Yote Problems...

[BucketBack]

Next time you butcher some yard buzzard, save the chix guts. Obtain a stainless 3/4" or larger barbed treble hook , most places like 1/16" cable as legal for a snare. Fasten the cable to the hook, tie it in a springy tree thingy so the treble is about 3-4' off the ground. Fasten the chix guts to hook and go home and wait for the music.
A song dog may just try and eat the chix and get caught on the hook, so his buddies may feed on him / her / it.

A standard M193 may work well with a bright light, you may be able to get the whole bunch of them

https://www.backyardchickens.com/thr...edator.803082/

[Inor]

Can you use snares in AZ? Where they come under fence is an ideal location.

I had a friend who would tether a chicken to a stake out in pastures at night. He had the chicken connect to another string he ran to the edge of the pasture where he sat with a .223, a little off straight downwind to the sides. He'd do this on full moons (pre good available NV days) and give the chicken a yank every 10-15 minutes to elicit some noises.

That is my fall-back position if the trap idea does not work. The area where they are getting is a few hundred yards from the house. So if I am going to shoot them, I am going to be sitting out there all night (freezing my butt off) waiting for them. So if I can trap one or two and dispatch them and hang the carcasses on the fence the next morning, like a sane person, that is my preferred solution.

[shootbrownelk]

Make sure that your traps are boiled & scent free, use rubber gloves when making the set and brush away all traces of your presence. Coyotes are damned smart. If you lose one in a trap. you'll never catch it again. There's always poison, but that tactic can have unintended victims, like dogs & cats.

[BucketBack]

I had the trebles in stock from fishing in the St Clair River, and Dad had the cable, and snares only got one at a time..........

We used to hunt off the Escanaba River near Rock MI. So anything went

kinda like this...



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[Inor]

Make sure that your traps are boiled & scent free, use rubber gloves when making the set and brush away all traces of your presence. Coyotes are damned smart. If you lose one in a trap. you'll never catch it again. There's always poison, but that tactic can have unintended victims, like dogs & cats.

One thing that is in my favor in this particular situation: I don't really care if I actually get anything or not. I just want the yotes to stop killing my birds. So if I trap them and kill them, great! If I just drive them away so they leave my birds alone, that is fine too.

I looked at poison but that is not a good option in this situation. We are in the middle of a cattle ranch and the last thing I need is for a calf to get into the poison.

[hawgrider]

One thing that is in my favor in this particular situation: I don't really care if I actually get anything or not. I just want the yotes to stop killing my birds. So if I trap them and kill them, great! If I just drive them away so they leave my birds alone, that is fine too.

I looked at poison but that is not a good option in this situation. We are in the middle of a cattle ranch and the last thing I need is for a calf to get into the poison.

Other things you could try are go see a barber. Ask him to save the hair he sweeps up for a week.
Spread the human hair around the property it may detour them a bit. You could try some motion lights with a scare crow.

Set up a game camera so you can pattern the time of their visits then it will narrow the time down you have to spend outside frezzeing in the chicken coop.

[red442joe]

Next time you butcher some yard buzzard, save the chix guts. Obtain a stainless 3/4" or larger barbed treble hook , most places like 1/16" cable as legal for a snare. Fasten the cable to the hook, tie it in a springy tree thingy so the treble is about 3-4' off the ground. Fasten the chix guts to hook and go home and wait for the music.
A song dog may just try and eat the chix and get caught on the hook, so his buddies may feed on him / her / it.

A standard M193 may work well with a bright light, you may be able to get the whole bunch of them

https://www.backyardchickens.com/thr...edator.803082/

Jesus H. Christ BB, where'd ya come across that site?
The pop-ups were fuckin' ridiculous!

Joe

[Box of frogs]

Next time you butcher some yard buzzard, save the chix guts. Obtain a stainless 3/4" or larger barbed treble hook , most places like 1/16" cable as legal for a snare. Fasten the cable to the hook, tie it in a springy tree thingy so the treble is about 3-4' off the ground. Fasten the chix guts to hook and go home and wait for the music.
A song dog may just try and eat the chix and get caught on the hook, so his buddies may feed on him / her / it.

A standard M193 may work well with a bright light, you may be able to get the whole bunch of them

Damn BB. That’s way kinda fucked up.
I’d sit in a field and spotlight them with no problem, but feeding an animal tethered treble hooks crosses a line for me.

[Box of frogs]

Make sure that your traps are boiled & scent free, use rubber gloves when making the set and brush away all traces of your presence. Coyotes are damned smart. If you lose one in a trap. you'll never catch it again. There's always poison, but that tactic can have unintended victims, like dogs & cats.

I’ve been looking at some body traps online.
I’ve never trapped game before but I have 7-8 raccoons that help themselves to my deer feeder on a regular basis.
I’d like to thin their population a bit. I might just have to send you a message for some tips on the subject.
BoF

[Box of frogs]

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