Paw print on both jaws.

Doesn't that get you so mad!

.everything lol

Yes, that is aggrivating every time it happens.

Mark where your pan is. Wow he had to be close!

Yep, that’s the pits when that happens! But on the bright side, I learn more from those coyotes than I do from the ones that get caught.

Very true. This is a small high fence and owner had tried trapping before I was called. They are pretty edgy. No hole sets, they immediately knew about them lol.

Here's something to ponder . . .

What was the pan cover, if any, used ?

When people ask me why I use a 6 inch trap and stiff wire sceen, I explain situations, just like this one !

Yes, I see that the coyote clearly misses the pan, but what I do also notice the lack of guides

I can't draw on my screen, yet if I could. . . I would take a few (#2 pencil size) sticks , with a 45-degree angle to it and add on three points on the outside edge of those jaws.
Leave it stick up ( excuse the pun) about two inches.
Like they naturally grew there.

Problem solved!

Put 2 traps there, had one like that last year, finally got it!

LT Grey, as I stated earlier these are pretty spooky and I was trying to NOT overly guide them. Small verticals might be ok tho. The owner is headed out on a month long safari and I have to wrap up Wednesday. I'll be back in 6 months to have another go. Yukon, I have doubled at some of the other sets, we will see tomorrow.

Misses are the pits especially summertime and small acreage to boot. It happens to all of us, you’ll get him

Don't be afraid to do a walkthrough with a coyote. With minimal guiding in the right place they can produce.

At least your trap was bedded solidly

I am with you on the misses. Very frustrating every time I see it. I live market so when I miss I loose money. I hear of guiding a from alot of guys ,where can I get a good pictorial or video on guiding. I see some pics posted on here but most have photo bucket stamped on the and they are hard to make out .I had one this morning but should have had 3.

You simply CAN NOT catch EVERY coyote that walks up to a set. To many thinks can be happing. IF I could catch EVERY coyote that walked up to or walked by my sets. I wouldn’t charge 300 a day. I would charge 3000 a day because I would be the only one that could do it

I agree totally but I could use a little improvement.

Yup, that's why I long ago gave up on 9 back 2 to to right or any other "by the book". You just got to get out there and set some steel and use your best guess of if his nose is here his feet will be and learn what happens.

I've caught with the trap all but in the hole and caught them two foot back from the hole and missed a few on the very same sets.

Agreed, what's that old saying... every day is different and it's different every day. It you're not learning and watching at every set you will be left in the dirt, so to speak.

I’m starting to believe in a little extra work of two traps per set, especially when money is on the line. Call it cheating or whatever, but our coyotes may come through once a week or once every two weeks.