Bone Set For Coyotes

Many people will use a bone at a coyote set. A bone is a natural attractant to any coyote set and in many states, it is legal to have a bleached bone at the set.

When making a bone set it is best to slightly hide or bury a bone. Sometimes hiding a bone or skull is useful when making a set. Buring the bone makes it look like another animal has hidden some food and a coyote naturally wants to investigate.

A T-bone or vertebrae off a cow, deer, or elk is good to use at a set. The log section of the vertebrae can be hammered into the ground to make it harder for a coyote to steal the bone.

Putting bait on or near a bone will make the set more attractive to the coyote. On a T-bone set, you should be able to place the bait or lure in the cavity where the spinal cord went through the bone.

More Coyote Sets

• Dirt hole set
• Hay set
• Blind set
• Flat set
• Bone set
• Scent Post Set
• More coyote sets

Coyote Bone Set Tips

• A bone set is very similar to a flat set
• Find a white bone bleached by the sun to use in the set
• Put the urine and lure on the bone
• Adding coyote scat to the set may help the coyote feel more comfortable.
• Place the trap nine to ten inches from the bone
• Offset the trap a few inches to the right or the left from where you think the coyote will come
• This set can work for other furbearers such as fox trapping, bobcat trapping, and badger trapping.
• Check out all the other coyote trapping sets we recommend in our coyote sets article.
• You can use a foothold trap on a bone set such as the MB 450 or the MB 550. Check out our article about MB 450s.

Coyote Trapping Equipment

• MB 450 Traps
• Best Coyote Traps
• Pack Basket
• Trapping Bag
• Buckets
• Trapping Hammer
• Trapping Sheds
• Trapping Cabins
• More Trapping Equipment