Just got my trapping license this year and I'm just learning. Have caught three yotes so far. Just started middle of this week. 2 pups and one mangy Yote.
There's alot of deer in the creek area I'm snaring. Alot of my snares are bumped down or taken down the trail and off my snare support.
Are deer bumping my snares off? Am I in high risk of accidentally catching a deer? I'm using senneker Alberta power snares with 265lb BAD in areas that are really thick with deer. I have other snares with an L lock in other areas. All three yotes I've caught have been with the L lock snares. All three hadn't been in the snare long looking at the snare location and I shot all three to kill them.
I was checking my snares every morning about an hour after sunrise.
Any help is appreciated.
Also, caught a raccoon with my daughters a month ago. Gonna wait til spring then catch a bunch of them.