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To build a coyote trap
Machias:
You'd have to have a top and a bottom or they will jump out or dig out.
huntingfool7:
--- Quote from: jasnt on April 25, 2016, 04:52:44 PM ---Coyotes have pretty fast reflexes. I'm thinking a carousel type design similar to the one on the video but smaller and lower to the ground. Bout 30' off the ground. Still playing with ideas before I start cutting
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Could use a round bale feeder for the frame.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/galvanized-economic-bale-feeder?cm_vc=-10005
kirkdekalb:
--- Quote ---Before you spend your money and time, do some research on a fairly extensive study done in California. They did trap some yotes, the vast majority were young of the year just weaned. It was some ungodly amount of time the traps set to catch ratio. Thousands of hours per catch.
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All the studies I have seen are using out dated equipment. None of the latest developed. I know of a study that is suppose to take place soon. They have some newly designed equipment but not the latest. Even with all of the latest equipment the ability of the trapper with any equipment is crucial.
Just because you haven,t seen it, doesn,t mean it hasn,t been developed.
Machias:
Totally agree Kirk, but if you're going to build the same type of trap that has been used in those old studies, then I think it's a good idea to review those studies...even if they are old. They were pretty extensive.
kirkdekalb:
That is true.
Problems I have seen are mainly limited funding and lack of knowledge as to what has been developed and what can be developed. Most keep going back to original designs because that is all that they are familiar with. I will post some of my findings base on posts on this thread. Maybe someone will get further with it than I did.
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