Bait for a Racoon Trap

[lindseythefork]

I have tried everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, to get a raccoon into my trap. I've gotten two skunks so far (and both of my cats). If you want to catch a skunk: stick an almost-empty peanut butter jar out there. They have to REALLY stick their head in to see what's inside- by that point, hopefully the trap has sprung already.

My main piece of advice is to make sure whatever you put in the trap is in there in such a way where the skunk/raccoon can't just peek their head over and grab the bait and run off. I used to put stuff in a regular bowl and a couple nights I went out to find the bowl empty but the trap still open.

 

[domino7]

I just use a chicken egg, straight from the coop. I had a hard time trapping one, and read about that on a post here. I tried it, and caught the coon on the first night.

 

[Dennq]

Put the bait under the trap where the trigger plate is, weigh it down with something.

 

[aprophet]

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Kina sounds like the coon you are trying to catch has been caught before try some molasses most days it will not catch pets but it will catch grey fox as well as coon

 

[2621peep keeper]

Erwin Methe
I regret to report on the recent demise of Ricky Raccoon. Ricky came to "visit" my pet chickens Wend. night. However, he was distracted by the wonderful aroma of a Friskes Tuna pate in a trap. Thursday morning Ricky seemed to be highly embarressed to be cought in the trap. So to stop his distrestful state I introduced him to Mr Colt. Ricky became very standoffish and stiff. We are still waiting Pauly Poosum to show his face at the next Party, Mr Remington wants to greet him.

 

[Noymira]

Will have to try some of these. We had raccoon attack a few nights back, next day we baited with peanut butter in a empty tuna can and staked the trap. Next morning the can was empty and peanut butter all over the outside of the trap, but the trap was not sprung. The coon (or skunk) grabbed the can from the outside and pulled it to the edge, bypassing the trigger altogether.

We added a second trap last night with corn on the cob, this morning no visitors to either.

 

[Nicophorus]

I use some tuna, because its always in the cupboard. What I do is put the trap against something, like a fence or wall or w/e. Then the tuna goes inside and more twords the side that is against the wall/fence, that way he has to go into the trap to get the food. Also just spooning some tuna out and putting it down in the trap is better then putting the can in there, because with the can he can just grab the whole thing at once, but with spooned out tuna he has to really get into the trap and dig around some to get all the morsels and the trap will spring.

But I no longer bother with traps, I guess its where I live but I must have a never ending supply of possum and racoons. I could catch one of those each day for months and never run out of animals. When I woke up to that, I addressed the problem from other angles and made things more secure.

 

[Cock-L-Doodle Garoo]

I only use can cat food. The salmon pate' ones work the best. Drop little bits to lead them in and smear some on a board and underneath the trap step. Once they start on the fishy taste they wont stop till it's all gone.

 

[Buiscuit]

I trapped 10 coons over a 2 week period using left over fried chicken. then used hot dogs and caught the last 2.

 

[chicken farmer 1997]

peanut butter