After checking the trail cams last weekend and seeing multiple coyotes my dad and I decided to try to get rid of a few this upcoming weekend. Never “hunted” coyotes besides when we see them during deer season. We have at least 8 different yotes on camera in a 4 day period. More than I have seen before on the property. If we dont kill any this weekend anyone on here have experience night hunting for coyotes? I would love to get them off the property. Pm me if interested.
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with that number of yotes,you most likely have the entire pack.Hunting them will work on occasion,but they are rangy bastards and seem like they are in a different county every other night.
Except for the few loners who appear a couple times a year,we have eradicated them with the use of steel leg holds.It is much easier shooting them locked up in a catch-pole from 8ft.,than running around on high alert,and you trying to sight them in your scope.
We are having more and more problems with them on our club too… I would love to pick up any advice I can use to get rid of them… Coyotes will hurt your deer and turkey populations if you dont keep their numbers down…
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How do the leg holds work? Do you bait them?
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quote:some can be,mostly use only scent gland lure and urine.
Originally posted by beaufortjayHow do the leg holds work? Do you bait them?
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yote steps in hold, trips the pan,closes shut on leg,end of yote.
google steel leghold trap,and you will see.
Inhuman, but soak a sponge in bacon grease. They eat the sponge and it gets hung up and kills them
maybe inhumane?
I have yet to see evidence that a sponge blocks the intestines,besides,some old coon will carry that sponge away in a night or two.If a yote happens upon a sponge,I doubt he will touch it cause of the strange scent.
I was told, they do that in Texas,well,hunt,hunt,hunt.
Is there a chance a deer or another animal will trip the trap and get stuck?
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I have heard of farmers using heavy steel leader and treble hooks on a tree waist high with meat attached. Hook them like a catfish and shoot them in the head with a .22. I would love to know how to call and hunt them but they are smart animals and tough to kill. Two of them howling sounds like ten especially at dusk when u have to walk in the dark.
quote:Sounds like a great way to catch someone's dog.
Originally posted by scbigben28I have heard of farmers using heavy steel leader and treble hooks on a tree waist high with meat attached. Hook them like a catfish and shoot them in the head with a .22. I would love to know how to call and hunt them but they are smart animals and tough to kill. Two of them howling sounds like ten especially at dusk when u have to walk in the dark.
or anything else that eats meat
" It is what it is".
Probably not a good feeling to hook a lab or golden. Seeing them in the crosshairs is the best way to know.
if you have 8 yotes on camera, you have 40. This time of year there range is at there smallest. Trapping is the best way to go, but it is not a cheap or easy task, especially this time of year. Wait till fall, learn how to prep traps, dirt hole sets, flat sets, etc.
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Originally posted by Bolbiemaybe inhumane?
I have yet to see evidence that a sponge blocks the intestines,besides,some old coon will carry that sponge away in a night or two.If a yote happens upon a sponge,I doubt he will touch it cause of the strange scent.
While Bolbie and I disagree an a lot of other topics, I agree 100% on this one. When you have an animal that has stomach acid strong en ought to dissolve bone and tooth, do you honestly think a sponge would do the trick. Maybe in a delicate lap puppy, but not a yot.
A little Furidan packed in a dead chicken, but that is very indiscriminate. It will kill what ever eats it. I’ve not seen it but my neighbor had some dudes out of Georgia come in and kill a couple. They staked a couple of live chickens out and even had a couple of yots come in after killing two and staying in the stand. They killed 6 in a weekend.
they choke to death.Google it.Jay was asking for advice.I apologize that I attempted to help you, with my attempts to come to your aid and are not very interested in alternatives.
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Originally posted by king of the pierthey choke to death.Google it.Jay was asking for advice.</font id=“red”>
That’s why I replied. Trying to help. I’ve been through the Google thing a couple of years ago on bacon sponges. No proof it works and when most of the posters state “when the sponge swells up” I just have to laugh. Like a sponge is going to swell up more after soaking it in bacon grease. Do you really believe a poster saying that they would choke on the sponge, remember it is covered in grease which is a lubricant.
My advise, bacon soaked sponges are a waste of time. If you want a sure fired method a little Furidan packed into a chicken breast will work if willie eat’s it. I’ve seen it kill a possum and raccoon one foot away from the nest, never a yot that close but have had them die with in a few 100 yards. If you don’t want the buzzards to die bury what you poison so they don’t eat it.
Beaufortjay, I can’t comment on leg holds as I’ve never used them, but seems that would be a good option as well.
Edit, also a few years ago while at a meeting on fort Johnson, I brought up this subject off topic. Everyone had heard about it, but no one had proof of a kill from sponges. I’ll trust these professionals advise.
Thanks yall for the advice. Just wanna get rid of these darn things. It seems like every year we have more and more. Im hoping to take care of at least one or two this weekend. I may have to learn how to trap if hunting them fails.
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keep us posted,good luck!
Foothold trap!