Pre Setting And Luring/Woodland Sets

[woodtick]

I want to do a little testing over the summer with differet sets and techniques to see how well coyotes will respond to them and how they actually work them and maybe do a little testing on different baits and lures.[i know they may respond to lure differently in the summer].  
 I was wondering when would be a good time to start doing this? I guess I was wondering mostly what effects breeding season would have  on the results ?
No traps involved just a learning experience.

Farm land is almost non-exsistant where I trap, so I'm trying to develop a good woodland set that will work in my area. I'll list some of the problems I'm facing, and maybe some of you will have some ideas.
1/ Before any body mentions snares, the coyotes don't trail worth a damn around here, they follow the same overall routes but just trial through randomly without using the same trail twice.
2/ The yotes do seem to hang to the larger trails and logging roads on a more regular basis, I believe they are hanging to these roads to catch rabbits and partridge crossing. And ease of travel. But then I run in the problem of ATV'ers, these people  travel everywhere, all times of the day and night. It wouldn't even be safe to set traps on these roads with grapples.
3/ I am going to put out a few "big baits with snares", but there's a lot of good trapping spots that this just isn't possible.
4/ I should add that this is all second growth spruce and pine forest with quite a few small "choppings" scattered around.

So to get down to the heart of the matter, what I'm trying to find is a strong bait or lure that will draw the coyotes off these roads and out of sight, either into the woods or back into the  "choppings". And a set that the coyotes will work under these conditions when they get there.

Time is of no importance on my canine line so I'm not adverse to using some of the older more specialized ,or time consuming set or methods.

The only bright spot in this here whole mess is that trapping pressure is virtually non-existant. I'm the only trapper in my area and I know I,m NOT HURTING the population any. hehehe LOL hehe!

Scottrw :
   :roll:

[RdFx]

Road killed deer or scraps easily  picked up fm butcher shops put into the above areas will create draw station  that once  canines know they are there will always stop by  when passing even if to just sniff and scent up a urine post.  Check you areas laws on baiting ect or with our wildlife officer.  Canines will visit bait stations with just old bones so you dont have to always have flesh on  the bones to attract canines.  Snares will work and save alot of hassle in winter.  Get yourself some books and read on it or  contact a experinced snaring person and  LISTEN as it will save you headaches in the long run  ( AT least some of them).  Skunk musk will draw canines into an area also.  So will  eggs that have been  setting in jar in sun for awhile LOL.  and then  poured on ground or stump in area you want canines to visit.  Get videos or books and absorb  info and use what will work for your area or experiment and see what will work for you.  Good Luck

[woodtick]

RDFX : I don't have a problem using snares, I'm experienced at snaring fox and cats. The problem is that when the coyotes travel through an area they tend to stick to the logging roads and two-tracks only venturing off randomly without rhyme nor reason and seemingly never following the same trail twice that would be any good for snaring.
Bait piles with snares aren't the problem ,my beaver carcasses have to go somewheres. LOL. But as I said before draw stations aren't  possible in certain areas of my line.
 So essentally I'm just trying to draw these coyotes off the more heavily traveled two-tracks just far enough to be out of sight and have a trap set that they will work in the bush!
I did manage to pick up a few yotes in improvised dirtholes on the two-tracks when I was able to manage to stay out of the way of ATV's

Scott

[RdFx]

:wink:  Ive found you can lure yotes off of logging roads , trails ect  the same way you do coons when you want them out of sight.  You can take  urine or a diluted bait solution dripped fm logging road down trail, deer trail, even a weed wacked trail  towards a snare or  blind trap set or another type of foothold set.  With snares  i stop at least 25 feet fm snare so yote doesnt have head down .  Also another way is to put call lure  in  tree or bush at least 4 or 5 feet up and according to wind direction so canine comes thru or to yr snare, foothold set.