So today I was checking my few CRs. I can see fresh coyote tracks heading down the fence line head right for my CR. I don't know how that coyote did it but It got out of that CR. I see where he laid down and the CR Is laying there fully closed. There was no tear up just It's tracks a lay down spot and then a single set of tracks leading away. I don't know If It pawed the loop off It's neck or It was jaw caught or maybe foot caught. But It wasn't there.
Then to make matters worse my next CR was approached and the track stopped 5" away from the loop and then the coyote backed up and left. Maybe It was the same coyote or It's running mate there were at least 2 coyotes working that field.

Then I go to the next farm and see fresh coyote tracks heading right down the fence line. The farmer had dumped a dead sheep along the fence line. The coyote went right by It never broke stride and went across the field and turned down the trail where I had caught a coyote last Tuesday . Of coarse I didn't have a snare there . But there Is one there know. LOL
Fresh snow sure does tell the tale.

Frustrated In Oregon WI.

Hey Beav. It’s called the sport of trapping. lol

see,even you professionals struggle from time to time.

The Beav is purposefully leaving seed.

them was research yotes it wouldn't a happened.

Ya we got these stupid laws about non lethal snaring. If I could have got back in the brush those would have been dead coyotes. Since they wouldn't have seen those CRs.

But there Is always next year.

Hmmm painting them might help blend them in a bit

I had one chew out and a day later I had the same unexplainable catch and no coyote just a closed loop. A little bit of a catch circle (hesitated to even call it that) but he wasn't there long. They make these dang laws so strict. The deer have been pushing them out of the way like they are supposed to. Why make it so hard on the trapper to kill these yotes?

I feel the pain. And all my CRs are painted like Robert shows on his blog. And they do blend In to some degree.

Houdini coyotes , I had 2 do that this winter . Makes you stand there scratching your head trying to figure out how they got out !

Try snaring in Michigan

When you start painting lol ? Thought you weren't into that?

I did a few this year and so far I don't se a huge difference between the painted ones and the un painted ones.

no entanglement and such on your cr's there too Beav??don't care to do it pa's way,i stick to footholds.

Yep no entanglement. Well you can't set near any rooted material bigger then a 1/2".

Dry weather no snow foot holds snow and freezing weather CRs.

It's only illegal if you get caught.

Those laws sound silly.

Get this. If you cut the bigger than half inch vegetation you can shove it back in the ground and it becomes a legal set. It's a pain but I take pruners and a plastic ruler with me to stay legal. If I get in trouble I won't be eligible for my nuisance trapping test.

There's another place you can stick it...not meaning to be derogatory in any way!

when Minn. legalizes non residents i'm on the first plane to les's front yard and not leaving till he lets me bo snarin with him.

snaring is something i'd really like to do for a month someday.not cr-ing either.