I had great luck this year (my 2nd year) with bait, rather than just targeting travel corridors.
I was no where near as successful as many experienced trappers, but I'm happy with the catch.
I took a few carcasses (deer from hunting) and suspended them from the trees, then set snares on all the "covered" approaches to the area I had the bait suspended in.
The suspended bait kept the birds coming, and it made it difficult for the coyotes to get at. When they finally did get the bait down, I had already snared all the coyotes I was after (I think it took them a few months).
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