Good to know I'm in the average level. I just figured it was because I only trap about 200 acres in two track and don't start tell January. I guess it could also be the 3 of us( my two boys picking watching and doing parts of making the set and taking much longer than needed. But they got 4 totes and two red fox last year so I guess they were actually above average on k 9.;)

When your in WY in a county with lots of predator control going on and houses are 20 miles apart its a lot different than cow pastures in KS. GENERAL rule is scent control is not really needed. Sometimes in some places for some coyotes its real important IMO

The first animals I successfully trapped were about eight red fox out of two old dukes I found on a garage sale in two weeks time. I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I didn't use any scent control and did not prepare the traps at all. I still don't pay any attention to the majority of it. My goal is to get in and out. Not mess around. Even now I use one bait and a squirt of urine. No digging in the bag thinking about what I'm doing. Faster sets =more traps out. I can't say that it's not the quantity over the leaving less scent because I'm there a shorter amount of time but I don't care. I'm not even 100% sure I covered those two traps. It's been about 17 years since I caught them. I still have the pictures of them all lined up. It was a game changer for me.

YES, in most good coyote habitat, around rural farm and ranch areas, coyotes are very familiar with human (and other) scent and do not shy away from it unless concentrated in one spot associated with something else like a baited dirt hole; pee post or whatever.
Essentially have confidence, keep it simple and just get in, set and get out as quickly as possible.

It is not only about scent - it is about sound also. tried calling several times by the creek on our place. about the third time when i went back there the neighbors (3/8 mile) dog started barking at me when i crossed the first fence behind the house. I then had to experiment a little on mom and dads place (accross the street). I found that if i called anytime during the day that they would check out that area that night. The coyotes in our area are very used to people and are not scared of them for the most part but i realized that when i set a trap or snare they typically won't check it out for 3-4 days. If i have one going under my fence typically all i have to do is pick up a foreign object - doesnt matter what it is - and place it in the dig under. that will either change their pattern or give me a few days to set up a snare.

If only a coyote could talk.

they are -- i just don't speak that language.

The guy your speaking of sound like a friend of mine ,hardly bathes, catches loooots of coyotes . Very private person.