what is the best thing to bait a trap for coons

[chixie]

I lost more silkies night before last. its the stranges thing. they always get 3 .2 completely gone and they leave on decapitated. i am assuming its a coon or familyof coons

 

[har]

I have used anything from cat food to apples

 

[aprophet]

It kina depends on how close your neighbors are but the one they left is the best bait other baits are oily fish molasses ,honey buns, fruit that is in season locally bananas work for me when nothing else does mostly I use fish but I trap an industrial river there are very few domestic animals here only wild ones

 

[The Tinman]

Fish! But put it on something you can throw away cause of the smell.

 

[Harlequin]

peanut butter and tobasco sauce, they come for the peanut butter and leave because their eyes get tobasco sauce in it. my dad played this trick on some who were gettnig into our trash a couple times

 

[7L Farm]

I trapped coons for years. Always used a #4 steal trap & sardines. We sold the hides for $15.00 & the meat for $ 5.00 . This was in the early 70's . We caught our fair share. Good trapping to you.

 

[birdicus7]

I always have my best luck with a can of sardines. I don't open it though I use a can opener to poke little triangle shaped holed all the way around the outside rim.

 

[herefordlovinglady]

i use my have a heart trap, use sardines -- problem is the cats like the sardines, so i end up getting wild cats in the trap. i have heard marsh mellows are good to catch coons, they seem to really love them and really don't think cats will eat marsh mellows. i plan to try that next.

in the winter when i trap i give them to one of the fellows around here that saves the meat and cooks it for supper bowl weekend.

 

[drdoolittle]

I've always used peanut butter-----just smear it right on the "plate" in the trap. I like it, because they can't just reach through and steal it, they have to go in and lick it, which trips the trap. Plus, you won't end up catching 10 cats just to get to one coon!

herefordlovinglady, can't help but wonder, what does raccoon taste like, and do the guy's Superbowl Party guests know they're eating it? LOL

 

[Chicky Tocks]

We've used kitty kibbles. The coons cannot resist ze kitteh keebles! I've caught two in a trap using these.