweet corn this year and is making a mess of his grain. That one is the one I’m thinking of doing that many traps on

Throw out a camera or two. This may help give you an idea on how many your dealing with. Sometime only a few can make it look like your dealing with hundreds.

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Do you think getting "a majority of the coon" is possible, especially in a primo location ...?" Good luck and make the farmers feel a little bit better for a while.

Not knowing your line or geography makes my thoughts less helpful I am sure. Around here it seems the coons don't always go to the same place every night so to me it may make more sense to say set a tad lighter like 25-30 sets and cover a few more places as the family groups may be feeding in different areas each night. Also the older males and barren females run longer circuits and you indicated weekends which would be 2-4 nights at best and that may be a bit on the short end. Also if you scouting is good you can find the major trails and having gang sets at fewer better trails will probably yield more coons than just laying a lot of steel on each bit of sign. You may also have some crop changes that alter movement as well. Your idea of using several trap types is a sound practice, maybe not quite as efficient but it gives you more options to catch coons that are reluctant or leery of certain sets.

Bryce

good advice ,so far , keep us posted on how you do

If you trap a small area intensely for very short amount of time. You have zero chance of having a significant impact on the population. LOL. On the other hand if you intensely trap a large area for an extended amount of time you have a very good chance of knocking the population down. This has been my own personal experience. Good luck

I go and set every trail I can find with snares.

I know it’s time consuming for coon at these low prices, but I would have a couple dozen footholds out too. 30-40 Dp’s plus 2 dozen dirt hole sets. When I trap a feedlot I will set heavy like your thinking. The first 3-4 nights you’ll really clean them up with the Dp’s, but if you’re going to hammer them. You will have to mix things up. Just my thoughts. Good luck.

Tight coon trails through grass and 160s have killed a lot of coon for me that literally went right by DPs. A variety of sets and baits is important I'd you are hitting them fast and hard.
If any water dont forget traditional pocket sets too.
Jim

I would set up the areas they are paying you more per head.....less they pay, less time involved.

Afterwards, during the rut, go back for the big boys.

I would change the second sentence to include this......If you intensely trap a large area for an extended amount of time you have a very good chance of making a population thrive within the holding capacity of the area and will cut down on disease making the overall population healthier. LLL

Look up Burger King set on youtube. I've done this at a few farms where the farmer was having coon issues. You can really hammer the coons in a few days.