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Racoon bait
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11/28/19 06:50 PM
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activescrape
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I want to trap a racoon or two,live trap. I used sardines and caught a skunk.What bait can I use that coons like but skunks don't? Thanks.
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Re: Racoon bait
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#7674906
11/28/19 06:55 PM
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krmitchell
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Always use marshmallows. Not sure anything will be a sure fire way to avoid a skunk.
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/28/19 07:51 PM
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GusWayne
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When our chickens were getting killed I baited my trap with the cheapest can of tuna fish made I caught them almost every night But in the end they still cleaned me out of chickens
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/28/19 08:05 PM
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I use dry cat food or dry catfish food. Both work.
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/28/19 09:02 PM
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don k
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Corn is good coon bait if that is all you are trying to trap
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/28/19 09:35 PM
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MWTX270
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Anything a coon will eat, so will a skunk. Vanilla wafers work about as good as anything
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/28/19 09:50 PM
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BayouGuy
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Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/28/19 09:55 PM
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David7912
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Marshmallows is like crack to a raccoon.
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/29/19 01:21 AM
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Dry cat food and marshmallows. Doesn't take much in the trap. I'm feeding 6 of them now at my feeder. Damm Coons.
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/29/19 12:51 PM
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Hudbone
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Consider putting a feed timer mechanism in there with some loose wires. They seem to be attracted to stuff like that.
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/29/19 01:17 PM
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Simple Searcher
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activescrape, Are you trying to catch coons at a feeder? If so, use corn, it is what they came there for.
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/29/19 01:37 PM
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/29/19 03:12 PM
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Consider putting a feed timer mechanism in there with some loose wires. They seem to be attracted to stuff like that.
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/29/19 03:16 PM
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Consider putting a feed timer mechanism in there with some loose wires. They seem to be attracted to stuff like that. Winner.
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/29/19 06:37 PM
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pertnear
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Re: Racoon bait
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11/29/19 06:42 PM
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hook_n_line
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He's still alive in this pic. He was just relocated.
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Re: Racoon bait
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12/01/19 06:17 AM
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I have used honey buns, pop tarts, deer corn, herseys kisses, cliff bars and Gatorade protein bars.
Honestly I like pieces of honey buns myself.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Racoon bait
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12/01/19 10:46 PM
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activescrape
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Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I used loose wires and a spinning mechanism to bait the trap as suggested, plus I went for the coup de gras and put a solar panel in there. I snuck up to the trap this morning and there was a line of racoons, waiting to get in the trap.
"It's not dyin' I'm talkin' about Woodrow, it's livin'!"
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Re: Racoon bait
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12/02/19 05:15 AM
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Top Jimmy
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Possibly try mango, chutney, and burnt hair. Seems to work for this guy. -TJ Geico Commercial
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Re: Racoon bait
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12/02/19 02:53 PM
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TLew
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Dry dog food + gummy bears....had half a dozen in a night
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Re: Racoon bait
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12/02/19 03:07 PM
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Marshmallows is like crack to a raccoon. X2
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