Coyotes and snares.

TheOneRidgeRunner · Jan 24, 2022

Anybody using snares to target coyotes?
Any advice, good learning resources to look into?
The coyotes are educated and won't come to calls in this specific area. Snares and traps seem to be the only alternative.

deadibob · Jan 25, 2022

I just recently (like the last couple weeks) started putting snares out for the first time. I picked up a few books and videos on snaring and hopefully that will shorten the learning curve. So far I've built about 150 snares over the last several weeks, 7x7 3/32" for coyote and 7x7 1/16" for bobcat. I'm trying both microlocks and camlocks. It's taken longer to make them than I thought it would and it's real easy to screw up the 1/16" cable when loading them.
A lot of guys prefer snares to leghold traps because you can still use snares when your traps are 2' under the snow and useless. I've been buying most of my stuff from the snare shop and spending time picking up tips on trapperman.

Ask me in a couple months and hopefully I'll know more

LIK2HNT · Jan 25, 2022

Like to know how this works out for you guys. How are fur prices looking?

deadibob · Jan 25, 2022

LIK2HNT said:
Like to know how this works out for you guys. How are fur prices looking?

There is a fur buying auction in Nephi on February 10-13th, there was one in Idaho a couple weeks ago and coyotes are about $25; not hardly worth messing with. Apparently there is a warehouse from the bigger buyers with over 200,000 pelts that they can't sell so prices are going to be rock bottom for a while.

bucks · Jan 25, 2022

Be careful snaring,I run a trapline and use snares quite a lot but they are deadly on anything that gets in them! Lions here in Utah are illegal to trap and they get in snares as easy as coyotes.Also you have the ever present hounds mans to be aware of,But yes snares are a great weapon for trap smart coyotes.Good luck

Old Cowboy · Jan 25, 2022

They work great. Just be careful where you use them. Some good sheepdogs are worth a couple thousand and up. You might wind up owning a dead one.

TheOneRidgeRunner · Jan 25, 2022

LIK2HNT said:
Like to know how this works out for you guys. How are fur prices looking?

Not really looking to cash in on pelts or the bounty for them here in Utah, just see the need for them to be killed because they are wreaking havoc on the deer herd.

Cooper · Jan 25, 2022

This one was in the middle of a subdivision and had no fear, there is way too many

OLDHORNHUNTER · Jan 26, 2022

Snares are a great way to catch yotes & lots of other critters, like some others said be careful where you set them especially if there are other critters running around. Most states require a stop lock or deer stop on all snares, check your states Regs. Set on SIGN !! ,All you really need is snares,a Good pair of pliers with a wire cutter, a roll of tie wire, a roll of 10 or 11 gauge wire for supports & a back pack or something to carry them in .. Most yote snares are 10 to 12" loop 10 to 12" off the ground with a chin stick under the loop.. you can buy good snares or get a roll of 7x7 cable springs locks & stops & go to town. A great resource is { The Snare Shop } google them they have everything you will need to get setup, They also have lots of books & videos available, & they used to have some online basics info . I always make up a bunch of cable extensions from 3 to 10 feet heavier cable, crimp loops on both ends that way you can attach your anchor point away from the snare loop & they usually wont tear up the trail. I am not sure what state your in but Idaho yote pelts went down hill from last year to this year the 1st fur sale the 15th & 16th of Jan ,yotes averaged $36 { 1178 offered }that was good fully fleshed & stretched 2021 was $51 average { 3300 offered }

foldem_aug · Jan 26, 2022

Follow what old horn said. Make sure to use deer stops. I like cam locks and kill springs. 5/64ths is harder for them to see than 3/32 but they will break off a few. Find pinch points to set them in or holes in fence lines. I don't know your terrain but I love worn down cattle trials and trails in tall weeds and grasses. Need short cables in heavy cover because they'll wreck the area around the set after you catch one. A couple years ago a set a line in an 80ft. patch of fire weeds. had to move a couple snare every other day down the trail; took about two weeks and I had 8 yotes and then, no more cover to set any in. They are not dumb like a cat. Yotes wont just walk through a snare that isn't fairly hidden.

Homer · Jan 26, 2022

....having no experience with snares for coyotes...I caught a bear in one......he pulled like a fricking plow horse.....found two powder river gates, 3 corner posts and braces, and 100 yard of fence 1/2 mile away in a meadow with one very pissed off bear......a 25 pound coyote can break that little cable but a bear can't???...wtf??

Zeke · Jan 27, 2022

bucks said:
Be careful snaring,I run a trapline and use snares quite a lot but they are deadly on anything that gets in them! Lions here in Utah are illegal to trap and they get in snares as easy as coyotes.Also you have the ever present hounds mans to be aware of,But yes snares are a great weapon for trap smart coyotes.Good luck

Sounds like snaring is like a box of chocolates, "ya never know what you're going to get",

Sounds fun but I've never done it.

