Wolves not committing to sets

[dale7637]

Hi everyone,
I'm dealing with a bait pile that for some reason has gone dead. I had good action on the pile all December, but since I re baited the pile has gone dead.
It is currently baited with 2 beavers and a tub of deer scraps/ hide.

I have seen on a couple of occasions where the wolves will walk to the pile and turn around and walk away about 5 feet out.
I need some ideas what the heck is going on.
All of the traps have been boiled, I have been incredibly picky about scent control, and yet they still won't commit.
The birds have even stopped hitting the bait.

Any help
Would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks everyone.

[Gboe8]

I would try moving the bait to a different spot even it's only a cupel hundred yards this seems to work for me when I know I have animals in the area but they have found something they don't like.

[blgoodbrand1]

I can't help you at all but I can tell you that I share your pain.
After reading Gboes comment I'm going to move my bait.


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[Bushmonkey]

move your traps further away from the bait. They will feel more comfortable 50-100 yards from the bait.

[Bushmonkey]

also add some fresh bait if you can.

When I don't have fresh bait and my sites are getting quiet I dip a tampon in skunk oil and hang it from a tree.

[nube]

Been saying it for years guys. Hit them the first time they come in.....
You had them at the bait once already. Why not just catch them then?
I've had my baits going from day one and slowly have been picking away at them when they do come in.
I also found a dead moose a month ago that was not touched by anything and was rock hard. The odd coyote has been by is all. Well today in the fresh snow I had a pack of about 4 eat that moose. I screwed up and should have hung snares. Got them out now but my chance may have been done now.
I also find if you don't have birds you don't get much action. I got a bait with very limited action on it with frozen moose. Last year the same spot was pounded with wolves and coyotes. This year nothing. Last year I remember I had bait the birds could pick at and eat so it kept them coming. This year the moose can't be eaten by the birds and I got no action going on. I would also say you don't have very much bait at all there. You need a pickup truck or more to really get things rocking. My 2 cents

[6.5swedeforelk]

Maybe try take some oil sacs a few hundred yds from the pile,
upwind of sets location. Smear the oil hi up on S side of dead tree.
Even if the bait pile is avoided, they may spend time in your set zone.

The aroma seems to last for months without
you replenishing (and adding the foreign boot odors).

[dale7637]

Thanks guys, I'll give these things a try.

And nube, I know what you are saying, i dropped the ball on getting steel laid down after the bait was dropped in.
I'm going to see what I can find for more bait, as well as giving it a move.

Thanks again guys.

[nube]

Originally Posted by dale7637

Thanks guys, I'll give these things a try.

And nube, I know what you are saying, i dropped the ball on getting steel laid down after the bait was dropped in.
I'm going to see what I can find for more bait, as well as giving it a move.

Thanks again guys.

No biggy. I find there are 2 ways of doing it that people like and that is feeding them for a long time then go in and then there are guys like me who get the steel out first or at the same time.

I actually hung my snares in the summer. Loops closed and sprayed with WD 40 on the lock. Dec 1 I opened them up and started chucking bait in the kill zone same day and the next trip up. I find it works. If I come later to put the first bait in then there are no tracks around my snares. They are ready to do their work. Anything that comes to my wolf bait should get caught except smaller animals. I got coyotes running under my snares even lol Wish I didn't but I hung my wolf snares high this year and it is working a lot better. I had a wolf hit my snare that I found today and I bet I could re use my snare it died so quick. Actually it is a funny story on that one and I may start a new thread on that one lol

[KegRiver]

Take an axe to your bait, slash it up a bit.

Open up some new meat to spread the scent. That's what the birds are doing for you, and slashing it up a bit makes some of it available to the birds where it may have been too hard and not enough rough edges for them to get a purchase before.

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

Take an axe to your bait, slash it up a bit.

Open up some new meat to spread the scent. That's what the birds are doing for you, and slashing it up a bit makes some of it available to the birds where it may have been too hard and not enough rough edges for them to get a purchase before.

This and move a bunch 50 or 100 yards away if your set allows this.
Gotta change it up a bit and when you do be there or you will miss out.

[jawa]

get or make some stink bait -rotten meat rancid fat spread it around only go close enough to check your traps keep your your checks to a minumum go too often and they will avoid unless they are starving well aged beaver tails work best stong smell even in cold weather