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bait for coon traps
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03/25/19 07:25 PM
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I've been using marshmallows in my Dukes traps for the last 2 years but it has seemed that they have wised up to them. What else is a good bait?
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/25/19 08:42 PM
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Corn, cracked corn, milo, protein pellets, fish food, sweet feed, sardines, fish flavored cat food, and a cotton ball with some drops fish/sardine oil or fish attractant have worked for me in the past.
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/25/19 09:33 PM
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I use dog food, have been for years, seems to work great
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/25/19 09:46 PM
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Fish flavored cat food...The dry stuff...
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/25/19 10:06 PM
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Many years ago, I used sardines. A can cost 15-25 cents and I could bait 5-6 sets with one can. On a good night I could make $12-15 with a single can pretty good for a 15-16 yo high school kid in the early 60's.
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/26/19 12:10 AM
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Corn, it is what they are coming to the feeder for.
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/26/19 02:13 AM
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I like to use dry cat food and a few drops of fish oil.
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03/26/19 03:22 AM
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/26/19 12:49 PM
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Corn, it is what they are coming to the feeder for. Be careful with fish like tuna or sardines. Other rodents like skunks and opossums will get in your traps. A skunk smell on the hwy is nothing compared to a skunk up close and personal..
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/26/19 02:54 PM
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Corn, it is what they are coming to the feeder for. Be careful with fish like tuna or sardines. Other rodents like skunks and opossums will get in your traps. A skunk smell on the hwy is nothing compared to a skunk up close and personal.. I used sardines and never caught a skunk. Every time I used marshmallows, I caught a skunk. Never failed.
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03/26/19 04:36 PM
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We have had our best luck with cat food and corn.
It's hell eatin em live
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03/26/19 04:50 PM
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Re: bait for coon traps
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03/26/19 04:53 PM
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Corn, 95% of the time corn, occasionally protein pellets, once or twice a year when they seems to slow down on corn, marshmallows.
During the spring & summer I've found ants swarm bait other than corn, I caught no raccoons but did catch 4 skunks using cat food & sardines.
Most folks learn their lesson after catching one skunk, I baited 8 traps one Wednesday afternoon by Friday morning & the 4th skunk, never again.
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03/27/19 10:38 AM
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Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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03/27/19 11:12 AM
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Dry cat food and I use catfish bait, the squeeze tube that smells like fish to attract them. If you are concerned about skunks just situate your traps up on a branch if possible and secure it with wire or small chain.
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03/28/19 06:03 PM
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Canned dog goods, chunks/.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: bait for coon traps
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04/05/19 12:20 AM
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I use dog food, have been for years, seems to work great I also had fish oil to the area.
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04/07/19 01:26 PM
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Re: bait for coon traps
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04/12/19 11:29 PM
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I have a live trap at the house. In the past month I have caught 7 coons and one possum on corn. And no I do not move them except to the buzzard diner.
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04/12/19 11:45 PM
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If you are just after coons.....cattle cubes (cow treats as my kids used to call them). Coons, skunks, possums all seem to like similar foods....you are going to get some bycatch.
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04/12/19 11:48 PM
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They tear open my porch screens for dry cat food. And that’s the bait tonight and the rest of the week. Payback...
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Re: bait for coon traps
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05/04/19 05:52 PM
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I use the cheapest tuna I can find.
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Re: bait for coon traps
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05/16/19 10:33 PM
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Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: bait for coon traps
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05/17/19 04:48 AM
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corn soaked in water until its soured had always worked good for me. I stay away from anything with fish as others have commented it will catch skunks and I personally do not ever want to target a skunk in a trap.
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05/18/19 02:53 PM
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Canned cat food. Put it in the trap, in the afternoon, there will be a coon in it the next morning. Works every time. If you accidentally catch a possum, let it go.
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06/02/19 01:10 AM
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They like cat food so much, they would come INSIDE our house at night to get at it when I was a teenager. We put it inside a deal with a screw on lid and they screwed the lid off! Still got at it! My mom was too much a hippy to let me kill them, God bless her heart!
A friend of ours gave us his great pyrannese when he moved where he could not keep her. Coons dissappeared.
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07/10/19 10:27 PM
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dog or cat food always works well
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07/12/19 05:23 PM
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Corn, it is what they are coming to the feeder for. this. I put some corn out front of the trap to get them close and then a marshmallow inside, has done well for me.
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07/12/19 09:12 PM
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Corn, it is what they are coming to the feeder for. this. I put some corn out front of the trap to get them close and then a marshmallow inside, has done well for me.
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07/13/19 03:33 AM
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Corn, it is what they are coming to the feeder for. this. I put some corn out front of the trap to get them close and then a marshmallow inside, has done well for me. I'll have to try using corn... Never thought of that
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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07/17/19 07:37 PM
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sardines or can cat / dog food
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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08/18/19 09:18 PM
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I was buying the cheapest off brand of tuna I could get
It worked like a charm
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08/25/19 04:29 PM
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Headed to the lease last week and forgot to pick up marsh mellows and the only thing I had was a Payday candy bar....it works!
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08/25/19 06:14 PM
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Just pick up the cheapest brand of fish flavored cat food you can find, and they will flock to it ! Using dry food like that makes it a lot easier on you and the food will last longer outdoors if the coons take a day or two off.
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Just pick up the cheapest brand of fish flavored cat food you can find, and they will flock to it ! Using dry food like that makes it a lot easier on you and the food will last longer outdoors if the coons take a day or two off. This....Part of what I do for a living is trap. Cheap fishy flavored dry cat food in a dog proof trap and if using live traps use a small can of the wet cat food and stick the can in the back of the trap.
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