OK Like question says Who uses 2 traps per set? I use to NEVER run but 1 trap per set. But now on smaller jobs I am using 2 per set. I can do this on jobs of 10000 acres and less I On 5000 acres now. Just left a 6000 acre tract. Most of my jobs = 60% are 10000 acres plus. So on a big job I must run 1 trap per set. Alabama has STUPID 150 trap limit laws. But small jobs = I can see 2 traps helping me

James Lucero's = JL Dirthole JL # 1 Lure SMC urine. Muskrat meat.

But you could have made 2 sets 20' apart and caught 2 coyotes and been done with the job a lot quicker.

I'll use 2 traps on sets I can use drags on. That way if a coyote gets in just one of the traps at the set it gets away from the set. Then there is still a working trap at the set.

Beav. Not Necessarily. I am trapping in a low coyote density. Some place"s I trap 2 twice a year. This place I am on gets 3 times a year. I have been on this place for 5 years now. But I get your point. This location. Had another set. Flat Set. About 20 yards away. Double trap. Chain together. Tracks in the sand = indicate this coyote was alone

Remake. Turned into a double dirt hole

I can see the 2 trap thing when ADC trapping but with fur trapping I would rather set more locations then setting less with 2 traps. If I get a tracked pattern and the trap Is still set I figure that coyote is going to get caught sooner or later at that location.
And In this country digging 2 trap beds and burying all that chain would be a real pain In the rear. But In ideal ground conditions it would be less of a problem.

Beav. Lucky here. It's pure red sand. With the occasional red clay. I set multiple traps per location When sign tells me too. I have limited time. And need to catch those smart ones that circle the sets BUT want commit. So I started using 2 traps at ALL Sets. My notes show. About 10 % improvement Maybe more this trip. I concider anything under 10000 acres to be a small job. Used to running 20 to 30 thousand acres jobs

I had the same mindset as Beav, but I've given it a lot of thought. Ive got plenty of traps, I'll do 2 traps at a set after the coon hole up this season. Should cut down on misses especially with snow. The yote that left that track may never return!

If ya don't set 2-3 per location, how do you catch doubles and triples?

And, when 1 or 2 get a non-target, then ya still have 1 working for yotes!

My landowners want them GONE!

You get it Trappergbus! If I am on a 10 day job In a hard trapped place And on day 7 a coyote ALMOST steps on the pan He May not come back around for 7 more days. I will be leaving on day 10. And will not get him cause I am already home ! LoL

They'll be at least 3 sets per location, gotta give em choices and I want every one..

Lots of places in south Alabama have no coons or possums And skunks are all but gone down here So I let the sign I see tell me how many traps to set

Nice picture of set steeltraps, easy to see your Lucero influence with trap placement AND rib ---- thought I was the only one that still used one !

It must be really frustrating when you have 2 traps at a set and still miss that critter. LOL

Ks Wolfer. You are correct. That's my short cut off rib. Fits in that Leggets bag. I have another rib that linger and has the = ball end. That can be used to make coyote like tracks

Beav. It's not that funny! LOL! Miss one last trip at a double dirthole BUT got lucky when it went on down the line about 10 yards and got into a 2 Set Flat Set

Great pics of the set and good info. I enjoy reading these kinda threads

In a situation where I’m having a tough time getting the backing to naturally guide a coyote to one side or the other I will use two traps. The norm is only one though, usually one is enough because through the power of suggestion and manipulation of a coyotes natural tendencies I can generally make them approach the way I want them to.

And I just received my James Lucero book in the mail. Gotta find time to sit down and read it.