Trapline Tips | Scout The Snow!

Snow can add a little bit of extra work to your trapline but one HUGE advantage it gives you is the ability to scout with extreme precision. 

It doesn't matter when the snow comes. It could be pre-season, mid-season, or post-season - traps in the ground or not, you NEED to get out on the property you trap or plan to trap coyotes on. Predators can and will use nearly identical travel paths every single year. So when you've got a fresh snowfall, you've basically got a live heat map of where the predators on your property are coming from and going to. 

Snow makes identifying natural "pinch-points" incredibly easy so there is no better time to scout. If you're in season: you can take this new information and adjust your trapline and move your sets to hotter locations. If it's the off-season: You can make a plan for the next trapping season. 

No matter when it happens, if you want to increase your success as a coyote trapper, you NEED to get out and scout when there is snow on the ground. If you don't take advantage of this gift from mother nature, you're missing out BIG TIME.