You forgot to invite me over. I did stop to see Mr. Lee.

Enjoyed our visit too, Butch. Come back anytime your coming through!

Thanks

I would like to know how Many miles he traveled a day on his line and how far apart sets were made. Does he make it a point to make sets every half mile 2 miles?

If you look at my Screen shot #2 on the previous page of this thread you can see Robert's entire trapline and the 34 stops where he set traps. Robert set traps where he had permission and where he saw sign. Look at the "T*" places and you can see he had no set distances between stops/sets. I did miss a few stops for various reasons. I probably missed less than 6 stops so figure he made 40 stops to set traps. Some stops had as many as 10 sets. All stops had at least two sets. So my rough guess is he had at least 150+ traps out on 10 Jan. The route we drove that day was 93.5 miles long.

That’s what I’m talking about eb... He is looking for suggestions from you guys to better his catch... Let’s hear some more!

For you numbers guys, Robert shared some information this morning. During the last 66 days of Robert Quest #1 he killed 777 head. This was Dec 1 to Feb 4 and includes a six day Christmas Break. So 777 head for the last 60 trapping days. That is 12.95 (call it 13) head per day for December and January. Not bad averaging 13 coyotes a day for the last two months of the season which typically has the worst weather and a population that has already been worked for a month or so.

Would a gob of LDC or skunk tincture on a fence post help? It wouldn't take but a few seconds, 1 gob would cover all the traps in a gang set situation, it would help if the wind isn't perfect or is shifting... I just use 1" pieces of dollar store sponge preloaded with skunk/peanut oil... lot of times I just flick one out on the ground close to my sets...

I'm no long liner and I know when your on the road space is a premium but I kind of wondered if a four wheeler wouldn't have help him especially in rough weather

Any updates? Pictures? This is by far the best post on Trapperman to date.

I need some information. I rode with Robert for a few days in January. I gleaned that I need to add a few things to my coyote killing inventory. As ahown below Robert wears some Carhartt stuff. I've been wearing a Woolrich vest and plan to get a Carhartt vest before next fall. I do have a Carhartt jacket similar to the one Robert wears. That is my problem his jacket is green and mine is red. Do I need to go green?

If you want to catch 1,000 coyotes you need to go green.

Yes, any other color and you will fall far short of 1000.

Yep only if you want 1000

Green is my favorite color also it might be a red head thing .
But then again you might be on to something if you are superstitions .

Pud Long.....are you serious ...LMAO....his parents must have been quite the characters !!!

This thread has been one of my favorites to follow. Highly entertaining and a testament to hard work.
Green is my favorite color also.

Darn mine's blue. Might be good for 1001??

His given name was Robert Long, no joke. BTW, just got home from Tractor Supply and they have already put their coats & vests into storage for the summer.

Well I have a black one and I didnt catch 1000 ... just sayin