CANNOT catch the raccoon!!

[WooingWyandotte]

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I've read in a deer hunting magazine that you can use vanilla to get your scent off things. It works for hunters, it might work in your case.

 

[86121]

One trick my grandpa used to use to catch stubborn racoon's was the following: A smelly mix of tuna, raw fresh chicken, wet cat food, a small trail of the smelly'st cat food he can find leading to the trap, and then for giggles he always used to stick a strawberry in the center of the mix.
And when that did not work he would pull out his coyote trap with the removable hanging bait chamber and put a live bird in it with a can of tuna under it.
He said if the first did not work, then the second always did the trick.

 

[goldtopper]

1. Cat food in a can
2. Large live trap, with only 1 door open- place the bait all the way in, against the closed door.
3. Stake the trap down- they'll roll it if they can
4. Place the trap against something and somewhat hidden.

You'll get him, it may take some time, but be patient.

 

[roperbabe23tx]

Where r u placing the trap? If your moving it around the coop area, try placing it where he lives. If you have a wooded area or a tree line try placing it there. Also what size trap r u using. We had a very large coon and had to get a larger trap to get it. We can usually hear the "chatter" they make after dark and we place the trap in the area where we can hear them at. Sometimes you can spotlight them in the tree at dark as well. Definately hide the trap, we hse haybales to cover the trap, so the racoon doesn't feel exposed. Racoons will usually eat anything. All i ask is once you get this bugger, please dont drive down the road and release him by my place.... Jk

 

[aprophet]

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they provide "eye appeal" molasses is something most raccoons cannot pass up as well as honey buns sweet rolls etc the thing to do is to figger out what they are eating already around they eat fruit when it comes in season when the fruit is in season I do not use a meat bait if they are eating chicken or trying to chicken backs or necks are cheap and a good bait egg shells broken up are good eye appeal too the closer you set the trap to their travel ways the quicker you will catch the coon most coon traps are 10 X 12 they should be 12 x 12

 

[silkiechicken]

Oh... yeah.. trap size... if it's too small it might not want to go in. I used a trap that I think is 14x16x36 in size to get coons and baited with marshmellows. Think the trap is meat for large coons, small dogs, and foxes. To trap rats... I use a squirrel trap, else they are too small.

 

[SecretHavenFarm]

Trust me, I would love to pull an all nighter with our shotgun. But we live in Los Angeles county, were it is illegal to discharge a firearm within city limits.

I am going to try the marshmallows, and putting some sardines under the trap and trying to camo the trap tonight. It has been going into my coop at night and eating the eggs that were left in there, so I may put the trap near the coop

 

[silkiechicken]

You have to put the trap along an edge, against some place they travel, or on the path to where they want to go. A well placed trap can often catch things without bait. I'd put the trap in the coop if you can and bait it with eggs if that is what he's eating. Once you catch it though, you have to dispatch it.

 

[SecretHavenFarm]

actually since you say that, I may place the trap out side the run. The back side of my run runs along side a fence so there is a little allyway. Back there is were he pulled the chicken wire off the wood.

Do you think that would work better? or placing the trap in the coop?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Marshmellows and grapes and mini dum dum suckers are all very appealing to raccoons. cover the cage, place near the chicken wire it keeps removing and let it's nose lead it into the trap. They also love peanut butter and jelly or jam will bring it in too.