The link below is to a type of coon trap that works better than any other trap I've ever seen or heard of. Several manufacturers make a trap very similar to the one linked to here.
http://www.rpoutdoors.com/dudpcotr.html
I have no relationship with the company selling them or the company that makes them. In fact, I also use several other types of traps to remove predators from the areas we keep our animals. Just about every trapping supply company out there sells these foot traps.
I bait the traps with strawberry preserves mixed with chopped-up minnows I catch. Canned tuna, fish heads and guts, or sardines would work just as well I'm sure. I mix the two together and stuff it down into the trap. I drop a couple of dollops of bait on the ground around my traps to get 'em enjoying the treat.
In order to set the trap off, the trigger must be pulled upward. Coons and possums have the dexterity to reach in and "pull up" on the trigger. Dogs paws are generally too large and cats do not have the ability to pull up on the trigger. There is a conversion kit that will enable the trap to trip when pushed down or pulled up.
I have set this trap in 3 areas my family has chickens, ducks and rabbits. All of the sites have dogs and several cats on the premises. My traps were never set-off accidentally by any other animal besides coons and possums. We have caught over two dozen coons and possums with these traps. My fish-n-jelly bait works beautifully. The last set I made with them, I caught two possums within 30 minutes of setting them out. My partner had kept insisting it was coons that had pulled our hen's heads through the wire and ate the heads off. Two captured possums and 30 minutes later...
http://www.rpoutdoors.com/dudpcotr.html
I have no relationship with the company selling them or the company that makes them. In fact, I also use several other types of traps to remove predators from the areas we keep our animals. Just about every trapping supply company out there sells these foot traps.
I bait the traps with strawberry preserves mixed with chopped-up minnows I catch. Canned tuna, fish heads and guts, or sardines would work just as well I'm sure. I mix the two together and stuff it down into the trap. I drop a couple of dollops of bait on the ground around my traps to get 'em enjoying the treat.
In order to set the trap off, the trigger must be pulled upward. Coons and possums have the dexterity to reach in and "pull up" on the trigger. Dogs paws are generally too large and cats do not have the ability to pull up on the trigger. There is a conversion kit that will enable the trap to trip when pushed down or pulled up.
I have set this trap in 3 areas my family has chickens, ducks and rabbits. All of the sites have dogs and several cats on the premises. My traps were never set-off accidentally by any other animal besides coons and possums. We have caught over two dozen coons and possums with these traps. My fish-n-jelly bait works beautifully. The last set I made with them, I caught two possums within 30 minutes of setting them out. My partner had kept insisting it was coons that had pulled our hen's heads through the wire and ate the heads off. Two captured possums and 30 minutes later...
