Im am back. BUT if I knew the road had all been blue graveled. I would have turn this job down. Money is LARGE! But this is to much hard work. 2500 acres

Having to retire old whisk broom. 1 st job with new broom

Found some sand without blue gravel. Flat Set. Grub Stake. James Lucero lure. Bob Jameson Coyote Urine

I am a
Slowly swapping over to grub stakes. They hold lure better. For a longer time i think

Can you elaborate on your grub stake?

Sure Wood Dowel pin. Wrapped in felt.

Road is very compressed sand. Log truck and Alabama Power have = Ruined my good sandy road

Flat Set. Grub Stake. Coyotero lure. SMC. Urine

Squeeze in good Flat Sets. Use good lure and urine. Thats what catches coyotes in summer

Here we go

Mo Flat Sets. Just SMC urine and JL # 1

ST,
You are an expert pattern blender!!!

ST do you like the underalls better than the other options pan covers, pear moss etc ?

Thanks BUT. Its very slow work today. It is sand. But it is compressed like nothing I have ever seen. 6 inch down. Dirt bit may start to smoke. Then you have to find a new place to drill! LoL!

YES ! Tried it all. Underall works best for me. In my kind of dirt

Yea I don’t as much sand as you do but I think they might work here during the summer.

Been waiting the last 2 days for this post!!! Lol!! Looks good ST!! It's a bummer they restoned the road!! I am also interested in this grub stake you mentio. How long are they? Sets look great!!

I think it was time for a new broom!! Haha!!

Thanks. They are bout 6 inch long

Day is starting off pretty good. Toe caught mama. First Night Catch. James Lucero’s = Coyotero lure. And Bob Jameson Coyote Urine.

Rolled up and saw coyote run off. Got lucky. Male ran off in to cut over. Got him with AR 15 in cutover bout 200 yards out with 2nd shot. Held to high on first shot. 77 Smk got him threw liver I think

Mama. Has milk. Pups are not with her. Just the male I shot

Nice job!!!

1/2 way threw this small job. 6 traps already tripped by deer. Biologist says he and owner are happy. 4 years on this place. Its first trip. That I have see this little sign. Deer and turkey # s up real good. Glad everyone here is happy.

Thanks. Got 30 sets out yesterday. Bout 20 more will have this little 2500 acres of pines land mined LoL!

We could've used you in the service. Land mines was one of my jobs.

Glad I don't have to do trap maps like we did mine maps.

Find an identifiable landmark and plot it to a eight digit grid. Shoot a bearing and distance to first mine, rinse cycle repeat for each additional mine.

My favorite though was booby trapping the mines. Every so often you dig an extra deep hole and bury two mines the bottom one fused to the top one with a pull fuse.

I once had a coyote that liked to flip up traps. SO. I buryed one longways. Sat another side ways. On top of it so ot didnt touch. 2 days later. Caught old female. Trap digging stopped LoL!

See, you would've been good at it, lol.

But there have been a few dogs over the years that I wish I could use a claymore on.

Blending in afew more sets. Sometimes is tuff to blend in clay

I need to try some of James lure.

It works good for me in this hot weather. Always has Some people like a thicker lure. But I put my lure in those Hobby Lobby bottles that yall have seen me use and have no problems

I made a few sets a week ago. Picked up my first summer coyote today. Young male caught him on a quail nest set. Remade set hopefully another one will pass thru.

Phil,
I have used pigeon eggs to make 'mock turtle nest' sets for years and found it to be a very effective set.
Ants and heat seldom bother an egg that hasn't been damaged (cracked) and coyotes seem to smell the eggs through the shell.
No other scent is used, or even needed for that matter.

Would eggs fall afoul, see what I did there, of the various open visual bait laws of some states?

Nice job of blending in that set. You are a master at blending a set in

Have you seen any sign of pups following along on the road while tracking the roads .I was out on some property scouting sign and noticed several sets of tracks together. I know it is about time in my area.

Thanks for sharing.
Mac

Thanks. Cant WAIT to get back to West Texas !!! Counting the days ! LoL!

Nope. My hope is they die in the den

No problem.

