How to Start Trapping Raccoons and Coyotes | Building Whitetails | SPYPOINT

Not sure how to get started trapping raccoons or coyotes? Josh can help.
In this episode of Building Whitetails, Josh goes over two very popular, and very easy trap sets that let you target most animal. For his purposes, Josh is focused on trapping raccoons and coyotes.
Raccoons and coyotes are both predators that take a toll on a wide variety of game animals, and sometimes even livestock. Part of any land management program should include a plan to keep predator and furbearer numbers in check, so as not to put too much pressure on game animals or nesting birds, especially ground nesters like turkeys, pheasants, and ducks.
Join Josh on the trap line, and see how easy it is to bring balance to your property.
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Why Trap Raccoons?
01:42 - How to Trap Raccoons
03:04 - How to Set a Dogproof Trap
07:51 - Using a Dirt Hole Set
09:22 - Dirt Hole Set Tools
10:13 - Placing a Dirt Hole Set
11:57 - Bedding a Foothold Trap
19:36 - Covering a Foothold Trap
22:18 - Blending a Foothold Trap
24:18 - Baiting a Dirt Hole Set
27:36 - Outro
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[@tracemcwhirt3873]

Please do some more of these videos! This topic and strategy is taking off in the wildlife management world and the more info out there the better!

[@Spypoint]

Greetings Trace, thank you for your suggestions. We will surely convey them to our team. -PL

[@timothyrothrock4173]

I agree with the guy who said make more videos. You're a good instructor

[@BLUEGRASSTRAPPER]

Thank you for sharing, I love trapping Season! I'll be after yotes Bobcat etc. Next month here in Kentucky

[@stephenjohnson6841]

Great video. I would love to see more!

[@lsoutdoors2354]

Great video y'all

[@CoffeyOutdoors]

we use a lot Dog proofs on our trapline. Great traps. We had a lot of success using Jeff Dunlaps Smokey fish DP bait the last 2 years on trails. Our channel is mainly a trapping channel. We trap in Indiana. I use various sizes of dirt holes for coyotes. Great video.

[@michaeltubbs2493]

Really enjoyed it thanks for the great info and show how!

[@Spypoint]

Hi, Michael. We are glad to hear you like it! Thank you. -SW

[@stevefarms7494]

Great learning experience thank you...

[@wealthmindsetgg41]

Really enjoyed your persuasive voice. Thank you for the nuggets.

[@Spypoint]

Greetings, glad you liked it. Thank you for your feedback :) -PL

[@pineylife]

This was a great video. I use spypoint cameras and have found them extremly handy for hunting and trapping. . Keep up the good work

[@tomriblett2979]

use a flat tipped screw driver to set the DP traps if you do not have the strength set them by hand.

[@hobbitlovr]

Goodnight Irene 😂 very informative video. Thank you. I just bought a live trap like the one you demonstrated and I’m going to try it tonight with marshmallows. Raccoons and possums have been nosing around my chicken run. Hoping to catch them and NOT the skunk that I’ve also seen out there. 😳

[@MidwesternTrapper]

Nice video, little tip to help get your stake driver out of the ground, use a pair of channel locks and put the handle through the stake and use it as a handle, helps tremendously

[@secondhorseman]

More of this!

[@Trudgewild]

Subbed. Thanks for the vid. I’m going to start responsibly coyote trapping and hunting with the new closing of the season in MI. I really want to be a steward of the land now because the folks that set decisions are limiting my capabilities. 👍

[@Spypoint]

That's great to hear, Robert! If you ever need any advice or assistance, feel free to ask or send us a private message on our official Facebook page. Happy hunting! 🌿🦊🌲

[@cunninglinguist9853]

Awesome! How about doing a video on how to set a Sasquatch set?

[@heartfarm7028]

Thank You! Very interesting. Have a coyote now trying to line up one of my many species on small farm, My dogs have kept most predators away the ones that do get in are sent away without their prey.

[@indigentes23]

Tanks Brother.

[@monkeyminer892]

Good Video

[@Ashepnasty]

Good to see you driving a Chevy!

[@Keller615]

How do you get the trap out of the ground?

[@284Winchester]

Get you a badger tool by JC Conner for your digging tool. It’s light years ahead of that small trowel you are using.

[@randymyers5086]

Why waste the wax dirt? It will crust over with that regular dirt on top with just the night frost. You'd be a lot better putting that little bit of wax dirt on the very top . That said in really cold weather your trap can still freeze down under the wax dirt next to the ground from ground moisture. I use peat moss under the pan and all wax dirt under the trap and over the trap. No weather conditions stop me in northwest Missouri.

[@julietteextraterrestrialsi1604]

I ‘m curious as to how you feel a Bobcat is a predator? Where I live they are considered friends because they hunt the vermin like raccoons, rabbits, rodents ect. Thank you for any input. Oh we have hunters here but just deer

[@mikewhitman745]

They are a predator by definition. Exactly as you say, they hunt and eat animals and that makes them a predator. What kind of ridiculous world do you live in?

