How do you set in mud without making it look weird with dry dirt? I can't seem to sift any thik so I jus hand crumble it into pea size to marble size pieces. Any solutions.

I've sprayed the dry dirt with water, but that doesn't last very long. I don't have a good way. Other than maybe covering with grass, or duff.

I found it pointless. Can't get the trap bedded solid.

Sift dry dirt, and then take leaves and grass in the sifter on top. Also to blend better sift the dry dirt in a bigger area around the trap bed not just on bedded trap. Ground duff around its as well.. how I do it.. fter i seen it done this way. I was bad about just the bedded trap and looked goofy think outside the bedded trap lol..

Why are you setting in mud?
Then again maybe your idea of mud is different than mine. My mud can’t be set in, lol.

How do you hand crumble mud?

Do they travel through mud if they don’t have to?

I have one farm that is nothing but clay. When it gets wet it isn’t really mud but it is slick. I can remove the setting area and replace it with dirt. Doesn’t seem to bother the fox that I have swapped it out. Can’t speak regarding coyotes.

Hobbie not sure his area but my area of Missouri it's that was have a lot of clay mixture with the dirt. So even with mud you can set and it packs.. only thing is after a catch maybe to bit of a mess to reset

Ok, this is what I call mud and you ain’t setting in it.

Ya my area don't get that soupy, have had some after a catch to soupy to fit another in the circle but never had that.

Pulling up I have had them so muddy I wasn't sure if I had a small yote or a gray fox. The circle was 4"of mud soup. But earth anchors drive without hitting rocks.

Do you guys have a 24 hour check??

We do in Georgia.

Indiana does. Yes.

Yes.

Could always try Major Boddicker's Salted Sand (10 part dry sand to 1 part livestock salt) and trap in a ziploc baggie (cheapest you can find).



It wont freeze or clog and it didn't seem to bother the coyotes any, I just top dressed with ground duff very lightly

How do you keep deer out of a salted set?

Sometimes location selection is about what you don’t want to catch.

I had zero issues with deer, and was surprised as here in Iowa we have tons. I was using 4 coiled #3 Montana's in the ultra cheap ziplocs but the salted sand made it east to set anywhere, chop bed, sand, bagged trap, sand over top and top dress with duff or even a bit of dirt.