I trapped 6 coyotes in our deer hunting territory back before Thanksgiving. I pull traps before deer season to make time for hunting. Recent snow tells the story that there’s still a pair traveling through. My guess is that they might be wise to the fact that a bunch of their neighbors or litter mates have been snagged. Any suggestions from your experience on what works or what to avoid trying to do when going back to an area for a second try. Thanks

Would they avoid crossing the road if they saw a litter mate run over?

Go for it. You can thin them out trapping but you won’t get rid of them unless you are hanging snares too.

Give them a change up, too. I just finished up a farm that another guy had trapped earlier this fall. He caught 4 coyotes and apparently cleaned out the possums with regular dirthole sets. I went in 2 weeks after he pulled out when the farmer called and said he was still seeing coyote tracks. Caught 6 in 4 days, all in blended flat, blind and compass style sets, none with any kind of coyote smells. Try some castor based (Backbreaker rules!) scent, maybe some mink musk, something that is attractive to their nose, but nothing that they have associated with a trap set before.
Can't use snares here, but if you can, hang them, as Hobbie said above.

..... 3/4 blended flat set with a squirrel chewed 4 point buck shed as backing lured with tinctured gopher prostates..

... just kidding... make some different sets than you had before .. see how they react and adjust accordingly...blind sets if you find a good spot for some

Careful, unless you plan on trapping out the bobcat there, you stand a chance to put more pressure on your deer herd. Think of everything tied together with a string, there are some strings that have a longer rope before they started affecting the other one, but others are shorter. Bobcats will easily decimate deer fawns, but in a well balanced situation, they get preyed on by coyotes as well. In reality, if you have a strong deer herd, they will be able to out-breed any impact that the coyotes have.

Raccoon are the forest's main prey item despite being classified as a "predator" by most. Why? It's easy. They have the highest body fat pound to pound of any animal in North America, even matching or surpassing the bear. Makes you sort of understand why and how they are such prolific breeders.....they would die out and take out probably 3-4 other animals with it because of the lack of food.

...I’m pretty much sure he’ll be chasing coyotes till the end of time on the property lol... every deer hand thinks there’s an invisible fence around their little spot and they have the ability to make it 100% coyote free

.... and you are a special person Matt... I enjoy your posts ... keep em comin lol

Man some of the comments. These could just as well be other coyotes that have moved in. You could catch them both the first night, then add 4 more the rest of the week. Unless this guy has an impenetrable fence around his property he’ll always have predators if he has prey. All we can do is knock the numbers back to give prey a fighting chance.
If it was possible to trap them all, quite a few of these guys on here would be out of a job.
Mr June and Steeltraps travel yearly and sometimes several times a year to the same properties and wear out the coyotes and bobcats. Even they can’t exterminate a property of predators, they knock’em back to very few or none around when they leave. They trap at the appropriate times and prey has a chance whether it’s deer, ground nesters, cattle or exotics. But if others didn’t move in, then they’d be out of a job.

Raise more coons they are much easier for the coyotes to catch than deer. See I'm catching on Matt and Savell

If your coyotes are eating coon, then your deer, calves, and all other prey are probably gone. They won’t touch a coon or possum in a trap down here.

Matt said otherwise

Well that settles it.

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I didn’t think it was necessary to point out the obvious, of course new predators will move in unless you are on an island. lol

Sorry, guess I was raised on the KISS method, seems to work.

Sounds like Union job security.

Same here. A coon carcass will rot away, nothing but flies and maybe a buzzard. Have seen coyotes on game cameras avoid a deer gut pile / carcass that had a dead coon or 2 thrown in with it.

Guys, Louisiana has the best tasting, most highly sought after raccoons due to their high fat content that the coyotes need to survive the harsh winters of Louisiana.

Rational always prevails...

Never had a coyote eaten in a trap, either. When I trap them, they end up in my bone yard and the yotes wont eat them there, either.

Lol!! coon is my go to coyote bait