well i'm trappin now and here in ohio you can't find a coon! idk Y but u just can't as far as coyotes g oa 1 3/4 DUKE are u'r best bet thats all i ever used. but 1st you will need 2 also get DYE and WAX. get a good rust on the trap and they are ready to dye. to dye the traps boil water and add the dye i use the log wood crystals. then dip them in wax. put a small nail between the jaws. or you will wax the JAWs together. w/ coyotes you ALWAY need 2 double stake u'r trap. what i use are earth anchors. look tehm up on a trapping site. w/ them there is no need to double stake. also you will need RUBBER GLOVES and RUBBER BOOTS. a trowel dirt sifter and hammer. possible dry dirt if needed. when settin for coyotes i nvr set in the woods always get about 10-20 yds. out in a field. I love SOIBEAN fields that are already picked. take a bundle of the clippings and make a nice little mound out of them set the trap on the down wind side of teh pile 9" back and 3" to the right make sure you'r trap is Beded EXTREMLY solid. if the trap wobbles u'r coyote is GONE then take u'r sifter and sift the dirt back over teh trap until it's just covered.tehn take some of teh soibean clipping and run then threw the sifter you don't want any hard object over top the jaws or it wil give teh coyote a chance to get out. you also put a hole on about a 45 degree angleat the base of teh pile stick a chunk of bait such as rabbit or a part of deer. and teh n dress it w/ lure my FAVORIT is made by. PETE LEGET. FOX AND COYOTE. you don't need much and it works. also i don't use bait to often ilike to use jsut lure.then in about mid JAN. you take a small stick about 12" long and about the size of a broom handle. and stick it in the ground on a angle this is called a sent post in teh mattin season coyotes will run in pairs. place the trap along side of the stick and dribble urin on it.

you have to remember that coyotes are IMO the hardest animale to catch they are very smart. n if u spit or leave any way for the coyote to smell that you were there YOU ARE DONE

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