Originally Posted by baldhunter
Back in my younger days when I was trapping,if I caught a skunk,I'd shoot it and leave it in the trap.Within three days the coyotes would be all over it.I'm not sure if the buzzards ate it or the coyotes did,but there would be coyote tracks all over the trap and spot where the skunk was.You could tell they where rolling in the hair and stink where the skunk was.I wasn't trapping coyotes at the time,but I'm sure if I would have set multiple traps around the spot,I could have easily caught a few coyotes.I saw the same thing happen everytime I caught a skunk.So you might try this and see what happens.

I do this practice later on in season when i catch skunks in the coyote traps, with the ones that spray. I burry them and set off off them with good results.