Will this work for turkey housing?

[ziggywiggy]

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I'm thinking Owl also because it rained the same night and there were no track plus, I've had a live trap set for a few days and have caught nothing. Never thought an owl would take out a Turkey though. Live and learn.

 

[Cacklin" Hens]

Well im a professional coon hunter and trapper and you will never catch a coon in in a live trap!! I know this for a fact because I have tried it many times. You will never catch a coon in a live trap. I have heard of it only a couple times though, but coons are way to smart. From my personal encounters and other poultry owners coons only eat the head and neck. Coons are really smart and they won't leave tracks I have recognized. They also rob chicken coops and stuff when it is raining because they wash off all their food before they eat it.

 

[A2SciTeach]

Apparently Michigan raccoons are not very smart, we can live trap them at the drop of a hat, 3 or 4 a night, using peanut butter as bait.

 

[ziggywiggy]

Cacklin" Hens :

Well im a professional coon hunter and trapper and you will never catch a coon in in a live trap!! I know this for a fact because I have tried it many times. You will never catch a coon in a live trap. I have heard of it only a couple times though, but coons are way to smart. From my personal encounters and other poultry owners coons only eat the head and neck. Coons are really smart and they won't leave tracks I have recognized. They also rob chicken coops and stuff when it is raining because they wash off all their food before they eat it.

I hope you are wrong because I know they're smart which means they might dig under or chew through the wire. I caught one in a live trap when I was a kid. My Dad was a government trapper who worked preditor control for the Fish and Wildlife service. I usually only caught skunks and cats but, I made my own bait using rotten fish that I burried in a jar until it turned into a horrible smelling liquid which I poured over sardines. Skunks were our biggest problem and they were easy to catch.
We also have stray cats around here and that is mainly why I set the live trap. If I catch them, I can call animal control to get them.
I'm curious though, how do you make a living hunting coons?​

 

[millebantam]

I'm not a "professional" coon trapper, but I have caught DOZENS of them in box traps over the years. Maybe I've missed my calling in life. I'm doing better than the "pros" without even trying, lol.

 

[Cacklin" Hens]

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I hope you are wrong because I know they're smart which means they might dig under or chew through the wire. I caught one in a live trap when I was a kid. My Dad was a government trapper who worked preditor control for the Fish and Wildlife service. I usually only caught skunks and cats but, I made my own bait using rotten fish that I burried in a jar until it turned into a horrible smelling liquid which I poured over sardines. Skunks were our biggest problem and they were easy to catch.
We also have stray cats around here and that is mainly why I set the live trap. If I catch them, I can call animal control to get them.
I'm curious though, how do you make a living hunting coons?

I don't make a living on them however I have been hunting coons for many many years. What I meant to say is avid coon hunter. I mean once and a while you will catch a coon in a live trap but it is rare where I live. And yes they will dig under, climb over, and chew through wire. they have chewed their way through a holding trap of mine numerous times.

 

[Cacklin" Hens]

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I live in the country and I have been trapping for twenty some years and it is very rare to catch one in a live trap. It is very very rare where I live. However, I have heard that in the city and more urban areas that they are easier to catch in live traps because they are used to being around and closer to humans. They are not as smart because they are used to people more.

 

[briana1975]

I am in the country. We caught and got rid of 13 racoons last summer in a months time. Sardines as bait.

 

[ziggywiggy]

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I live in Southern Arizona. We don't have many Raccoons and having lived in Florida I know they leave a very disticnt track. Pretty sure your right about the owl. After a rain, there would have been tracks. Plus I woke up one night and my chickens were going nuts because a barn owl was setting on top of their coop. I just always assumed the turkeys were too big for an owl. We also have Great Horned owls here.