Commercial coyote bait is pretty much easy to buy nowadays… from cavens “ hiwaithia valley “ to Hoosier supply “ top dog” …. And a number of others…
I remember, before the days of the commercial bait so to say… my dad always used the catfish bait that came in tubs at the tackle shop…

For you guys who also have been at it for awhile,, what did you guys use that brought a degree of success??

I used to chunk up groundhog, bury it and let it rot in a mason jar with the lid slightly open to allow the gasses out.. I think I added borax to it also..
even now, I pick up road kill rabbits and squirrels and use them for bait.. it doesn’t really take much to catch a coyote

Lightly tainted chucks of venison about the size of a walnut. It really was pretty hard to beat.

House-cat was our go to bait for foxes in PA, than and dove backs after we had cut the breasts out. Cut into assorted sized pieces from dim to 50 cents in gallon jar in the sun stirred every day till it had a greenish hue, then add 1 cup salt, some glycerine and VIOLA- for winter 8-10 drops skunk essence to GALLON of bait - we called it SKAT - skunked Cat

I have tried groundhog but it was never a great bait for me, here in Iowa I have used beaver - pretty good, deer liver and heart - VERY GOOD and muskrat - also very good

Now that the statute of limitations has expired, I can concur that house cat is very attractive to predators.

house cat deer liver and smoker scrapings when i clean out the smoker.

Feral cats were hard to beat, beaver, deer liver.

feral cats with a touch of skunk essence was our go to. tainted deer shank was a close second.

First bait I tried was canned cat food. On the pan of a longspring my grandad had. Set atop the ground uncovered with a piece of moms panty hose wrapped around it to hold it on.

…. Jtrap still uses that set to this day

We did this with rockchucks and rabbits, in loose-lid mason jars. Sometimes would dribble the rancid juice on a nearby log or bush. It worked.

Danny that's the first bait and set I used also with an old long spring rat trap I found in an old chicken house. Had a coon on day number 2 and was hooked since

I ground up a mixture of carp and muskrat. Worked great fresh. I still do this a little.
Jim

Venison

I use to use chicken cleanings, head in a hole . DEADLY on fox coyote.
Processer would have all you wanted, live only couple miles from our farm.
Boy that's been along time ago.

…. Always just used a drop or smear of lure

…. Bait is overrated

Heard from a VERY good coyote man that KFC chicken works really well! I'd eat it before I'd throw it in a hole though!

buried a skunk for my first coyote, use cut up wood chuck

I also trapped a lot of mice over the summers and froze those whole and fresh. My first coyote was on a frozen mouse down a dirthole.
Jim

Still use tainted deer scraps