Lynx lure help

Hello everyone. We still have a few lynx sticking around. I have lots of old beaver castors and some glycerine. I could put those in an old blender and grind it. Are there any other scents you all found that works well with my castors? I think I have some Asephotida.

Also, I’m hoping they’ll still be attracted to baited cubbies right now. I know there’s a time in the year when they just switch and don’t even look at baits any more. Should I switch to pee sets when that happens? Any suggestions?

Ive always had good luck with castor early in the season. This time of year when there are lots of walk byes I would switch to p posts, or just snare the trails.

Just get the pee from the lynx carcasses and put it in a plastic bottle? Do you mix the pee from several lynx in one bottle? Does female pee work better? And what’s a good pee post set look like for lynx? Just find their trail and put some pee on a tree stump? What’s the best thing to put the pee on (willow, spruce tree, clump of snow?). And how far do you place the trap from the pee?

I wanna get this right the first time. Don’t have too much time to experiment.

Anise oil is supposed to be good. Mix it with the castor. Bait should work too. They might walk by the set but the bait still gets them in the area. Don't forget the snares!
mt

What parts castor/anise/glycerine?

I thought you use Vicks Vapor rub for lynx Inupiaq?

Hang something and put a trap right under it. Works good when the lynx arent showing interest in bait. Snares are really effective too but makes lyhx vulnerable to cannibalism and green belly.

I do. Mentholadem. For these sets I have fox carcass with some mentholadem and beaver castor chunks (dried). I’d like to make an actual concoction though now that I have glycerine.

Cat nip oil or mint oil in with some beaver castor works well too.

We harvest the urine out of each lynx and just mix it in the bottle.

-TJ

Yukon Jeff's set seems deadly ! Just a wing on a willow with a trap beneath. It has worked for me every time I tried it

Wolverinebait when he was on here swore the only thing he used for lynx was coyote urine.

I too have had pretty good luck with late season lynx using coyote urine.

One ancillary issue though is that you catch a higher percentage of cats by the HIND foot. (Cats of course back up to things to mark with their own urine. Due to placement of "plumbing fixtures!")

If you are using drags and are in big spruce, know that they can climb pretty darn well with just their front feet. I've had to use a chainsaw to recover more than one lynx!

Pete

I tried a lot of lures and baits and soon realized you don't need either. A wing with a pink flagging tied directly in the wing with a trap under it works great, I have had many guys become professional lynx trappers overnight using this set after I did trapper ed courses here on the lower Yukon. some first year guys got 60-70 lynx. I bought a house and lott that year.

It works well on wolverine and I believe White even got a wolf one year if I remember right.

Here, lure and bait will stink up your gloves,and plug a good lynx set with a fox almost every time. I resist the temptation to use snares as well, I just hated losing eaten lynx and could catch them with a trap just the same.

Here is the set if you want to see, sorry for the bad camera angle but JR shows the set after I am done. "Note the time from start to finish"
Of course drain the urine from any cat you catch right at the set. That makes it even better.

That cat in the video made top lott at Furharvesters Auction a few years ago.

Proven technique! But I still think lure or bait will add to your total catch. I know the fox down there are more susceptible to open traps and more numerous than here in the interior. I understand the problem with less valuable fox getting in your lynx sets!
Almost looked like you were rocking out to the aerosmith song while you had your back to us making the set!! HaHa.
mt

Thanks, White. I'll try that. Saved a bunch of goose and swan wings. We have a TON of bunnies where I am, so I'll put some dead sticks around the trap as well.

Is the recepie for "hot (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman)" lynx lure in the archives? That is deadly stuff. Whale or seal oil mixed with anything is also a deadly lure.

Deadly? Yes indeed! Your wife will kill you if you get it on your parka and bring the parka in the house....!

Don't ask me how I know this.

Pete

I bountytrapped coyotes for 50 years and caught somewhere around 1000 bobcat at the coyote sets lured withcoyote gland luresnd urine. I always took note during the snow months of how bobcat approached the sets and honestly believe coyote urine works better than bobcat urine on bobcat so expect its likely the same with lynx

Ive been using whale oil with castors. Mixed them up in august and let it brew behind the wood stove all fall. This will be my go to lure from now on.

Alright folks. I have some pics for you. The first two are of lynx kittens caught in my baited cubby sets.



Next, I have some sets with with just the wing and the trap underneath. Hope I'm doing them OK. Not sure how high to put the wing, and if the trap should be on a little, raised pile of snow. If you look closely, I have a snare next to the first wing set on the left between the two willow clumps.



This last one, I made a barrier and put a snare. I know I should use dry branches, but there weren't a whole lot nearby, plus the snow is 4 feet of fluff. So I went for it. There's big lynx tracks next to these two wing sets, so hopefully I can connect. It got real stormy the last couple of days, so, we'll see. If I were to do it over again, I would put the set under a BIG tree where the snow storms won't put the traps out of commission.

Well. Went out and checked the line today. We've had a lot of southeast winds bringing warm weather and overflow. My first set was a snare I put for a couple otter going in and out of a hole alongside the river. All the snow we had though covered up the area. I did see not too far away though where he came in and out again, so I put a 160 there. I also reopened the hole the snare was at and put a 160 there too. Sorry, no pics of the sets. I'm really hoping to connect soon on those. Nice fat otter too. Wide track.

My first wing set for a big lynx was empty. No new tracks in the area. Not sure if he/she moved on, but I reset the trap and snare. Did that for a few other sets until I ran into a set with a kitten in it. Small bugger. But I'll take what I can at this point in the season, seeing as I got off to a late start. I also remade a couple other sets.


This is a snare behind the next picture's set.

This is a new set. Has a CD, wing, bait, mentholadem in the wing. We'll see how it produces.

This a nice big one. Not sure if it's a male or female. How do you guys tell?

I need to make me a choke pole or bring a long, whacking stick. I had my Eastwing axe, which is quite short. And let me tell you, getting that close to a big cat that's hissing and growling at you is something else. Kind of questioned myself a couple times there when its ears were pinned back and its eyes were focused on killing me. But, I got er done.

This next pic is a remake of the set. Got some beaver castor piece on that bait.

I put a fence and snare not too far from this set. Just incase they decide not to set foot on the trap.

We have some better weather coming in the next few days, so hopefully will connect again soon.

Now that you have Lynx, Use your Lynx carcass as bait.
Best Lynx set there is imo, I struggled to catch Lynx the first three years. Now I just use marten carcass tied to tree right next to the trail where I see Lynx tracks in the early winter. Doesn't get them all but half ide say. Once you get some I skin them and chop a carcass into three pieces. Shoulders front, rear legs back and rib cage stomach. Now you have three excellent baits that need no lure and in my area no Lynx but maybe a kitten will pass this by. I don't think they want to eat it, I think they are just attracted to the huge cat smell coming off of it. Works for me on my small trapline I've caught 20 cats so far this year. I would not buy lure specifically for cats. This time of year anything glandular will get there attention. As far as trap placement goes. It really doesn't seam to be too important. If the Lynx meat is wired in a small spruce a foot from the trail I just set the trap so the snowmobile doesn't snap it as I drive by. Straight out from the bait anywhere from 12-20 inches.
With most baits the Lynx never really gets up on it. With this bait he will walk and sit all over your trap. I rarely miss one when using Lynx meat. The large baits are wired in paws up with the top of the bait reaching 24 inches off of walking surface. I don't use stepping sticks.

Male will have a nut sack right under the vent. When frozen in a snare, I usually look for nipples, sometimes hard to find the other indicators depending on what position they are frozen in.