Good afternoon, gentlemen. Time for my 2nd post. I updated y'all in early January about my 2nd-ever coyote catch. Well now I can officially cross "bobcat" of my trapping wish list. While I don't have huge trap lines like most of y'all (still just my 3 Duke 550 traps), I am chalking up my big game trapping season as a
win in my book (1 coyote, 1 bobcat).
Just a traditional dirt hole set. Haven't had the most luck with commercial baits for some reason (target animal just walks by according to scat and tracks). I went as natural as possible this time. Just a 4-wheeler wide trail going through a grown-up clearcut. All red clay and rock. I shot a squirrel under my bird feeder and cut him in half. I threw the top half down this dirt hole and offset my trap to the slightly to the right about 9" or so back from the hole. I cut the squirrel tail in half (not connected to any meat so he couldn't grab the trail and run off with the meat easily) and used that as a visual object sticking out of the top of the hole. A little shot of coyote urine on the log backing and I was out of there. No gland lures or long distance call lures or anything. This male bobcat came in at 10:30pm last night. He was not a happy camper this morning when he saw me. He went absolutely ballistic! That was entertaining to say the least. He came in a little over 22 pounds.
I just wanted to share my trapping experiences with y'all... when I have them few and far between, but I am still learning.
The other half of the squirrel is down another dirt hole in the middle of one of our food plots where I found some old coyote scat... so hopefully, I can share a 3rd post with y'all in the near future.
Thanks for reading.
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