To build a coyote trap

[jasnt]

In the video I posted the coyote is escaping from a cougar trap of wdfw's.(designed to let coyotes out) Me and my brother have talked about wooden traps large and heavy for coyote.  Made of logs and would look more natural.  I'm still leaning toward a more mobile design. Think umbrella on top(made to look like a tree) and a crab pot design below with stainless steel cable netting bedded in the ground. When triggered bottom springs up while top goes down.   Still in the drawing phase but I think I'm getting closer to starting the prototype

[Kit Carson]

How are you thinking of having the "umbrella top" connect/lock with the lower metal netting? Could potentially be with a bunch of locks similar to the hancock/koro beaver traps?

[jasnt]

I've never used or got my hands on a hancock/koro beaver trap so I'm not sure about that. I was thinking more along the lines of cam locks kinda like a snare. Slides easy on way but not the other

[kirkdekalb]

Think about this idea. A cage trap that the coyote does not have to enter to get caught in.

Or at least he thinks he has not entered.

[bearpaw]

http://trappintales.com/AT/product/32-live-bait-trap/?v=400b9db48e62

That trap is big enough I see how it might work at times for coyotes when covered over like a culvert. The thing about coyotes, they are very used to going in culverts looking for prey!

Instead of making an awkwardly huge culvert trap, how about making a mechanisn to put on the entrance of existing culverts. Would there be any law preventing that, if so, how about on private property?

Attach a door on each side of the culvert, run a wire through the culvert connected to a mechanism on each door with bait or trigger attached to the center of the wire in the middle of the culvert. 

[Kit Carson]

That's very interesting. I like the idea 

[bearpaw]

If a person did that you will probably need to build an extendable pole to push the wire through and to recover coyotes after you shoot them. A trap like that would catch all kinds of fur! Some that you may not want!

[JJB11B]

If a person did that you will probably need to build an extendable pole to push the wire through and to recover coyotes after you shoot them. A trap like that would catch all kinds of fur! Some that you may not want!

They could put those in in the suburbs for tweakers, unfortunately all that fur has mange and is undesireable

[bearpaw]

Existing culverts are a real hotspot for critters, if a person could come up with a good system it might produce pretty well, move it from culvert to culvert through the season!

[Special T]

Here is an out of the box idea. You build a door that could fasten to a Piece of culvert with a clamp a round see through screen in the back that fits inside the culvert and 2-3spreader bars keeping the ends attached. You could then use nearly any road or driveway culvert as a trap. In either way we see them run into them all the time. Might not work everywhere and traps might have to be semi custom built. It's the only time I can think of that a coyote would go into a small hole that's not a den.

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[Special T]

Lol BP and I were thinking the same thing! I hadn't even made it to the end of thread!

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[kirkdekalb]

Think about this idea. A cage trap that the coyote does not have to enter to get caught in.



Or at least he thinks he has not entered

That is the key.

[jasnt]

Think about this idea. A cage trap that the coyote does not have to enter to get caught in.

Only trouble is making it safe

Or at least he thinks he has not entered

That is the key.

[kirkdekalb]

To give you ideas as to what works and what doesn,t. Here is a trap I made 7 or 8 years ago. Very good trap but not effective enough for coyotes to call consistant. It pushes the animal side ways in the trap when it fires. If I remember correctly there is over 75 lbs force on the door. One trap I had 150lbs of force on the door.

The second is very good also, made about 5 years ago. Caught many animals in it this last season. Both are bobcat and fox catching machines, but not yet the best for coyote. Will catch coyote but still room for improvement. Loaned the trap to a friend to catch animals eating their chickens for 3 weeks. They kept it for 4 months. Had to hound them to get the trap back.

The best trap for coyote needs to be more open appearing than these.

[kirkdekalb]

Here is a video showing a land catch with a hancock. Notice the bait is attached to a stick that when the cat pulls it fires the trap. This idea was mentioned in an earlier post on this thread.