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Post by odiferous on Aug 18, 2018 9:46:16 GMT -5
There's a big government subsidised dairy farm about ten miles from here that has bought up a LOT of farmland in different places around here, over the past several years. I stopped in a few days ago and talked to the guy that runs it about trapping. He wasn't too big on the idea until I mentioned coyotes. He started swearing and telling me how he's had them come right up behind the barn at night where they keep the calves and kill them. Long story short, I got permission to trap all the coyotes I want. There are some swamps on some of the properties and he gave me permission to trap them too. I haven't looked them over yet, but he said there were some beaver on one of them and there has to be some coon around too. I know at least of them borders a big corn field. Between the places I usually trap and these new spots, I've got more than enough to keep me busy. I generally go north for a week or two before I start trapping here, but I may postpone that this year and see about thinning out some coyotes here first. We've been getting a lot of rain lately and the ground is soft, so I'm going to give it a couple days once it stops, then do some scouting. I feel like a little kid at Christmas.LOL
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Post by tweed on Aug 19, 2018 7:38:01 GMT -5
There's a big government subsidised dairy farm about ten miles from here that has bought up a LOT of farmland in different places around here, over the past several years. I stopped in a few days ago and talked to the guy that runs it about trapping. He wasn't too big on the idea until I mentioned coyotes. He started swearing and telling me how he's had them come right up behind the barn at night where they keep the calves and kill them. Long story short, I got permission to trap all the coyotes I want. There are some swamps on some of the properties and he gave me permission to trap them too. I haven't looked them over yet, but he said there were some beaver on one of them and there has to be some coon around too. I know at least of them borders a big corn field. Between the places I usually trap and these new spots, I've got more than enough to keep me busy. I generally go north for a week or two before I start trapping here, but I may postpone that this year and see about thinning out some coyotes here first. We've been getting a lot of rain lately and the ground is soft, so I'm going to give it a couple days once it stops, then do some scouting. I feel like a little kid at Christmas.LOL Thats awesome! I get so nervous asking for permission. The only ones that have said yes are the Hmong produce farmers.
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Post by odiferous on Aug 19, 2018 23:06:42 GMT -5
Thanks tweed. I've been shot down more than once, but I have places I've trapped for years, too. One guy had some beaver out behind his house, on a small stream. I stopped and introduced myself, told him where I lived and asked about trapping them. He told me in no uncertain terms that he didn't think much of trapping and nobody was going to trap his beaver. By the following year the water was getting close to his lawn and there were a couple nice cherry trees laying on the edge of it. I stopped and talked to him for a few minutes and mentioned what a mess his beaver were making and I told him at the rate they were going he better think about putting the house on pontoons. I told him it was too bad about those cherry trees, too and I hoped they didn't kill the rest of them. I left there with permission to trap and whenever anymore beaver move in on the creek, he calls me.LOL
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Post by Law Dog on Aug 21, 2018 14:30:00 GMT -5
Show them every yote you get to let them know they made a smart choice in letting you trap for them check in with them and see if they are having any other critter issues and you will be golden!
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Post by odiferous on Aug 21, 2018 21:38:14 GMT -5
The guy that runs the farm told me he'd like to see "some of those dirty bass turds", so I told him I'd stop in and show them to him. I didn't think about asking about any other critter problems he might have. Good idea LD, thank you.
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Post by Law Dog on Aug 21, 2018 22:45:43 GMT -5
If he's feeding livestock you can bet he's got critters looking for a free meal! LOL
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Post by tweed on Aug 22, 2018 7:12:21 GMT -5
Not this season but next I plan on asking my neighbors up north if I can trap off of their gut piles. Will make for a much funner and busier deer camp.
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Post by odiferous on Aug 22, 2018 11:54:59 GMT -5
Good thinking tweed. Get to them quick, the yotes around here clean them up in no time.
I find a deer once in a while that was wounded and never found. Lots of opportunities there, too. I've seen coyotes eat every scrap and still check it out every time through for a month or better, when there's nothing left but a few bones.
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Post by Law Dog on Aug 22, 2018 12:31:50 GMT -5
Post hole with a gut pile in the hole and a trap on top of that!
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Post by odiferous on Aug 22, 2018 12:35:04 GMT -5
Good thinking LD, I do that with a skunk carcass, or a deer head now and then.
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Post by Law Dog on Aug 22, 2018 12:59:28 GMT -5
Came across a old post hole a few years ago dug it up a bit and put some sweet mouse in and a MJ on top took a nice yote there!
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