I have read this forum for the last 3 years. Between this and Management Advantage YouTube videos is how I taught myself to trap. I have trapped coons for the last 3 years in Dukes DP's, and have really stacked the up. And we had our first poults in 25 years last year. While I can't say for 100% certainty that trapping the nest raiders was the reason why... that is what I am telling myself so I keep after them. It honestly seems like a no-brainer to catch a coon or opossum in a DP. I tried my hand at coyote trapping last season and only caught 1 as it is a completely different ballgame. I am just using Duke 550 OS's and only have 3 of them since I don't have much land to trap on anyway.
The only reason I joined today is so that I could share a cool picture of my 2nd coyote (ever) and 1st one of the season last Sunday. I only have woods or overgrown clear-cuts with logging trails to trap. I still don't really have a clue what I am doing, but I am certainly trying my best with what I have. Sorry if the pictures don't come through, not really sure how this forum works either haha.
Here is the set. Red clay and rock is what I had to work with. I found an old piece of coyote scat and put coyote urine (FNT Post) on it to moisten it up a little bit, like I read on here to do. I used Fleming Traps Coyote Bait #2 on some sheep's wool down the hole. And I put some No-BS K9 Extreme long distance call lure on a q-tip and put it on a tree branch about 15 feet away from the set. If you see something wrong with the set or it just looks stupid/fake, please tell me as that is the only way I can learn from the pros.
Don't know where the pictures are going to show up in this thread (I just added both pictures to the "picture uploader"), but I took the picture of the coyote right before dispatching him. I thought it was a really cool picture and worth sharing with other like-minded individuals.
Happy trapping, y'all.
Dave
South Carolina- Fairfield County (middle of the state)
