I have had a couple cameras out on some baited holes the last week and a half and have been studying the pics on how and where the coyote moves around the hole and how he works the area and where he walks certain spots in the area.I know some here have done this already but it is a real eye opener to me and a good learning tool.I hope to get out this weekend and set a few traps to see if I really learned something.

The advent of cameras is a serious game changer when it comes to testing scents compared to trying to read sign at test locations in the old, pre-camera days! Being able to actually watch a coyote’s body language as it reacts to a scent is invaluable IMHO! I’m glad you’re testing scents Slipknot because you’ve upped your game now!

Ive enjoyed the heck out of testing lures and ingredients and a few other things. It definitely can shorten the learning curve. You definitely need the skills to interpret what you see and that's something you get better at the more encounters you get. Takes some experience and exposure to get an understanding what a good response is. For me the more I see the more questions i have and the more things I want to test. The more time and thought you put into it the more you will learn. To me its as fun or maybe even more so than trapping itself. Like I said it definitely shortens the learning but theirs guys out there that are serious coyote killers and have been for a very long time that still know more than me and im always thankful for their input. One thing ive learned is coyotes never lie. When you start seeing enough stuff from coyotes it also helps you figure out who really knows coyotes and who just think they do. I run cameras at probably less than 10% of my test sets because I dont have enough cameras to cover all of them and it is also hard to find the type of set location I like and one that also is what I want for setting up a camera. Don't just limit yourself to cameras if you really want to gather a bunch of information faster.

Slipknot how's your health doing? Im sure hoping since ur back at it you got rid of the cancer.

Yes Sir i am scheduled to have surgery on the 17th of July.I am trying to keep at it till then . I will be down a couple weeks after so I am gonna hit em while I can. I decided to put out a few cams on some baited holes sites to check on movement and reactions . Really interesting. I have a pair coming that has my interest.Thanks for asking YS.

Sorry the 17th of June. Typo.

Game cameras made us all look like liars! LOL. Side note - some of the absolute best coyote observers I ever met were pretty accurate on behavior/activity around a food source/scent as proven with the cameras. They may never have caught a 100-50-30 coyotes a year but when they set a trap, they caught a coyote the next visit. Interesting to me was how they caught one in a remake with decoy and blind sets. My experience...... the mike

I was able to go set on the pair that had my interest this evening. I set two traps on a spot about 10 ft apart. I was checking on my cameras at 9 o’clock . at that set and picked up a pic of the pair coming in and ended up with this young female. This trap was only out about 4.5 hours when it caught. It was also one of the new no bs ko traps. Set was only about 4 miles from my house so I went on out and picked up the coyote from the trap.Looking forward to the morning I have a couple more sets out and more night to go.

Not long after I laid down from the first on I checked the camera and had this wet female on another road about a half a mile away.

Man your having a busy night

Nice work Slipknot!
Keep hammerin'!

You have to get up many more times in a night and you're not going to be liking those cameras as well.

Good job.

Is that the new No BS Knockout 1.5 sized trap?

Thanks, and nice work.

Yes Sir I did.
Thanks MC
Bearcat that did cross my mind.These were caught pretty early and I was not to far from them

Yes Carolina Foxer that is the new 1.5 by No Bs

10-4 thank you. How do you like them so far?

Hard to judge just yet. I like the set up and how they bed. I think the next ones I get will be inside lamination. The pan sets deep inside the jaws so the trap caught high on that coyote. I need to add more dirt when covering the next time .I only picked up a couple traps to try . I did catch a big boar coon in one this morning of course he was hooked up really well.