BEST Dirt Hole Sets!! | Coyote Trapping Tips And Tricks

Professional trapper James Lord is on location in central Oklahoma discussing a few tips to keep in mind when making dirt hole sets for coyotes and other predators. James has been trapping for nearly 30 years and has experience trapping all over the country. Put a few of these tips into your trapping program and catch more coyotes!
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[@camilewood2615]

Hey good tip about turning the dog in word😊

[@camilewood2615]

Nice tip ice I’ve never caught a coyote

[@user-yn4kw7lu5q]

Thanks

[@bvierville1]

Good stuff!

[@Whitetail_Properties]

Thanks!

[@anthonymason2186]

You mentioned you don’t use baits all that often, what lures and stuff do you normally use?

[@JayN4GO]

I like a snare on an open spot in a fence

[@Whitetail_Properties]

That's a good option!

[@coganhagen01]

Did u use a pan cover I didn't see

[@Whitetail_Properties]

Nope just peat moss

[@user-yn4kw7lu5q]

How far is your pan from the hole?

[@Whitetail_Properties]

10-12 inches typically

[@JoshPitts530]

Why do you need to trap coyotes? Doesn’t that hurt the ecosystem?

[@stl-pg8mu]

no

[@usernamehere6061]

Coyotes are very adaptable... to the point females can alter the amount of pups in her litter. One thing that is great as a coyote hunter is that after you kill one, it can take less than 2 weeks for a new coyote to move in and claim that home range. Killing coyotes creates a vacuum where all the dispersed males are drawn to the void you create when you kill one.

[@JoshPitts530]

@@usernamehere6061 So better not to trap then?

[@usernamehere6061]

@@JoshPitts530 Would depend what your goals are? If you enjoy getting outside after hunting season and want to do it as a hobby then what is wrong with that? You kill one, one replaces it. No harm done to the population... what gets me is when people claim they are lowering coyote pop to help deer herd bc thats simply not true.

[@JoshPitts530]

@@usernamehere6061 understand and accept that coyotes may need to be hunted some places to curb populations or protect livestock. I suppose if I had a piece of land I was managing as a hunting property and wanted it to be inviting to deer, I wouldn’t want to confine the odor of coyote to the land so that it could deter migration of deer. That was my thinking anyway.

[@davidscopaz4177]

Trapping and shooting under all but the most concentrated efforts for coyote population control have been demonstrated to be a futile effort. Coyotes respond very quickly to pack loss and reproduce at a faster rate, but also reproduce at a slower rate in response to carrying capacity when numbers are balanced. . . It would be far better for Habitat managers to actually spend time properly managing habitat. Namely restoring habitat to it's native composition. Creating better habitat diversity, deer bedding and fawning cover, and native forages. Moreover it makes very little sense to trap predators, when hunters are targeting bigger deer. The presence of predators regulates numbers of prey. By having smaller deer herds, individuals can get larger by attaining more nutrition, vs a larger deer herd competing for limited forage. .
Deer can survive just fine with pressure from predators. They have done so in their evolutionary progress since the dawn of time. Too many deer leads to a number of long term ecological setbacks for both deer and other wildlife and habitat functionality, most namely reducing quality perrenial deer forages and browse

[@Whitetail_Properties]

We agree 100%.. 99% of our content is focused around improving habitat for deer turkeys and other wildlife. But, some people still enjoy trapping predators. So when we have an opportunity to shoot content with someone who has been trapping for nearly 30 years, we take it.

[@usernamehere6061]

Nobody is saying you have to trap - its fun