Bedding traps in the spongy soil/ in the woods.

[@LiveMoreOutdoors]

Good tips skinner!

[@waylonlegend4603]

They’re digging mine until they see the jaw. I’m using peat moss and waxed dirt. It seems spongy

[@paskinner4812]

I find it helpful to keep the trap bed as small as possible. I have had the occasional fox that will dig at the peat anyway. If you can ambush him with a different trap cover thats one option.

[@jackriley5974]

They're not uncovering traps because of the bed. A coyote's sense of smell is 400 times better than yours and he's smelt something of concern. Peat moss, waxed dirt, calcium chloride, glycol, and the rest of the shit the modern day trapper has been sold on won't work on a woods critter, especially if mishandled! More to the point, it's not necessary! Bedding is another monkey see, monkey do phenomenon that I've yet to see illustrated on video. A smart vlogger could make a buck proving or disproving the hype, but then I'd have one less subject to rant about. I believe; the last thing you do on a set is cover the entire set with sifted soil (should be native) which makes the area identical. A trap should be wobble free but doesn't require nailing it to the ground, which, unbelievably, I've seen suggested. I trappe3d the Adirondacks for 30 years and that's a lot of woods. All my sets were doubles set for coyotes because there weren't many and I didn't want to give them a second chance.. Good Luck to all!!