how to fool a trap smart coon

[1acrefarm]

Rooster#3 :

sorry for the duplicate how does that happen

I would not worry about it. Maybe you accidentally clicked twice. Happens to most of us at one time or another.​

 

[Rooster#3]

ok thanks

 

[NarutoTn]

do wat they did in were the red ferns grow.wen the dogs needed training

 

[Rogue Rooster]

I waited tow weeks then covered the trap with a burlap bag and used marshmallows as bait left one out of trap where he could get a taste . It worked, cough two more, Oh I also set the trap in a deference location near the cope

 

[SteveH]

Useing loose corn kernals or peanut butter can attract mice and they may not trip the trap or escape easily even if they do trip it . If your sure a racoon has been escaping is it springing the trap but escaping ?
Once a coon has become trap shy , I've had to leave the trap with the trip lever NOT set and door propped open so it CANNOT close . I'll start leaving just a little bait about a foot or two out in front of the trap for a few nights untill its being eaten and then a little just inside of the trap so the coon can get to it without going all the way in . When that disappears I'll finally put most of the bait all the way to the back of the trap with just a couple of bites out a little farther .
I think one big mistake many people make is buying too small of a trap . Once that old coon has had a trap door drop on its rear and backed out its hard to catch it again . The one that works best for me is 36" long , 11" wide , and 12" tall , and just one door . The trip pan is close to the rear but room enough to lay an ear of sweet corn or a fish behind it ; and you can use wire or fish line to tie it to the bait pan or to the trap bottom just behind the trip pan as somebody already pointed out . You can also use a bale of straw on each side holding another bale over the trap [ kinda like two walls and a roof ] . Around here coon are used to living in and hunting mice in between bales in haymows and go right in .
Good luck .

 

[aprophet]

using havaharts it helps if you dig a small hole the put bait in the hole then set the trap over the hole stake the trap down the coon cannot get to the bait with out setting off the trap loud odors work best fish a couple of days old anise is pretty fair molasses is another good one HTH

 

[gsim]

Bait the Havahart with marshmallows or tuna. Add sheet metal to sides and end near to bait to prevent him reaching in to take it. Stake the trap well. A large boar coon may tear a Havahart trap apart from the inside. Best to buy the largest one. Multiple leg traps are good too. Best to set some barriers about to make a narrow path for coon to walk thru to get to coop. Spread chook poop around to mask any human scent and to attract them to what they think is a free meal.

 

[Manok-Tao]

I have had great luck with any kind of cheap seafood catfood in a can. A few years ago I had an old coon that was wise and wasn't easily fooled. Had to put cans of food around trap ,as well as in. Every night I'd either remove a can out of the trap or move them closer. After 6-7 nights all that was left was the can in the trap and in the early AM the coon min the trap.
Don't leave any bait out during the day! re-bait at night.
Word is that if you don't transport the coon at least 30 miles he will come back?????? not so sure of that, but love folklore like that.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

Maple syrup and marshmallows. They love the sweets!