I regularly shoot hogs at an old mudhole tank/pond, and have been setting coyote sets in the vicinity. Put 3 in today. There are others that have been in the ground a couple of weeks. I've had a few near misses and on these last 3 sets I put the trap 12" from the lure, rather than 9" (except for the triangle set.

Yellow spot is the dead hog. There's less water in the tank than what the puc shows.
Red spots are sets. The circled one is on a road, but the image isn't current.
The blue line is a road that doesn't show on the satellite image.


New sets:

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Ground is heavy & dry. Screw is 8".


Coyote Frenzy on cotton ball & coyote urine.

I'm using Lucero's JL #1, June's Fox & Coyote Frenzy, Locklear's Boss Dog, Caven's Violator 7 and coyote urine (F&T). One pipe set (older one) with about a half a chicken nugget-sized piece of preserved meat.
Pic looked better b4 I took it. JL in punch hole and V7 on long wooden q-tip.

Triangle set. Q-tip with V7 on post & in one punch hole.
Other punch holes have Coyote and Fox Frenzy.

I would be interested in a pick of the screw after a catch. Looks like you have a sweet spot to trap.

Not much to see.

I really like this spot. It checks all the boxes I’m looking for when I want to plant a trail set.

Thanks so much Boone! As they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Any guide sticks, stones, etc?

Good pic of a great location.
But why not snare it?

Covers sparse and short.

Livestock are a constant headache in the summer. Never trust a rancher when he says “yeah there won’t be nothing in there for the next few weeks”, they’ll be in there tomorrow. Or you’re flat trying to sneak stuff in to pastures that are already stocked.

Deer and antelope fawns are everywhere right now.

Thanks, good info

I would guess that will be a tall order as the coyote with it dragging behind him is unlikely to slow down for a photo shoot…LOL

I'm sure he's familiar with his soil conditions and probably has used them many times. I don't think he would be using it if he didn't think it would hold.

I would like to see a wider washer under that screw head against the quick link.

Yeah, I have to say I'm uneasy about the triangle set. The scew is in heavy clay, but didn't feel as firm as the one I posted the pic of.
I will probably go back and put a long chain and drag, then screw it down short to test the screw. If it makes it through the night!🤣

I wouldn't trust that screw in any of my soil, although I would screwed into a root. I feel we have some it would hold in during the summer, but I wouldn't trust it, and a good thunderstorm might loosen it up. But I figure he knows his soil conditions better than I do half a country away.

I have seen trappers use long screws in videos from Australia. I went so far as to buy some screw in tent pegs, but I never tried them in actual trapping. I’d feel stupid if I had a coyote pull out. Maybe I’ll get the guts to try it sometime. If I do, I’ll let you know how it goes.

Ok, I pulled my 6-trap line yesterday. Three of the traps had been there 3 weeks, along with 6 DPs.
I had intentions of adding a drag to one, but when it came down to it, I just said to heck with it. I was tired of fooling with the line.
I think I'm probably working with 2 or 3 coyotes, and by this point they were completely unimpressed with the dead hogs (and the 6 coons), as well as my lures and inaccurate trap placement.
I did test the screws' holding power, at a 90° pull and straight, and they held.

I actually got the Idea from the YT dingo trapper, but he uses 2 screws, wich is something that I should probably do.
They can be screwed into the ground at 90 degrees from each other by going through adjacent chain links.
I'll try them again.

I played with those structural screws.

My hang up with them was stressing them putting one in and having it break during a catch.

I twisted a couple heads off just getting them in.



They make big 1/2” lag bolts all the way up to 20”-24” long I believe.

A friend tried them with a cordless impact.

They’re expensive but showed lots of promise.

Came on here to give a few updates. Still grinding on them as pups have left the den around here and started traveling with parents. They’ve been falling quickly to about any set they come across, except for standard dirtholes that I have all but pulled from the lines. Simple rebar punch holes filled with Mr. Jamesons mice oil has been killer, putting down over a dozen dogs in the last 14 days. They seem to dig to the center of the earth to get at it.
I’ve also had great luck dropping into creek bottom and setting along the banks. Can’t remember who recommended that but it’s been a great tip and I’m catching dogs in those bottoms whenever they aren’t moving anywhere else.
Travel corridors have become much more patternable the past two weeks, with last week having a cooler front and putting them on their feet and moving.
Lastly, I tried the big bait jackpot style sets. We don’t have many dead cows or horses laying around, so I’ve been using Alligators and setting the roads coming to them. Drop the gator dead in the middle of an intersection and start setting each direction 50’ to 300 yards down the roads.
Definitely seen some good progress with all the tips.
I appreciate it guys.