Zeke

Old Cowboy · Jan 27, 2022

Zeke said:
Sounds like snaring is like a box of chocolates, "ya never know what you're going to get",

Sounds fun but I've never done it.

Zeke

But it's going to be dead so be careful where you set them

Gator · Jan 27, 2022

Make Crawl under holes under woven wire fence. with wired down bait.
a guy I knew fenced off a 40ft x40ft in the corner of a pasture and did 8 or 10 crawl under's on each side of the pen all the local farmers gave him all the dead livestock and he made a pile in that wove fence encloser. He even picked up roadkill deer, rabbits, coons, pheasants etc (no free lunches) he built these pens about 10 to 15 miles apart. I think he had a few pens scattered around that he drove and checked every day.
I remember one year he took a few hundred fox and coyote with a few dozen racoons.
I believe a few states don't let you pick up dead deer and such, so find out first if you can.
I use to buy killer sheep (cripple, ulcer, sick, old etc ) at the local sale barn and take them out into the sloughes and set traps around the all the dead ones and after the animals started eating on them.
even catch some mink that came up and got caught.
Good luck hope you catch a bunch.

deadibob · Jan 28, 2022

No sheep dogs where I'm trapping and not many lions. Utah doesn't require deer stops but we need to have breakaways on snares which allows livestock and deer to get out. If I catch a lion in a foothold trap I'll release him with the catchpole I built

OLDHORNHUNTER said:
Snares are a great way to catch yotes & lots of other critters, like some others said be careful where you set them especially if there are other critters running around. Most states require a stop lock or deer stop on all snares, check your states Regs. Set on SIGN !! ,All you really need is snares,a Good pair of pliers with a wire cutter, a roll of tie wire, a roll of 10 or 11 gauge wire for supports & a back pack or something to carry them in .. Most yote snares are 10 to 12" loop 10 to 12" off the ground with a chin stick under the loop.. you can buy good snares or get a roll of 7x7 cable springs locks & stops & go to town. A great resource is { The Snare Shop } google them they have everything you will need to get setup, They also have lots of books & videos available, & they used to have some online basics info . I always make up a bunch of cable extensions from 3 to 10 feet heavier cable, crimp loops on both ends that way you can attach your anchor point away from the snare loop & they usually wont tear up the trail. I am not sure what state your in but Idaho yote pelts went down hill from last year to this year the 1st fur sale the 15th & 16th of Jan ,yotes averaged $36 { 1178 offered }that was good fully fleshed & stretched 2021 was $51 average { 3300 offered }

I did see the results of the Idaho fur sale and yeah not good. I've been making my coyote loops 12" and bobcat at 8". I've bought most of my stuff from the snare shop and it has been only taking three days to get my orders to me here in Utah. I ordered a bunch of traps from Scheels and it took fifteen days to get my order.

This is my first season snaring so I picked up 13 books and 6 videos (some just trapping and some on snaring) to shorten the learning curve. I've been making and using snare extensions for places that I need to use them. I bought 700' of 3/32"s South Korean cable and a few hundred feet of 1/16" for bobcats. I've got about five dozen leghold traps but would like to at least double that amount. I've settled on Bridger dogless #2 & #3's but I've got some Montana's and a couple dukes as well.

I tried the bucket thing but that sucks to hike with so I've been using a backpack and just been modifying it to work for everything.

PleaseDear · Jan 28, 2022

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TheOneRidgeRunner · Jan 28, 2022

Thank you everyone. I'll give it a try and let you know the results. Lots of information out there on the web to get started.

Stillwater165 · Jan 28, 2022

You’ll spend a lot of time re setting snares no matter where you put them. I’ve caught a ton of coyotes on deer trails through grass ..... after I’ve re set them a half dozen times ! Be sure to religiously check them and good luck !

TheOneRidgeRunner · Jan 29, 2022

deadibob said:
No sheep dogs where I'm trapping and not many lions. Utah doesn't require deer stops but we need to have breakaways on snares which allows livestock and deer to get out. If I catch a lion in a foothold trap I'll release him with the catchpole I built

I did see the results of the Idaho fur sale and yeah not good. I've been making my coyote loops 12" and bobcat at 8". I've bought most of my stuff from the snare shop and it has been only taking three days to get my orders to me here in Utah. I ordered a bunch of traps from Scheels and it took fifteen days to get my order.

This is my first season snaring so I picked up 13 books and 6 videos (some just trapping and some on snaring) to shorten the learning curve. I've been making and using snare extensions for places that I need to use them. I bought 700' of 3/32"s South Korean cable and a few hundred feet of 1/16" for bobcats. I've got about five dozen leghold traps but would like to at least double that amount. I've settled on Bridger dogless #2 & #3's but I've got some Montana's and a couple dukes as well.

I tried the bucket thing but that sucks to hike with so I've been using a backpack and just been modifying it to work for everything.

How have you done, any luck?