Anyone use snairs to control coyotes? i hate the thought of accidentally catching a deer. Any tips would be appropriated. Thx
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I have snared a few. I prefer foot traps. If you check foot traps every morning and night, you can easily release a deer.
If you put it on a hole in the fence, anything that goes through there will be killed.Last edited by stinkbelly; 10-24-2017, 06:29 AM.
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I've used them a bunch in S. Tx. They are very effective but you can't keep putting them in the same place as the coyotes will eventually get used to them. You will catch a deer every now and then but there are ways to help avoid it.
1. Don't put them under a crossing that is "large." Coyotes are smaller and lower to the ground than a deer. If I saw a well used crossing but thought to myself "well, that looks like a place deer travel" then I avoided it.
2. You can buy or equip your snares with deer stops. This will reduce, if not eliminate, leg catches on deer.
3. Check your snares routinely. I think I was 50/50 on releasing deer vs finding them dead & 1/2 eaten by coyotes
Also, you have to remember, you may catch 1 or 2 deer over the course of a deer season but how many deer does a coyote kill over than same time? More than 1 or 2 I'd bet. So it's a net win for the deer population.
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If you find an opening big enough for a deer to crawl through you can use "guide" sticks. Small pieces of hog panel work good to shrink the opening. You can use limbs stuck in the ground as well. Even a short t-post on each side will work. Close it up to where a deer can't get through. The object is to guide the coyote into the "snair."
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Lol. Misspelled on purpose. Lol wanted to see how bad I would get bashed on. I was pleasantly surprised
Thanks for the advise though. I have been against them but may have no choice. Coyotes are thick in our area right now. Shooting 1or2 just doesn't seem to have any affect but snaring a bunch could put a dent in them
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Originally posted by D12 View PostLol. Misspelled on purpose. Lol wanted to see how bad I would get bashed on. I was pleasantly surprised
Thanks for the advise though. I have been against them but may have no choice. Coyotes are thick in our area right now. Shooting 1or2 just doesn't seem to have any affect but snaring a bunch could put a dent in them
Did you spell advice wrong on purpose too?
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