[@dungeonmaster6292]

@@mikewhitman745 i took it that the OP meant to say "nuisance" instead of predator. And to that point: is it common for bobcats to hassle deer?

[@mikewhitman745]

@@dungeonmaster6292 you could be right but it's literally what they wrote so I can either assume they meant to say it or assume they don't understand what words mean. Honestly the second option just seems demeaning so I choose to believe he meant what he wrote, try to see the best in people. Umm, I believe they will hunt fawns when they can and probably hassle weak, injured or older adult deer. Not sure exactly why you asked though?

[@dungeonmaster6292]

@@mikewhitman745 because it makes the OP's question sensible. He's asking "why would you kill a bobcat, they're friends because they control vermin" and the answer could have been "because they harass the deer population we're working so hard to nurture and encourage on our property" but that answer only makes sense of bobcats do indeed harass deer, hence my question

[@mikewhitman745]

@@dungeonmaster6292 gotcha, I don't even remember what happened in the video at this point and I don't feel like re watching right now honestly. Bobcat will also kill turkey and grouse while they are sitting on the nest. But mostly we have eliminated the apex predators that would help keep cast numbers in check. We have two options, let nature go unchecked and deal with diseased and starving animals or take responsibility for the lack of apex predators and adjust the population numbers according to what fish and game biologists say are sustainable and healthy populations. Give you a hint, going completely hands off the situation has been tried. Look into wildlife preservation vs conservation.

[@mulekicker-ut5jl]

We have coyotes but I’m scared to catch dogs in traps. I snare hogs and use dog proof traps for coons

[@fairlandfishing3237]

For dog proofs just use dog food and tuna or canned mackerel for bait

[@trapperted5083]

why just use one bait variety is the spice of life lol

[@fairlandfishing3237]

@@trapperted5083 it’s cheap and easy it a coon they will literally eat just about anything

[@trapperted5083]

I catch over two hundred coon every year off of the same ground and I could never do that on just one bait I understand the concept for smaller numbers that will work fine but not in my case

[@fairlandfishing3237]

@@trapperted5083 200 coon a year isn’t even Breaking even off your bait here in IN XXl coon is 2 dollars 😂😂don’t know what property has 200 coons a year tho 😂🤣

[@trapperted5083]

@@fairlandfishing3237 I have about 20 miles of river bottom also my average is a lot more than 2 dollars you must be a lot farther south than I am I'm enjoying the chat though

[@MrBudge72]

What vest is he wearing?

[@joshpretzer3141]

First lite vest. I absolutely love it 👍

[@beckygonzalez3848]

Hey need help learning how to get rid of racoons they have destroy my tents 🎪⛺ even when i don't have any food in tent plus they a mess in my campsite and destroy my personal items .

[@tuckersvidz8867]

"fingers will thank yuh later" as im sitting here watching because i got my thumb in a trap today

[@scottswift1394]

Fox & bobcat normally avoid coyote

[@beckygonzalez3848]

Please replay as soon you can thank you .

[@lokitrappingadventures6632]

Great video we love trapping coyotes, raccoon,bobcat,fox keep the tradition alive check out our videos.

[@BootsEditor11]

Next time slap up a trail cam up and show the results.

[@misterx8592]

Raccoons: 40 coons per square mile. We got some work to do!

[@RonaldPutnam]

They may be dog proof but they aren’t skunk proof!

[@josephcooper6692]

He really knows the subject of trapping, but the music selection and levels in the video lessen the quality.

[@jackriley5974]

Makes you wonder just how a trapper ever caught anything 100 years ago? I don't believe any animal can pull out an earth anchor that a trapper can not! Down hill from the set doesn't equate to "Down wind" of the set. A coyote's sense of smell is 400 times greater than ours and to be more effective you should consider the prevailing wind in the area you make a set! As too bedding a trap: no one has ever shown evidence of a coyote's reaction to a poorly placed trap on film. I think a proper evaluation would consist of the filming of at least 6 different areas and sets. One of the hundreds of experts out there would turn a dollar on KZbin??

[@Roundawg]

All I can thuink about is how crappy their cameras are.

[@t.g_buffington]

We use spy point and there cameras ain’t crappy

[@Roundawg]

@@t.g_buffington I'm getting ready to make a vid of me destoying all the non functioning spy point cameras I have waisted my money on. I'll make sure to tag you in the video. I've never had one last more than 3mo. Ask their customer service if you don't believe it.

[@rd4660]

Too much talking, not enough showing.

[@Spypoint]

Greetings, thank you for your valuable feedback. We will surely let our team know your input. -PL

[@jaysonsears8999]

I’m sorry but when it comes to coon trapping this is a very poor video instead watch Sam wood out doors or coon creek outdoors

[@mxblyxky]

Why are you teaching people to torture and kill wild animals? This is shameful.