Looking into a possible trapping trip after the holidays. Started rounding up a few properties East of Shawnee. Is there any tips or advice I should consider before spending 12 days digging dirtholes?
Thanks

Make bunch of signs? Do you still have to mark you sets with signs in Oklahoma?

Have to post signs on entry gates so everybody knows where to steal good trapping equipment. And don't forget your offset Jaws.

Quality of yotes not so great in that area. Quantity on the other hand is there

I'll second that Flint Hill. The further east and south you go in Oklahoma the more they look like German Shepards but they do have a lot of them.

Not to concerned with the quality. Heard there were a bunch and I'm thinking it would be a blast checking full traps. Would love to get a triple or quad pic. I double stake with 24" rebar in Michigan, is that doable in Oklahoma?

Short on time use Wolf Fangs cut and go would save you time.

My soil here in the NE is good for rebar. I've never trapped the "red dirt" portion of the state so I can't confirm, but I would imagine you would be fine there too.

I don't know if Shawnee and east is red dirt country or not... I know the border is between Tulsa and OKC... You can see the change if you pay attention driving down 44.

They've relaxed the signage requirements a bit from what they used to be. It's still a requirement though, which is a bummer. Not sure what your schedule looks like but if you can get signs out before you set traps, it gives the riff raff time to go and look for traps that aren't there and they'll give up. I don't think I've ever really lost a trap due to the signs, but it is a possibility.

I've never understood the sign deal since houndsmen are always so quick to point out that dogs can't read "No Trespassing" signs, it stands to reason they can't read "Traps" signs either. Lol

Good luck.

Mike

How far east of Shawnee? Just get the land owner to sign a paper with a lease agreement to get around the sign law.

Agree with what others said on quality/quantity.

It's pretty country on that side of the state.

You could also go get some jump traps and forget about the signs...

Thanks all for the tips, definitely some odd restrictions but I think I can tweak my current set up and should be good to go. Still a few T's to cross and I's to dot. The weather will be a nice break in January and new ground is always fun.

Well, hotel is booked and tags purchased. If things go as planned, I will be in Bethel Acres from the 14th to the 24th. My connection is a local farrier and he tells me he has "lots" of land lined up. I'm not sure what to expect but I will be bringing 3 dozen K9 Jrs, a few dozen DPs, and a 22-250 for calling. Regardless of actual harvest it should be a good time away from work and Upper Michigan temps. Thanks to all for the tips.

Should be a fun adventure,look forward to seeing some picture's.Wish MN would change their laws so we could do some out of state adventure's other than hunting,good luck.

Well, 2 checks left to go. Definitely a rookie at trapping the Oklahoma ground. The weather is just dumb, was sweating in a t shirt Tuesday and it was 16 degrees this morning blowing 25 mph. The wind switches direction pretty much daily. I will have to rethink skinning off of the back of the truck for next year. I hate skinning coyote the way it is, add the cold temp and wind and it's kinda miserable 😆 I have 36 yote/cat sets out and 2 dozen dps kinda guarding the coon and possums from plugging my land sets. Most days a good number of dps are full as well as 5 or 6 yote/cat sets. Haven't kept track of the numbers as a lot of the catches are not worth a ride in the back of the truck. Coyote average is 2 per day and had a double on cats which is a first for me. They were smallish and I didn't feel like messing with getting them tagged so after a couple pics they were turned loose. Of course they both ended up under the truck and proceeded to growl at me the whole time I remade the sets. If I can figure out how to post pics, I'll bomb a bunch shortly. Definitely some weird restrictions here but hopefully I can make this a yearly deal.

Apparently posting pics from my phone is beyond my skill and ability. If someone could pm me there number, I would send them some kinda cool pictures that they could hopefully post for me

"Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain..." And never stops... Until August. When you pray for a breeze.

See! You guys don't believe us when we tell you the weather down here can be a miserable son-of-a-gun. Lol. You get a day or two of warm temps with the wind howling from the south... Then the front moves in and you freeze to death with north winds blowing down your neck. Our weather is pretty much a revolving door of ridiculousness.

If nobody has PM'ed you yet, holler at me and I'll get you my number and post the pics for you.

Mike

Maurob is the ground dry enough to keep your sets working or did it get tight on cold nights ?

Was dry enough for the most part. Only a few spots that were wet enough to get tight. Yet another lesson learned for next year

Got the pics... I usually have to crop them a hair to get the sites pic thing to work... There's a bushel of them. Give me a few.

Mike