How often does someone do that? I usually do every 2 weeks. If that too often or not enough?

Only if it has rained heavy. I just caught a fox in a set not touched in two weeks

As long as it is working for you don't stop, i go 2-3 weeks. If your using good products, that time frame is just right imo.

I would say thats too often. Had a few sets out for almost 4 weeks and was going to pull them today due to no activity in the area and boom had a coyote in one today.
Have had heavy snow and melts 3 times on those sets and never re lured or re baited.

Depends alot on weather and the lure. I had a catch last year 83 days from luring and the dirt hole had been underwater 3 times

5-7 days

I've had coyotes dig lure out of the ground 2-3 months after I made the set.

Do you relure with the same lure?

Depends if you are selling lure or not. I am a one and done kind of guy. Without a torrential downpour.

That wou!d be a waste of lure unless it's been wet

Urine you might want to put out more often

Well I just added some fresh urine to 4 of my sets yesterday and caught a couple coyotes today. I grabbed the ball of sheep wool with my lure and still had the same smell as a couple weeks ago. Refreshing with urine did good for me.

You will add more catches by refreshing your sets even if the lure is a good quality and still has smelling power. Fresh smell piques their interest. If your set has set for 5 - 7 days on a good location it's likely the coyote has already passed this set and knows it's there but not totally interested. By adding a quick shot of urine or other smell I feel it has new appeal to them to get a closer look the next time they go by. I have observed this on my line many times. Tracks going by sets and not committing. Hit set with fresh urine or gland lure and next morning they connect.

I think Mr. June probably knows what he’s talking about.....

What was i thinking i sell lure and bait, relure and rebait everyday.

What was i thinking i sell lure and bait, relure and rebait everyday.

I try to stay consistent with my smells so my notes make sense. The inclination for many trappers is to not use much lure because they remember the coyotes that wanted to commit suicide and dug through month old crusty snow to get to the goodies. That's not consistent stack em in the truck everyday trapping. That's just some that want to die young I guess. I trap for specific animals in ADC or for as many as I can catch on the fur line. And to catch critters in crap weather (which is trapping season about everywhere) you gotta give something to be interested in. Some, you might kill with a drop or two, but you won't stack 'em up as best you could... cause some you have to give them em something to lean into!

I remember the first year I ran the Academy in Texas, Zagger was the third instructor up that first morning. The dude is one mean, lean stack em up machine and we were taking equipment. I'm up first, I show my fork I use for bait and say I use a "glob." Second instructor up pulls out a bait fork and says "I use a more than June, I use this much.''
I still remember, Zagman pulls out a mongo fork and laughs and says, "People are going to think I sell lure for you June, but this is MY fork!" It was like a Crocodile Dundee fork!!! Expansion handle and everything. He dug into a jug of bait and pulled out a HUNK, I mean a hunk, and said, this is how much I use.

I admit, after seeing that mongo Zagman fork in 2016.... I got a bigger fork!

Selling lures has nothing to do with my advice to help trappers out. The Lord has blessed us enough for 10 lifetimes so if somebody thinks I'm trying to grease our wheels, to sell more lures, they don't know Donna and I very well. We've been the same hard working folks since I started in 1984 and the years have been more than kind. 35 years and counting. It's gone by fast.

We help a lot of trappers and I've always been open to sharing information as I attended FT College in Indiana in the 1980's with the likes of Kermit Stearns, Odon Corp, Major Boddicker, Pete Askins, Keith Gregerson, George Stewart, and so many humble pioneers of this craft. That was back in the day when nobody taught anyone anything, and I've never forgotten those war horses and how they ran their races. Excellent examples - all of them.

Bottom line: I don't trap with a dime size glob of lure and a fork full of bait at sets much of the year, with exceptions being when it's humid... I can pull then back because moisture helps the smells.

I don't relure enough it sounds like,i use a good portion the first time and a generous portion of bait and fur trapping I use 1 to 2 oz of good urine coyote and fox,about 40% fox urine.I keep good records of what lure/bait was used to when I do relure I use the same smells,i do add a different lure on the set sometimes or use a different urine I use 3 different urine single male,spiked fox and spiked coyote.Very interesting thread.

Interesting point Mark. There is a difference between working and work better. Sometimes as trappers we can get satisfied with "working " and stop looking for the "working better".

This guy must be a lure maker lol