While testing gland lures a few years ago I did a little experiment with posts and I made two videos of the tests and left it to the viewer to determine and give an opinion to what caused a difference in reaction. I was testing different gland lures by putting a dab on a grass clump but with one lure I added a post about 8” above ground and maybe 1”+ in diameter. The post was not there before I brought it to the test site.

The coyotes knew the lure was there BUT stayed way back from it, maybe 10’ before losing interest and moving on. After about 1 week and seeing this reaction on the card I removed the post. The coyote’s change of reaction was very noticeable without the post. The two videos are available on my Youtube channel for those who want to judge and answer the question- was it the post or was it the lure and should the trap be at the post or not?

On another but closed-down trapping forum a couple of experienced trappers told me that I was thinking wrong! I was told to never have the trap at the post where the lure is applied but rather 10’ away if you bring in an object for a post set!!

Shakey, how do the wolves act after a storm...when NEW trees, brush, debris are blown over? How long does it take for critters to get used to NEW objects?

What the experience did for me was to verify my original thoughts of never bringing in a foreign object to a trap set as Bearcat stated, at least in my neck of the woods. I’ve watched numerous videos of sets made with burnt wood, etc brought to a trap set and catch coyotes, the only thing I can figure is it’s due to a high population of coyotes. The more coyotes there are I would say there are a higher number of aggressive coyotes seeing the foreign object so the odds and encounters would go up that some coyotes could/would work that type of set but I don’t know nor can I prove that!