bolt5311
Senior Member
I was thinking about getting in to trapping. Does anybody make their own bait for coyote/fox/bobcat? If so, any suggestions would be great.
Glycerin oil is not a preservative and if you use it in place of sodium benzoate, your bait will blow up. Sodium benzoate can be bought at any trapping supply company like MTP, glycerin oil is a binder and an semi-antifreeze agent for your baits. I use it to blend my beaver castor into a more pliable form.Glycerin will replace the sodium benzoate to preserve the bait so it doesn't rot. Coyotes like a little taint to the bait but they have a tendency to roll in a rotton smell. I like to use a combination of Cat, Beaver, and horse meat when I can get it. The batch I'm using now has mountain lion meat in it. A friend had some in the freezer and it seems to work. An old trapper once told me that house cat was the best base to use. For coons I use chopped up suckers that I salt and freeze. Works great!
Glycerin oil is not a preservative and if you use it in place of sodium benzoate, your bait will blow up. Sodium benzoate can be bought at any trapping supply company like MTP, glycerin oil is a binder and an semi-antifreeze agent for your baits. I use it to blend my beaver castor into a more pliable form.