What is the best bait for raccoons in a live trap?

[TheEggCollecter]

Try some sort of fish like tuna or sardines.

 

[aart]

...... Why should animals be killed because they're a nuisance?
Aren't we, the people, really the problem?

Indeed we are...we with our 'living on the land' have driven away apex predators that would keep things like possums and raccoon under control......

So we who have taken control of the landscape and disrupted all that lived on it (including feeding animals with our garbage) must take on the responsibility of the displaced apex predator....and kill the over population of smaller mammals, especially if they are eating our dinner(chicken and eggs).

When I lived in the city the raccoon, possum and squirrel problems in garbage cans and houses were astounding, now that I live in the country, no overpopulation of those animals because the fox and coyotes keep them in check.

 

[hatch08]

I have had best luck with moon pies and dog proof traps

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

Call your local animal shelter. They can provide a trap used to catch dogs in. Maybe your trap isnt working properly. Also I bait mine w/ whatever is smelly and on hand. Usually I just sit an empty can of cat food that I have just dumped the food out of.

 

[chiknhurder]

From only the first page of hits Googling "Relocate raccoon". Even the animal-friendly organizations don't like the idea,

"...It's a popular myth that the animal that is a nuisance on your property can simply be "relocated."...

"...relocating a raccoon to another location is usually a death-sentence. ..."

http://wildcaresolutions.com/the-truth-about-trapping-and-relocating-wildlife/

http://www.raccoonatticguide.com/relocating.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070507045811AAr9E2Q

http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/raccoons.html

http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/relocating-wildlife/

http://www.spca.bc.ca/welfare/wildlife/urban-wildlife/raccoons.html

http://www.eapl.com/wildlife_problems_raccoon.html

I've done all my homework. I know what I can do and can't do as far as trapping and relocating. I don't just toss out opinions. As you stated, relocating a raccoon is USUALLY a death-sentence. The barrel end of a gun is ALWAYS a death sentence and YOU made the decision. If you feel like you're doing what God would want us to do then I'm happy for you.

I won't continue to argue this any further. You're wasting your time if you think you're going to convince me that I would be doing the humane thing by just blowing them away. Ain't gonna happen.

 

[enola]

 

[welly]

A can of tuna poke a couple holes in it and let it get smelly.SSS

 

[scooter147]

Excellent.
I agree completely it is a bad idea and is more inhumane to the animal. As my grandpa use to say. "there are worse things in life worse than death"

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Quote: I've seen a buyers price list for hides and pelts from the late 19th Century. It listed mole skins as a hide they would buy. I don't know if it was used to protect the feet from blisters or used to make ladies powder puffs but I suspect both.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

... You're wasting your time if you think you're going to convince me that I would be doing the humane thing by just blowing them away. Ain't gonna happen.

The idea behind this forum is what is the best thing to help your chickens. Just blowing the coons away is the best thing to do if you want your birds to live long, live well, and prosper. Any thing else is just raising chickens to serve as blood sacrifices to the raccoon god.