all purpose flat set

[mocatmancb]

i dont make every set on land a highly visual cat set. i would like to, cats are my main target and those sets are alot of fun. the canines are always a great bonus catch, though, so i've been making some more subtle sets. this flat set was a good one. great location on a six way trail convergence. backing is a flat rock against the cedar tree that i anchored to. quail leg under the rock with some feathers sticking out a little. i made a little trench under the rock, put the bait in with a lured q-tip , and laid the rock back down over it and the coiled up ten foot cable. bedded the trap tight up to the rock. big splash of cat urine on the rock. i was thinking cat here and hung a quail wing in the tree, and two more in trees 20 yards or so from the set. instead, i found this big coon waiting on me.



a few days later, a big female coyote. no cat like i was hopin for, but since i didn't have half a dead cow's worth of bones and kept it subtle i got the thrill of a canine catch.



here's a link to see how well a modified duke #3 holds a hard pulling coyote

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkPDW6yZkWg&feature=channel

[raya]

CB ya cant ask for better foot position on that trap Good job man. those coons as kinda like possums to a fox set if there a cat set arouns with out a cat in it yer liable to find a coon at any point in time.

[mocatmancb]

that's right ray. ive been learning that alot of good cat & canine sets will nail a coon or two. i had another set reproduce like that, a coon, and then later on a gray fox. a different set went coon, possum, possum, possum, possum, possum, then bobcat. a coon or possum in the set is usually a good sign that i'm where critters travel on my line, and that i am apt to catch the targeted animal.

[raya]

Yaa Ive had sets before catch 3 possums guys always saying change out yer equipment and sight .3 possum in a row 2 red fox the 2 following days and then 3 bobcats in a row. every one a them caught in the same set same 1 1/2 victor coil bait lure .Makes a guy feel like he's liveing right LOL.