As a kid I. Did a lot of trapping but never ever could catch a coyote in a leg hold...had some old timers show me sets and how to sift dirt ect..fence line snares would get them tho...caught a few that way....dog hunters hate snares but tough they weren't supposed to be running there....
If you will put a stop on the snare, it will catch the coyotes, dogs, deer, etc and not choke them to death. That way you can release the dogs and deer, alive.
I could be that the coyote ate the apple, they eat pears. Put a game camera out and you can see what is coming around. I killed 5 coyotes eating pears, this past September (may have been August). They started eating them at night, but after about 10 days to 2 weeks, they started coming in the daytime. Their mistake!
