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

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.