I made a trap recently and I've only put it out once last weekend, I was hoping to get a raccoon but instead I got a possum in it, it was released. Nonetheless, what bait would yall recommend for raccoons. I tried bacon grease and dog food together and that's what I caught the possum on. It's one of those walk in trap I made out of an old dog cage.

I used a mixture of peanutbutter and marshmellows and another of tuna and flour to thickin it up to a paste..Both worked for me this year in Duke DP traps..

I need to try peanut butter, I have like 10 tubs of it. Thanks

peanut butter, marshmallow or something else sweet. most coon baits you can buy from trapping sites/catalogs are sickly sweet smelling. that way there is less of a chance on getting coons.

if you are trapping/hunting coons where they are constantly in trash & such, sweet may not always work.

trapped a bunch with cat food in stead of dog food and/or tuna for a neighbor of mine with the same type trap. worked the trap for about 4 months with great success

deer corn?

i got all of that stuff, ill try making another trap and putting different baits in them and see what works

thanks again

i have a giant feeder i put out that i use for squirrels, you think if they wanted some deer corn they'd climb down into it? i'm more than sure it could hold a coon or two

No doubt!

so what about just takin deer corn and makin a small line into a big pile inside the trap? good idea
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ill give that a go tomorrow, hopefully ill be posting pics

i've caught one with a single oreo before.

I have caught 2 coon's in one trap 3 times in a row with tuna fish.

mini marshmallows, scatter around then mash some onto/ under the plate or in front of it for leg traps. Also heavly salted tuna ( keeps it from smelling up the area.) works well...

Sardines work pretty good.

would some left over minnows from today do the trick too?

I have had good luck with tuna.

Nilla wafers and honey worked for me, tuna caught house cats.

Yea I'm sure that would work too.

I use a small can of cat food or tuna when trapping them out of the hen house. Don't need to open it all the way - just crack it enough to let the smell out.

I find the best way to get raccoons to come in is to declare that I am after hogs. Doesn't matter what I put down, the raccoons find it before the hogs and clean it up.

Peanut butter caught these fellas

I always use sardines

I used allot of sardines which worked good but you caught to many skunks. I swiched to Nilla Wafers and that worked very good.