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<blockquote data-quote="hammer33" data-source="post: 5790736" data-attributes="member: 19900"><p>Tip: Go easy using lure for coyotes. Try food based baits first. It can be sophisticated commercial baits or as simple as bacon grease. I have been having great success using the black greasy goo out of the smoker drip pan. </p><p>Dirt hole sets are easy and can be used almost anywhere. Don't get caught up in the different names/kinds of sets. Focus on the geometry of the set. Where is the bait, where is the trap, how will the coyote step to get to the bait. Can he steal the bait or investigate without stepping in the trap?</p><p>My most lethal set is a hollow log about 16" long with a trap bedded in front of it. Pile some junk (rocks/firewood/branches) behind it blocking the back entrance, put a chunk of bait in the log (I have used a mouse, rat, dead bird, half a taco, venison scraps, road killed squirrel, spoiled lunch meat). Slap a little smoker goo in the log, and dribble a little on top. I then stuff a wad of dead grass in the opening of the log. Coyote has to work the set to get the grass out, then stick his nose into the hollow log to get at the bait. Meanwhile he is moving his feet around your set. Bam, you got him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hammer33, post: 5790736, member: 19900"] Tip: Go easy using lure for coyotes. Try food based baits first. It can be sophisticated commercial baits or as simple as bacon grease. I have been having great success using the black greasy goo out of the smoker drip pan. Dirt hole sets are easy and can be used almost anywhere. Don't get caught up in the different names/kinds of sets. Focus on the geometry of the set. Where is the bait, where is the trap, how will the coyote step to get to the bait. Can he steal the bait or investigate without stepping in the trap? My most lethal set is a hollow log about 16" long with a trap bedded in front of it. Pile some junk (rocks/firewood/branches) behind it blocking the back entrance, put a chunk of bait in the log (I have used a mouse, rat, dead bird, half a taco, venison scraps, road killed squirrel, spoiled lunch meat). Slap a little smoker goo in the log, and dribble a little on top. I then stuff a wad of dead grass in the opening of the log. Coyote has to work the set to get the grass out, then stick his nose into the hollow log to get at the bait. Meanwhile he is moving his feet around your set. Bam, you got him. [/QUOTE]
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