Posted By: Crawfish Trappah
Pasture trapping - 03/03/18 06:44 PM
I set a big cow pasture yesterday. I have never really trapped a pasture with cows in it. This place is basically a square with woods on 3 side and a road on the access side along with the rancher's house. There are no interior pens or gates. The fencing is all 5 strand barbed wire. There is a creek that runs through the pasture with a few trees. It is pretty non-decript. No haul roads ot right of ways that iintersect the pasture from neighboring properties. I know for a fact there is a good population of coyotes. We heard 2 seperate packs on either side of the pasture at dark last night and the rancher has shot 3-4 since Christmas. My problem is I found it sort of difficult to figure out where to set in the pasture. The tracks we saw were in the cow trails and a few tracks at a creek crossing. I was really only pleased with about half of the sets that I made..The other half felt more like I was trying to keep the cows from stepping on them rather than being on the X. Any general tips for pasture location would be appreciated...I am generally a road trapper.