I am new this year to trapping. I have posted before, but my question is about snow and dirt hole/pipe sets. We are supposed to get 6"+ of snow Tuesday night and I don't want to stop trapping coyotes. I have been using waxed dirt from the start of the season and I just re-baited and re-lured on Sunday. Do you guys and gals just keep them out or do you pull them? Thanks for the help
Lots of good advice has been given. If you to keep on trapping and can access your set locations, good. Just plan on giving the old snow shovel a workout and clear areas like others mentioned. If you have not sort of lined up you sets with some object I think you may want to find a way to mark them before the snow. Even a small sapling driving in following some point on the compass is a help. Pace it off etc.
I have done a lot of shoveling trying to find sets. This year has been the worst weather I have seen a long time on the line. Even two inch snow blends in a flat set pretty darn nice, nice enough it is hard to pin point. Shovel, shovel, shovel. No raking around that storm, actually two like that, when the top inch is crusted from he follow up freezing rain. Got to love it.
Do not get discouraged. If you keep on trapping in the snow you will get a good education and see a lot of animal movement if they are around. Priceless education, but sort of flusters a man at times. LOL