Yote problem need trapping advice

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Got 2 packs of yotes in the area and last night they were trying to square off with my dog. Luckily the fence kept them out of the yard and chicken coop so they didn't get into a fight. They seem to be getting bolder by the week.

Here is the deal. Mixed farm/residental community. Most are 5-15 ac lots with some larger farms scattered around. Too many houses and too much property to cross for the yotes to be called in from my property.

Pack 1. Heading south from my property there is a 30ac cow pasture with house, a busy road, another pasture and then some woods where I believe they den.

Pack 2 is NE of my property. Directly across the street is a 60-70 ac field that hasn't been mowed in 2 years. NE is a 65 ac cedar thicket that runs back into another larger wooded parcel that forms a big T.

I don't have permission to hunt any other land around me and the yotes start howling after sun down and arrive at my property between 9pm and 3 AM.

Pack 1 seems to come North, drive my dog nuts and try to get through the chain link around the chicken yard, then head around our side pasture to meet up with pack 2.

Since I cant spotlight them, I want to set out some snares. Fence on back 2 sides of the property are just barbwire so they can cross anywhere they want.

Any suggestions on how to set up a snare to catch some of these boogers? I have never trapped before so I'm a total rookie. Any advice would be appreciated so long as it is legal.
 
I have trapped them for years.. My post is not what you will want to hear.. snareing them is no problem.. go to trapperman.com and you will get all the snare advise you want.. here is the problem... any snare you set to catch a yote will catch every single coon dog and deer that comes by.. be very careful where you set them.. you dont want to catch a 1k dollar coon or bird dog and have it get hung up in some brush and expire.. make sure there is nothing for them to get into.. 20 years ago I went to a coyote snaring class in east tn.. came home with 2 dozen brand new snares.. went to my farm and set them just as the instructor showed.. under fences.. trail sets..etc. next morning.., not a single yote.. but I had 7 dead deer... #3 victor soft catch foothold will eliminate the deer catch but will still catch a dog.. good luck..
 
Nobody coon or rabbit hunts around here. Too open for coons and the yotes have all the rabbits eaten. There is one dog that roams (neighbors) but it has been pretty well trained by cousin Daisy that it will not like coming on my property.

Even though they rarely cross my property, I don't want to catch deer.
I was thinking that a couple snares along my backyard fence might catch them slinking along trying to get into the chickens. Maybe put some feathers on the ground to use as a scent lure.

Ill check out the trapper website and see if there is a set up with a low probability of bycatch that may still get a couple of the sneaky varmints.
 
I would put the word out in the trapping community that you are looking for a good coyote trapper. Trapping can put a much quicker and higher numbered results in their population control than just calling and hunting them. Although hunting them is more fun predator hunting puts very little dent in their overall numbers IMO. A good trapper can put a hurting on a resident pack. Problem is they will just be replaced by another pack in a matter of time. Coyotes are surviors and are quick learners. They are kind of like nomads and move around quiet a bit and can have large roaming ranges. They follow the food sources for the most part. Good luck to you.
 
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