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Re: Summer Coyotes [Re: Owen156] #8634121
07/06/26 09:06 PM
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I scouted today, found fresh sign and moved traps putting in flat sets with beaver tail oil or sac oil.

Re: Summer Coyotes [Re: Owen156] #8634890
07/08/26 06:47 PM
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Made a catch last night in new double flat set using beaver tail oil. I took my Jack Russell to the trap line today and he found several pee posts for me. I will set those on Friday.

Re: Summer Coyotes [Re: Owen156] #8634942
07/08/26 09:34 PM
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Good deal Owen . Glad you made an adjustment.

Re: Summer Coyotes [Re: Owen156] #8634946
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Originally Posted by Owen156
Made a catch last night in new double flat set using beaver tail oil. I took my Jack Russell to the trap line today and he found several pee posts for me. I will set those on Friday.


Dogs are a very underrated tool. Intact are best, but even spayed/ neutered ones work by nature. For visual learners, watching your dog work active natural scent posts is unbeatable next to the actual animal itself. I have a spayed 85 lb female Pitbull and a neutered Male Basset (quite the pair, yes). When the Basset finds an active post I may have over looked, there’s nothing, and I mean nothing funnier than watching him almost tip over trying to get his point of aim where he wants it.

Re: Summer Coyotes [Re: Owen156] #8634963
07/08/26 10:36 PM
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The prevailing wind there is west. When I was resetting today, a rescue vehicle blew the siren and that set off the coyotes yipping so now I know where the den is. The den is downwind of the melon field and every pee post except for one was downwind. So they are using the wind coming into the melons which is no big surprise to me. Those dogs are masters of the wind.

Re: Summer Coyotes [Re: Owen156] #8639899
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Be intresting to hear how its going.

Re: Summer Coyotes [Re: Owen156] #8639982
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Its been pretty hard for me to catch a "coon raiding the sweet corn patch with an ear of sweet corn for bait/attractant". In other words an animal on the move has its senses and memory set on a known food source so why bother with a tiny smell of another scent? Summer coyotes for me, aren't stupid but they are stupid (like me) when it comes to a pattern. So this might help: make a buried bait set near one of the known scent (urine) posts, anywhere from 10-15-25' away. I use a 3"- 4" auger on a battery hammer drill (have used a skid steer on the farm here too!) as the digging tool and use as much stink as you can get in the hole. Decomposing meat, eggs, etc. even sour milk or something with a lasting stench (try a dillo and let us know), cover lightly and set trap at your pee-post. I call this a decoy set as here it initiates a rolling/territory response. For me, even if they don't roll, they will pace and look to relieve themselves and you guard the spot. Most of the tough coyotes I have learned from, are cautious and pace or at least stop to "nose test" a smell before they move on. Set your camera up and observe their reaction to that putrid smell. A trap at that pee post usually will snag the "tough" ones for me. I (and I suspect everyone who observes wildlife) would never become the fur harvester they could have become without observing AND interpreting a dog's actions on the trapline or hunt. A dog's sense of smell is a given but their reaction and response to those smells is a dictionary for anyone interested in animal behavior. My experience............................ the mike

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