Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/23/20 09:38 PM
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Mr. Jameson’s response on another thread got me to thinking. Didn’t want to hijack that thread. I’ve been trying out some new lures and bait since season closed. Mock dirt holes and pipes mostly. Sure does separate the wheat from the chaff. Some yotes don’t even break stride while others look like a bass when you set the hook as they get down wind. I’ve pulled my cameras now because it’s spring and figure the yotes reactions might not be the same as during the fall. Am I correct in doing this ?
I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/23/20 09:47 PM
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Are you considering moving trap out to about 12 inches? That looks about the distance from nose to toes.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/23/20 10:13 PM
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Thank you. Have many places to test this time of year. Cameras don’t get stolen as bad as in the fall. Those two yotes were very timid in their response. Hard chargers had their feet much closer but also farther back at some point. Close trap would have missed the bigger yote for sure. Trap back a little would have had a shot at all of them. The smaller yote is missing his toes on on foot. Interesting property. I have video of a three legged coon, deer and this yote. It’s right next to a highway.
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I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
More trappin' and less yappin'.
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/24/20 11:47 AM
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Thank you Bob. Valuable insight as usual. I’ll play with them over the summer. But will get back hard on it around dispersal.
I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
More trappin' and less yappin'.
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/24/20 05:31 PM
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Very interesting, thanks yote and Bob. What Bob said about a lured object close to a lured or baited set needs to be noticed. Especially with hole sets. They just gotta pee on something to tell the world " this is mine" ..
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/24/20 07:40 PM
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I saw that time and time again after they stole the bait out of the holes and pipes. Surprised that dirt hole wasn’t full of urine. They were still peeing on the sets a month later.
I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
More trappin' and less yappin'.
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/25/20 10:07 AM
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Yote bed a trap with the jaws zip tied shut at the trail cam test sites to see if it makes a diff or not. I've done it without Cams and learned a bunch. It was an eye opener!
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/25/20 10:39 AM
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Yes sir
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Yote bed a trap with the jaws zip tied shut at the trail cam test sites to see if it makes a diff or not. I've done it without Cams and learned a bunch. It was an eye opener! I'm 15 sets into that test so far. 2 holes foot and a half apart, same bait ,one with trap out front one without.
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/25/20 01:20 PM
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Zip tied shut? You mean set trap correct. I have an old welded up 650 around here somewhere.
I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
More trappin' and less yappin'.
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/26/20 10:04 PM
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Would not a steel plate about the same size of the trap work? No violation there but still same results I would think.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/26/20 10:31 PM
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I am not worried about metal or not, I have a couple 4 " PVC pipe pieces that are 1/2 inch. I bed it and try to get a print in the center. Sometime no pipe just loose dirt to look at tracks.
Wish I had more time to trap....
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/28/20 09:30 AM
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Zip tied shut? You mean set trap correct. I have an old welded up 650 around here somewhere. Yep, set and disabled , anchored. strke2x, no closed season for yotes in Michigan.. You can also dig a trap bed and sift it full, without a trap, and with a trap. You'll be surprised..
Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..
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Re: Trail cams and lure/bait tests
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04/29/20 04:38 PM
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Found my welded up 650. I have a call into a warden.
I'm itchin' to see a coyote twitchin'.
More trappin' and less yappin'.
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