. Control of the coyote in California. 386 UNIVEESITY OF CALIFORNIA—EXPERIMENT STATION just deep enough so that the set trap will be level with the surface when covered with an eighth of an inch of dirt. Cover the drag with the dirt removed in setting the traps. Dig slight trenches for the chains. Set the traps, turn the springs toward the bases of the pans so that the jaws will lie flat, and bed each trap firmly in its pocket. Then cover the springs and chains with dirt. If a trap springs too easily take a bit of fine straw about three-fourths of an inch long and stand it upright like a pilla
. Control of the coyote in California. 386 UNIVEESITY OF CALIFORNIA—EXPERIMENT STATION just deep enough so that the set trap will be level with the surface when covered with an eighth of an inch of dirt. Cover the drag with the dirt removed in setting the traps. Dig slight trenches for the chains. Set the traps, turn the springs toward the bases of the pans so that the jaws will lie flat, and bed each trap firmly in its pocket. Then cover the springs and chains with dirt. If a trap springs too easily take a bit of fine straw about three-fourths of an inch long and stand it upright like a pillar, under the pan. Fine dry grass or wool plucked from an old sheepskin, placed loosely under the pan will keep pebbles or clods from rolling under it, since these are liable to hinder or prevent the trap from springing. Another good method is to Fig. 3.—Diagram of Trail Set. Traps in position but not bedded. a sheet of thin paper (orange wrappers are good in dry weather and waxed paper in wet weather) over the spread jaws and pan. Cover the edges of the paper with dirt and then sift dirt through the fingers (to remove clods, sticks and pebbles) over the trap until the paper is covered evenly with about an eighth of an inch of fine dirt. Brush lightly over the trap with a bunch of grass or weeds or with a fresh skunk skin, and then scatter a few dead leaves and grass over the "set" to restore naturalness. The use of both scent and meat bait at the same time is not recommended. Scatter a spoonful of scent in the center of the "set," or, if bait is to be used, scatter a small handful of lard cracklings, or of scorched bacon rinds cut into fine bits, about the traps so as to keep the coyote hunting about until he steps into one of them. Bait should be used sparingly. Coyote trapping is one business where it doesn't pay to advertise too extensively. A jack- rabbit or chicken hung up in a bush over a trap is simply a danger signal to a " wise'' co
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