
Modern Trapping Methods 
(Continued from page 81) 
of looking out for a crazy coyote. The 
prospector looked at our set and 
laughed—queerest set he’d ever seen! 
But he didn’t laugh when we brought 
two coyotes into camp the next morn- 
ing and again two the next morning! 
The secret was this: a lot of sheep 
trails came together near the point 
where we hung up the skunk. Several 
days before we had places dug out and 
traps set in them nicely staked, along 
these trails approaching the skunk 
lure. 
B* the time the skunk was hung 
up the sets had “weathered” about 
right and when the coyotes, which were 
very plentiful along the West Fork, 
came to laugh at our crude set we 
fooled them before they got close 
enough to smell the joker. They were 
so darned smart about that skunk 
business, being dead sure that a pesky 
man had hung the critter up, and their 
noses were so full of the perfume they 
couldn’t have smelled a hundred traps 
in the trails. There you have the 
whole secret of successful coyote trap- 
ping and if you can’t work out specific 
plans to fit in with your own peculiar 
location and conditions, you’d better 
not tackle the game. 
Coyotes cross streams more or less 
regularly, depending on the lay of the 
land of course, and if the water isn’t 
too deep they don’t mind getting their 
feet wet. You’ll often find where 
they’ve splashed water onto the banks, 
coming out. Three or four traps set 
under the water where our furry friend 
crosses will surely bring him to time. 
Don’t approach the bank directly but 
wade downstream and you won’t leave 
any sign near the set. Water destroys 
human scent rapidly and it is even 
possible to splash out one’s tracks if 
necessary, at least for a short dis- 
tance. 
HE time to trap a coyote is when 
he’s on the run, for the minute 
he sets down and starts to size things 
up you can bet he’ll dope things out 
to your detriment. That’s why it pays 
so well to have your blind sets some 
distance away from the lure. A 
coyote’s feeling of suspicion always 
controls his speed; if nothing excites 
him he’ll trot casually along but the 
moment he feels something in the air 
he either breaks into a run and estab- 
lishes a new record in quick progress 
from one county to another, or he 
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