Last season did not catch a single canine while using lure and/or urine on baited sets. This season has been the same so far (still early). They were all on sets using bait only. I’m gonna do what works for me and start to use less and less lure/urine on canine sets unless something changes. Using several different lures/lure makers/urines. Just curious if anyone else has had an experience like mine.

Yes sir I can’t catch a coyote on lure alone hardly on the property I trap. One reason I was told by a very experienced trapper was I have few coyotes as I trap the property heavily so the coyotes there aren’t that territorial because there is very little competition. Kind of like deer. If you have very few bucks rattling doesn’t work well. If there a lot of bucks and there’s competition they come on the run.

Use a good bait down a dirt hole and a shot of the best coyote or red fox urine you can find in the backing and you’ll catch.

My opinion, when you find a good lure you will know what a good lure is.
As far a urine I collect my own coyote urine and it works good.

A little different here as there are dead deer laying along the roads everywhere so there is no shortage of chow. Later in the winter that can change though. I use less and less of bait just because of the amount of possums and coon, can't keep up with them. Most baits are more lure than bait nowadays. Like yes sir said, a good lure will make a difference.

I don't trap coyotes much, but when I'm setting for wolves a pee post is one of my favorite sets. Even if they're not hard up for food (which they usually aren't), they'll always investigate another dog on their turf. I bring my dog with me on the line, he makes a great "natural" attractant making tracks everywhere and lifting his leg on everything

… I rarely use bait or urine… catch a bunch on lure only

Your urine probably ain't urine

Last year along a gasline I trap there was sign everywhere and I couldn't catch a yote. My dirthole sets had bait, lure and urine, which normally works here. One day walking my dog I watched how he approached "unknowns" and reactions, which normally ended in his marking. I started to watch what he marked. I put in flat sets across the gasline from my old sets. They were very simple and had a stick, clump of grass, etc as backing. I put a little couple of drops of yote urine a friend gave me. Next couple of days I racked up.

The "normal" sets had just had too much going on. So the yotes would try to get a whiff or sight of what it was from a safe distance. While working the wood/swamp line across from the "normal" set they would encounter a non-threatening set, they had to investigate. The width of the gasline is between 37 to 50 yards.

I did a lot of note taking last year, plotting catches on maps, noting winds, weather, etc. One thing I found was that when deer season was going your best bet was just using a little urine and scat. There was just too many gut piles and such. I did catch a lot on blind sets to and from carcass dump sites. Once this food source started to run out and breeding season started, the lures and baits worked really good.

Patience as soon as those cold November and December nights come them canines will hit your sets.