submissive female, 2 yr old I think

MB 550...

yote/grey double, grey's on the right in the same trap that held the other female 2 days earlier. check out the location. calf dump/boneyard a few hundred yards down on the left by those pines. If a fella doesn't set this it's time for golf.

same dog, alpha female, fairly agressive

alpha male, gave me a good howl

Good Job Neill ! Get em all !

Cool!

Way to go Neill

Great job on getting the yotes!

Neill,

How big are those song dogs, 40 to 50lbs? They look big to me. Does there fur have the same properties as a wolf, won't frost? Are you getting any money for their pelts? Looks like they would make a nice pair of slippers to me.

Vic

Vic, they weighed 26, 30 and 36. I don't know what the fur is worth. Last year coyotes sold well for the first time in a while. Color and fur qualities are factors but I don't know how to grade a coyote. Generally I think the paler the better. I like the silver tips on the young one (don't know if shows in the photo). My vacation ended yesterday and I pulled all my traps. Had a great time though!

The coon weren't move last week anywhere and I only caught a few. The ones I caught were out of a dairy barn living off high protein cattle feed and had very nice fur.....this is probably the nicest coon I ever caught:

Nice catches. Saw 2 coons leave the barn where i hunt last week in the rain. Coyote have been very active here at home lately. I generally hear yipping and howls but 2 nights ago It sounded long and loud more wolf like than Ive ever heard.

Thanks for the information. That is a nice coon. I always thought the blacker the better for coons. Years ago we had a small black coon and got more for his pelt than a coon twice his size. Then again things change. We use to get $50 for a gray fox and $70 for a nice red fox.

A friend is after muskrat now and he said he is getting $5 a pelt and $2 for the carcase. That is pretty good money for today's standards.

Good luck if you get back out.

Vic

Neil, red fox?

Are the coyote taking over?

Good going man! I see you using the duke DP's, we also bought a dozen to try out this year and were very pleased with them. We hope to get back out as soon as we get a decent dry stretch of weather. Our beaver season just came in so we'll be after them if we can find any as well.

Bigmeat....those are high falutin lil grizz... ....the ones that duke put out of business. I've been using them for a few years and they are great. Around that barn I baited them with marsh mellow and fruit lure and managed not catch any of the 2 dozen barn cats running around.

Coalman, in those parts coyotes are around but not quite taking over imo. That particular farm seems to be a hot spot. My homeplace is 20 miles away and a coyote or 2 might come through every few weeks. Still plenty of fox, more grey than red.

what type of sets did you use and what type of bait or lures? thanks denny

dirt hole sets, tainted skunky beaver bait, Carmans or Junes red fox or coyote gland lure..........don't remember the specifics of each set and I didn't write it down. bait in the hole, wad of grass, piece of sheeps wool with lure

ok, thank you sir.