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Post by mjflores on Oct 27, 2012 6:34:00 GMT -5
Just curious, is there a way to trap a yote in an area with lots of coon, and not catch a coon? I keep my property stocked with coon, and have built up quite a population. Lately, the yotes have come in...now I'm not seeing any deer, getting woke up almost every night by them. Enough is enough, they have to go. Any ideas? EC, your welcome to have at them although their fur has never been good in my area...lots of baldness. If there's a good way to catch yotes and not get coon let me know. In the past I've caught yote using dirt hole sets and a frozen cube of bacon grease dropped down the hole, but admittedly that'll catch anything with a stomach.
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Post by ecgreen on Oct 29, 2012 5:03:40 GMT -5
Here is what I might try:
1.) Use a well blended flat set. Coons are attracted to fresh dug dirt patterns and louder smells. A completely blended in flat set with some fox urine would have a much less chance of [pulling in a coon. Especially if you made a big old ugly dirthole really close to it that had no trap in it. Give them something to work like that and they will ignore the flatset. The coyote however, would have to check it out.
2.) Blind set in a trail and be very patient.
3.) Use a good trap and check ever 12 hours and keep releasing coon until you catch your yote.
Let me know if you need any help!
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Post by davidnh on Oct 29, 2012 6:45:48 GMT -5
Why not hunt the yotes take a few out,
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Post by ecgreen on Oct 29, 2012 9:04:01 GMT -5
Certainly another option, and a fun one! Since its your land, hunt them at night with a spotlight. Two people, one with a rifle and one with a shotgun.
Trapping does tend to have a higher probability of success though
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Post by davidnh on Oct 29, 2012 12:17:29 GMT -5
even better hunt and trap them.
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Post by mjflores on Oct 29, 2012 14:25:07 GMT -5
Thanks EC, that's great advice.
I do hunt them with my Foxpro after deer season for a few weeks, but I don't like disturbing the area with a caller and shooting during deer season. I dont mind a few coyotes to keep the woods clean, they're needed in nature...just not this many and I could do without the wake up at night.
I like that traps work while I sleep, am at work, etc. I wouldn't have the time to hunt yotes right now since I focus on bird hunting this time of year. I haven't even had time to bow hunt much yet but will focus starting this weekend.
The traps are going out, hopefully the coon dont get in them and can at least get 1 or two yotes to put a dent in them for a while.
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Post by ecgreen on Oct 30, 2012 8:14:43 GMT -5
This is dispersal time too, so you are getting a lot of young yotes moving through. Numbers should stabilize as a matter of course
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