Here is what maybe = The baby sitter. 1/3 mile from where I caught mom and dad. Used = Coyotero Lure and Jameson Coyote Urine

Young male. Far end of land. Winter Wolf and SMC urine on a bush

Bob cat. Medium size. Flat Set. Bob Jameson = Mouse Musk Oil. Put in a clum of grass. Just a small shot. Trying it out on = bout 10 sets out of 50

Male. Flat Set. Mouse Musk Oil. Jamesons Coyote urine. In a big clump of grass

Ok. Here is a blackish charcoal white tip tailed. Female coyote. Caught on Flat Set with Grub Stake On grub stake was = Mouse Musk Oil and SMC urine.

Here is the bottle of = Mouse Musk Oil = I got from Bob Jameson. I have caught 2 coyote with it so far. I think. It will do well for me on the summer. A mouse smell. In a clump of grass. Is Very natural It has a very good smell Seams sticky enough. Good applicater to use for grub stakes. Hasnt rain here yet so dont know how will stand up to massive southern rains BUT my quess is it will do fine

Interesting!

I’ve not tried MM, but am a fan of Shooter.

Dave put just little Shooter behind your ears and its with you the rest of the day..lol
Bob told me you don't need a lot at the set...and he was right.
Bob makes some good stuff!

Middle age male. Flat Set. Winter Wolf lure. Bob Jameson Coyote urine

Here is remake. I dont put much stock in remakes or dirt holes. On places that I have trapped for years. BUT I am optimistic that I may catch a dumb one from time to time in them ! LoL!

Medium size bobcat. JL # 1. And SMC urine. Flat Set. Lure on rock.

Big Male. Winter Wolf. SMC urine. Flat Set. Urine on pine cone

ST,
You seem to have caught more critters in past week on a few thousand acres than you did in west TX on many thousand acres in over a month....

Swamp Wolf. We basically replaced a VERY good trapper. Knee problems and other health problems had him turn it over to us. Just not alot of coyotes where I am on 1 ranch in West Texas. The other 2 ranches are mostly snare work

Still catching coyotes! Female. Got milk? LoL! Flat Set. Jameson Coyote urine and Coyotero lure

Just cant pass up a good location. No matter how grassy it is ! LoL!

But its really compressed sand

This place has it all. LoL!

What made that a good location ?

This location? Old poop in the rode. Have ALWAYS caught coyotes here over last 5 years. Its a 3 way road. Coyote tracks. Close to a greenfeild and. Log pile up place. Downside ? I struggle to get trap in ground. Compressed sand. Very hard

New place. Poop in road

Why did I set trap here????

Why ? Fresh Coyotes poop in road. The wind is right. 3 way road. Goes up to a = log loading area

In the South. I have had = Excellent luck around = old log loading areas. When pups need to be feed. Theie is always food in old logging -loading areas

The issue I run into with dirt like that is it becomes powder after being disturbed. Definitely no remakes after a catch, lol. Sand is ok, the dirt that looks like your pics is powder…literally powder. I’ll have to wet it to get a set packed and hope it holds once the sun dries it out.

Wanna Be. I have to = remove alot. To get = chain 4 swivels and shock spring in the hole. I always have. Dirt left over. Even when I pack hard

Got 1 in the set on good location from page 3 LOL!

Flat Set. Coyotero. SMC urine

Nice catch ST

Thanks. Pulling up tomorrow

Female. Flat Set. Coyotero. Jameson Coyote Urine

We're you off to next ST??

Back in West Texas. 19 hrs away

How is the Toyota holding up to the miles? I am going to have to get a new truck soon, my 2013 F150 has bad rust.

2022 bought with 4900 miles. Now has 49000 miles about 14 months latter. So good so far. Off Road about everyday. Had front brake pads put on at 40000 miles. Got 22-23 mph gallon on 1200 mile trip. Happy so far

Thank you.

Just curious about your truck. I am needing one soon. I see you said you got 22-23 miles to gallon on the road trip ..Is it 4 wheel drive? Tundra or Tacoma..

2022 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 with 3.6 = V6 and 31 inch 10 ply tires

Thanks, keep pictures coming.