coons not cats

Marshmallows. I've heard that Pepsi works too. They have a real sweet tooth. Much more than any cat. There are also raccoon-specific traps that won't catch dogs or cats.

 I have gotten coons with canteloupe,apples,carrots,and plain old nothing in the trap! Lucky to have a high traffic area for my trap.

peanutbutter and corn work great.

I catch mine with corn. Ear corn, shelled corn, or cracked corn. It will cathem and cats won't bother it.

I've tried Marshmallows before and they wouldn't touch it. Used some table scraps and caught him.

I spent the afternoon stapling ugly hardware cloth to my beautiful new coop to discourage a raccoon ( I assume) who has been chewing large chunks out of my coop at the vent holes.  I can only imagine how terrified my poor chickens are as this miserable creature is gnawing its way in only a short distance from their roost.  These things are no longer the stuff of cartoons and coloring books for me.  I HATE THEM.

Live trap is set with marshmallows coated in strawberry preserves (Dad said pineapple sundae topping but I figured it's all the same), wish me luck!  I'll keep my fingers crossed for you as well.  Anyone know of the legalities of shooting these guys in a trap?  I am in Ohio.  All that I can find online is that they should be "humanely euthanized".  To me that means I can shoot them, anyone know for sure?  Also, the legalities of painting him pink and releasing him as a warning to his friends?
 

Edited to apologize for hijacking your thread.

Marshmallows and maple syrup!

If you're in an area where you can shoot, there is nothing better than a Duke dogproof trap.  They're about $12.00 online, and if you bait them with marshmallows they're deadly on  coon.  Once you catch the coon in the trap simply shoot it in the head with a .22 and you're done. Think you don't want to kill a coon? Feel sorry for the poor animal?  Tomorrow morning  when you go out to the coop take a look at your favorite hen; the one who follows you around, the one who hops up on your arm, and think which life you want to save, hers or the raccoon.   POP... bye bye raccoon.