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Trap distances #6736510
01/19/20 09:12 PM
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How far apart do you set your traps? I have a decent sized field I trap and have around 4 sets all further then 50 yrds apart, they're all dirthole sets and all are baited, is that too close to use bait in every set?

Re: Trap distances [Re: trapper314] #6736548
01/19/20 09:34 PM
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I'll assume your targeting fox given your location and description.

If a location is good enough for one set, it's good enough for two. I like my sets close together, sometimes so close the catch circles make a figure eight.

Really good locations get three and sometimes four sets within ten or fifteen feet of each other.

And I never use bait. Just quality fox lure and urine.

Find out where the fox are traveling and put a few sets close together.


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Re: Trap distances [Re: trapper314] #6736599
01/19/20 09:57 PM
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most folks set on a location they have found sign

and since we often get non-targets like coon or opossum, etc, we set AT LEAST 2 sets (traps) per location, anywhere from 6-20 ft apart, often, depending on local backings, etc.

I was taught to make at least 2 sets upwind on a travel lane and 1 set downwind, in case the wind changes.


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Re: Trap distances [Re: trapper314] #6736624
01/19/20 10:15 PM
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This is how close I set when there is a lot of sign. That’s the 9th and 10th coyote I’ve took there in the past 2 weeks . If you look behind them you can see old catch circles that was so muddy I couldn’t get a new set in . There is 4 traps within 20 feet there.

Re: Trap distances [Re: trapper314] #6736626
01/19/20 10:16 PM
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One trap every .3447 miles. Haha so many factors play into this. How many animals are in the area, how much the frequent the area, how many traps the trapper has, how much time the trapper has, how many other locations the trapper has access to, the amount of sign as the other areas, and the list goes on and on and on.


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01/19/20 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Tommie
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This is how close I set when there is a lot of sign. That’s the 9th and 10th coyote I’ve took there in the past 2 weeks . If you look behind them you can see old catch circles that was so muddy I couldn’t get a new set in . There is 4 traps within 20 feet there.


That's what I'm talking about! Nice figure eight.


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Re: Trap distances [Re: trapper314] #6736739
01/19/20 11:33 PM
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Someone post that pic of 11 coyotes all in a row right next to each other Bob W had a few years back.

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