Time before pullin land sets

[Tim B]

In the last few years it has been my experience that if a yote doesent hit your set in 3 or 4 days you are probably off location.  Cats and fox may take a little longer to find it it seems.
What have others observed?
Thanks for the input.
Tim B

[Wackyquacker]

Tim you must be experiencing one of those"regional" things.  My coyotes can and often do cycle over their range.  There seems to be a number of factors that influence this movement including me, weather, and stock - game movements.  I routinely set my ranches which takes about, a week the way I work it, and pull the traps after a month to 6 weeks.  When I run short of traps or just plain get tired of getting bounced on some particularly rough stretch of road, I 'll pull traps and relocate them.  Otherwise, I put a trap in and leave it.   My point is that I don't expect coyotes much before the second or third day and two weeks isn't a big deal in certian cases, and I've taken them even later.

Now, I realize that I trap more on the control side of the game but I'll venture a guess that two weeks is about right for most fur trappers in coyote range.

[Asa Lenon]

Generally speaking, if a set hasn't produced in ten days I pull it and reset at a new location.  Its not that the set might not eventually produce but rather that moving to a new location that shows current animal activity will pay off better in the long run.  One only has so many traps they can manage each day so keeping them in the most active areas results in a maximum harvest.  I am referring to dirt trapping with this statement.  In the deep snow, I generally leave sets out all Winter because Winter sets are always pretty near location when set in or along a feeding area.  Ace

[jim-NE]

unless I am way off, it seems like I hit "eventually" and experience has taught me to leave things alone for awhile longer than the urge to pull tells me to.
our red fox seem a little more "homebodies" so if I get no response after 10 days I move those sets. I try to force myself to go a full 14 -20 days on coyote or bobocat sets, late in the season though. Early on I might move them around a little sooner, but late in season I've learned to leave them a little longer and of course check to make sure that they are still operable during freeze-thaw conditions. Especially on the cats. We just don't have the population here to get many visits at sets. I see coyotes often while driving around, and here them in evenings, but I also see the hunting activity, etc. and I think they get pushed out of sections and herded around somewhat by trying to avoid a pheasant hunting crew moving through a section. I think they range a little farther around here sometimes by being forced out of their happy hunting grounds. Plus, in late winter, a coyote standing in a field is sure to cause the next truck driving by to stop and shoot.
Again, may be a regional thing with populations and local animal activity patterns, but the later the season, the longer I tend to leave my sets now.