Coyote trapping help needed

[BantyRooster]

There is much more to trapping a coyote than buying a trap and setting it. MUCH more. If you want all the detail I can provide them for you but trust me, call a professional.
Coyotes are very smart. Do a google search on coyote trapping and do ten minutes worth of reading and you will see what I am talking about.
Besides, since when do you have to beg a professional to do their job? Last I knew they just wanted to be paid.

 

[Livinzoo]

I got chickens, goats and pigs to become more self reliant. A neighbor has trapped 10 coyotes last year on their place. I refuse to pay someone money to do something I can learn to do myself ( I have replaced the transmission in my truck)

By the time I pay a trapper muliple times a year to take care of predators I should just pay the dr for meds and buy my food from commercial growers. It would probablly be much cheaper.

 

[Teach97]

There are some fairly good books out there on trapping. The large cage type traps rarely work on older animals. Leg holds and snares are the way to go. Look for crossing points...mainly where they are going under fences and such...these are great places for snares. Leg holds work near water and more open places on game trails. Watch out you can get into a little trouble with these as they will catch non-target species. Double check laws and permits that are needed. This is often why it is easier to call a pro. Leg holds require that you dig a little depression save the dirt...cover the trap with tissue...a little of the dirt...you need descent gloves and clothes...best bdet is to use stuff that has been in a pen with trapped coyotes. Take a large tarp that is de-oderized as well and spread out that to work from. Get a good book it will walk you through the process or possibly help you decide if it is really worth it

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Last week in my daily walk of my 5 acres I seen a hole, thought fox, next day another hole 30 feet from the first. Thought ok a fox. Went to get live trap, not a fox, coyote. Was told that a live trap would not work as even if ya got lucky and caught it then the animal will tear that trap up.

Got the name of a local trapper. He is coming Tuesday to set traps, price of gas for his troubles and I check the traps thru out the day. I am happy with that.

He might set out for a while and see what he can see LOL. I am fine with that as well. He said I will set where they are getting your chickens. I told him they are not getting my chickens but they are hitting the electric fence daily. He laughed and said he liked how I operated.


Good luck on getting that coyote, as far as a relative goes I have 7 brothers they all hunt and trap. I called someone else as I knew I would be last on their to do list. Maybe your neighbor could show ya how to trap. Sounds like they know what they are doing and it would help them out as well. Two trapping is better than one.

 

[BantyRooster]

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I wasn't trying to discourage your from being self-reliant, only pointing out that trapping coyotes is ALOT of HARD work. Coons are easy to catch. coyotes, not so much.
It can be done and you can do it. I said it wasn't as simple as buying and setting a trap.
It's a good thing to be self reliant. I am the same way. If you want advice I would be willing to share with you the things that I know about trapping K9s from years of trial & error.

 

[bryan8]

Get yourself some dukes or victor #2's

You will need to use 2 24 inch stakes. Cross stake them to make an x under ground.

Use a dirt hole set and and use some chicken as bait. (look this up on how to make the set)

hope this helps. Also make your you have clean gloves and boots. dont get any scent near the area.

let me know and I can walk you thought it.... only so much i can type at 11:30pm ...

~Bryan

 

[Johnboat]

I agree with bantyrooster , always someone looking to get something for nothing. Call your local warden I am pretty sure there is a live market on yotes in GA. You might get lucky and get at trapper for nothing or at little cost such as his gas bill. Right now the pelts are worthless unless they can sell that critter to a running pen. Trapping k9s is NOTHING like coon or possum. It takes years to get it right. If you want to learn to trap yotes more power to ya. If you want this yote that is causing you trouble be willing to pay up, no different than hiring a plumber or a mechanic. They have a skill and you have a problem. By the time you learn to trap yotes right you wont have a bird left alive to worry about. I dont say this to toot my own horn just trying to tell you straight up how it is With yotes. I do critter control for a living.

 

[19hhbelgian]

Patience is the prime virtue of life... set bait and wait with your gun ready... Easier and faster than trapping. Before we had our farm, the guy who's barn I rented, shot 2 coyotes in the pasture right behind his house. Simple as that... But, are you a good shot? If not, then I guess trapping would be a better bet. Otherwise I would simply get a pro to do it... Or maybe someone who simply likes to hunt would probably be happy to help out. Last year a guy shot a 70# coyote on our neighbors farm... He simply had permission to be out on their land and came across the coyote - Thank god! That's huge for a coyote

 

[janinepeters]

I am not sure if it is "allowed" in this forum to post an alternative view point, but I'll go for it anyway. Maybe someone out there will read the links and change their approach with predators:

http://www.projectcoyote.org/newsreleases/news_predatorinperil.html
http://www.predatorfriendly.org/about/index.html
http://www.predatorfriendly.org/how-to/index.html

We are now certified Predator Friendly. We've reduced our impact on wildlife, our animals are well protected, as a result of both of those things, we sleep more easily at night.

Good luck.

 

[will hunt for food]

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I make it a point to increase my impact on (some) wildlife.