TWO SETS ARE BETTER THAN ONE

At the time of writing this piece, it would seem that fuel is going to be substantially higher this year. Time will tell, but even when it is reasonable, it’s tough to show a profit other than satisfaction and enjoyment. When I was first learning to trap, the phrase, “If it’s a good enough place for one trap, it’s good enough for two,” was drilled into me, and it turns out to be the best advice applicable in today’s trapping world. When you think about it, a good beaver trapper wouldn’t set one trap on a dam or series of ponds because he or she wants to catch the several beavers that are in the area. So, why wouldn’t an area that is good for one coyote passing through be good enough for several?

Setting two traps won’t always guarantee two coyotes, but one trap can only catch one critter. I say critter because as