I'm going to put this out there(don't hurt me too bad) in my testing I've seen more coyotes get spooky around coyote gland lures than all other lures I've tested put together. Even straight coyote glands , nothing added. With that said I'll add a few disclaimers. First I haven't done a lot of testing with gland lures, probably less than 50 test sets. Second I have seen good reactions and have caught coyotes on gland lures. And finally I will acknowledge they have there time and place.
I will add the negative reactions was just gland lure smeared on an existing object so I don't think the set presentation had anything to do with them getting spooky. I watched one coyote crawl the last 15 feet to the set on its belly once. Never seen that reaction before or after that.And I also know some fur trappers that have put up some really big catches that have stated the same thing. I've also seen some "gland" formulation recipes that used enough other stronger odors that I would think the glands would be a secondary odor at best and that might be stretching it.
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Yes sir
just something to throw out there---have you noticed the same caution at different times of the year? How about with non-coyote gland?
For my disclaimer---This is the opposite world from Kansas; we dont produce that many. But we've got no shortage of pressure on them from wide range of activities which has caused them to react differently over the last couple decades. And I'm basically a stones throw from Mike.
i've seen a mix of reactions under the cameras when i'm decently convinced the smells are at play in producing the reaction and not just the camera. heres my broad take away--- 1) theres a percentage of critters that will always be spooky of virtually everything from a cat to a dog to another coyote. anything and everything seems to put them on guard. thankfully they arent all that way or we might never catch anything. i'd think those critters likely cause gray hair for adc guys. 2) there's the opposite group that are bold but make it thru the pressure and live until adulthood. they become educated on when to be spooky but glands dont seem to scare them. i think some of the reactions i've seen in video is it actually makes them mad or agitated. and 3) theres everything else that probably is majority of population. videos in the summer prior to season with younger critters seem to show some apprehension and sometimes complete avoidance to coyote smells but inclined to check out other glands and urine. but my sample size is pretty small too. hoping to put up set of cameras this weekend. ive also noticed in video that some families act differently as a group than others and my guess is that is based on how mom is wired. some moms seems to make the kids more guarded than others in those first months of learning.
during late fall thru winter, i find myself using gland lure at sets but cameras are hardly ever being used then. catch critters on it but ive also seen them spook on snow with it. as winter is giving way to spring and ive wrapped up season, i have more cameras out. they seem to hit gland and urine pretty frequently then but maybe its also because sample size is bigger from more days with camera running and new critters moving thru on dispersal or setting up new territory? well thats just my rambling for the day