Raccoon Baiting

[Sunny-Side Up]

There's a raccoon that's been wandering around the neighborhood killing chickens, and I'm trying to help my neighbors trap it.
They have trap that looks sort of like this:

What bait should I use? Any tips? Thanks!

 

[Wezdin]

Black Liccorice

 

[Travis Brown]

A can of sardines poured over a slice of bread. They can smell it a long way so it brings them in.

 

[Folly's place]

Marshmallows. Chicken food. Cat or dog food, or meats of any sorts will also trap cats, so try other items first.
Keeping the birds in a safe coop and run, and having no feed outside for anyone, will help too. Where there's one raccoon, there's likely a family group.
Then shoot each one, don't relocate.
I needed the larger sized trap for really large raccoons too.
Good luck!
Mary

 

[WthrLady]

Cat food. Hard boiled eggs and above

 

[mowin]

If you use tuna, cat food, keep all cats inside. Even then you might catch one or two.

 

[Al Capon]

Whatever you use, make sure the coon can't reach the bait from outside the cage or all your efforts will be for naught. You might even have to enclose the bait end a little bit, especially if this coon has been trapped before.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sardines, tuna or canned cat food.

 

[7acres]

There's a raccoon that's been wandering around the neighborhood killing chickens, and I'm trying to help my neighbors trap it.
They have trap that looks sort of like this:
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What bait should I use? Any tips? Thanks!

Always caught them with cat food.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

I think any and all of the food stuffs suggested will work fine.... for cage style traps I like canned cat food simply because the can itself makes the critter stay in the trap and move around until it sets off the trap...

Some times I use table scraps, grape jelly... or whatever... I just put it in an old cat food can...

I have one old cage trap that has been beat up by a couple of very large coons in the past though... it has a finicky trigger pan, so it can get robbed a bit easier than most...so the tin can helps prevent this.