HINTS ON COYOTE AND WOLF TRAPPING 



offer excellent spots for setting traps, for wolves and coyotes often 

 revisit these carcasses. It is always best to set the traps a few yards 

 away from the carcasses at weeds, bnnches of grass, or low stubble of 

 bushes. Other good situations are at the intersection of two or more 

 trails, around old bedding grounds of shec]), and at water holes on the 

 open range. Ideal ])lacos for wolf or coyote traps are points 6 to 8 



B19M3; B244I5 



FiGUKE 2.— Burying the traps: A, A shoulder of dirt should be built up around and under the pan 

 as a foundation for the trap pad, which is shown in place; B, trap completely bedded, springs and 

 jaws covered, and pan unobstructed, ready for trap pad to be put in place 



inches from the leases of low clusters of weeds or grasses along a 

 trail used as a runway. 



Traps used should be clean, v^ith no foreign odor. In niaking 

 a set, a hole the length and width of the trap with jaws open is dug 

 with a trowel, a sharpened piece of angle iron, or a pros- 

 Setting pector's pick. While digging, the trapper stands or Imeels 

 the Traps on a "setting cloth," about 3 feet square, made of canvas 

 or of a piece of sheep or calf hide. If canvas is used, the 

 human scent may be removed by previously burying it in an old 

 manure pile. The livestock scent acquired in tliis process is usually 



