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Sounds like you're a trapping fool. Coyotes hides are going to pot here, as it's been a warm winter and the breeding season is approaching.

They generally start breeding mid to late January here, but in years past I have caught quality coyotes to the end of February. So far this season out of the 10 caught so far, I've had 2 that were "rubbed" or bare bellied.

Caught another coyote today, this time a flat set. This creek crossing as produced 2 coyotes and a bobcat in the last three days. I'd call it a great spot! I pulled up to it this morning and all the cattle (about 15 head) were standing around that set and I thought "great the cows will have those two sets fired off" but they were all standing and staring at the coyote.

Great line you have there. Good job taking out those fawn killers.

The bobcat looks unhappy.

You are doing some good!!

Pulled the line up today, won't be resetting til early next month.

Must be a local thing. I been doing this my whole life and you are the only one I have ever heard use the term.

Heard that phrase gyp many times years ago.. No so much now..

Heard that phrase gyp many times years ago.. No so much now..

Put 16 sets out today.

You are a day early!



Hell or high water I will get some sets out this weekend.

Ditto

WL.......Do you sell those Ozark Coyote pelts and if so what kind of money do they fetch?

Yes...I've been sending them to NAFA. Most of the coyotes I catch, especially the males, will be brown bellied and dark backed and will grade in the Eastern section. Those haven't been bringing much at all, $6-$15. However, I do get a few a year that will grade in the semi-western section with white bellies and light backs, they are usually females, and the last couple years they've brought $50-$55.

Thanks for the info WWL and good on you for going to the trouble to use the resource even if there isn't a ton of money involved.

My fur buyer is reluctant to buy Coyotes after the first of the year and cat season is over in a few days so I pulled my traps today.

Trapline update; got a line set Wednesday, no catches on Thursday. Friday was great with a real nice tom cat, and three coyotes to boot. Today I had one coyote and a small female bobcat.

Looks great.

I am really enjoying this thread....thanks for putting em up.

I never realized how big a bob cat is.

No fur today. It was real humid and foggy this morning. That must of played a role in the critter movement last night as it appeared that none of my sets were even worked.

Hard times on the trapline, nothing yesterday, was victim of the what appeared to be the handy work of a fox, had three sets dug up. Today however I caught a grey fox, had one set dug up and he was in the set 50 yds away.