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Offline DD8

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Raccoon bait
« on: March 14, 2011, 12:33:27 PM »
You guys have any bait suggestions for live trapping a raccoon?

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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 12:40:15 PM »
throw a mini garbage can in there and try to lock it closed. I swear that if you do that, they will be there the first night!  ;)
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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2011, 12:42:13 PM »
A can of sardines or wet cat food...

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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2011, 12:50:25 PM »
They really like live stuff.  If you can use a mouse or hamster or small bird, it drives 'em nuts.  They are curious as well as hungry and will come just to play with/kill the small animal even if they aren't hungry enough to eat.  They like eggs too.

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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 12:57:48 PM »
Smoked salmon!  Strawberry jam and peanut butter.  Fish skins.  Stinkier the better.  If you have a place they always travel, like a hole in a fence, or a broken piece on a shop door, you can just put it in the way.  Kippered herring might work really well.

Good luck and kill 'em all!  Make sure there is nothing destructable, like a plastic bowl, in or within six inches of the trap, they will shred anything they can touch while trying to get out.

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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2011, 01:07:37 PM »

Eggs,
 I had a big racoon that came around my backyard occasionally,  And when I got my 6 week old puppy I decided he had to go,  I put out 2 eggs in a flower pot in the yard, I cracked 1 left one hole. Then I sat just inside my rear sliding door for about 15 minutes untill Mr Raccoon showed up, Bang!  :bfg:  Don't know what it is but they like eggs.

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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2011, 01:34:54 PM »
It's funny, we've had buckets of eggs around, though none broken, and the coons have gone for the birdseed bucket instead of the eggs.

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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2011, 01:36:40 PM »
I've found almost any form of cat food will work.
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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2011, 02:16:54 PM »
Dog food worked for me.
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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2011, 02:21:24 PM »
Sardines, leave 'em in the can. Leave about 2 in the can and eat the rest. Leave the trap alone for a few days for your scent to wear off. Believe me, the sardine smell will stick around for awhile. Don't be going over to it every day and fiddlin' with this or that, just put it in a spot where you can see it from a distance.  ;)
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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2011, 02:30:06 PM »
If you live in town or are afraid of catching cats then use Vanilla Wafers.  Coons love them and most cats will ignore them.  Careful and make sure your trap is above ground as the skunks love them as well but won't climb.  I also like to toss in a handful of the little multi-colored marsh mellows, coons love them and very rarely catch a cat....at least not more than once.
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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2011, 02:35:55 PM »
We would save our bull frog carcs for coon bait after we ate the legs. Also crab shells and guts work awesome.
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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2011, 03:11:19 PM »
peanut butter and peppermint
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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2011, 06:30:00 PM »
If you live in town or are afraid of catching cats then use Vanilla Wafers.  Coons love them and most cats will ignore them.  Careful and make sure your trap is above ground as the skunks love them as well but won't climb.  I also like to toss in a handful of the little multi-colored marsh mellows, coons love them and very rarely catch a cat....at least not more than once.

Stray cats meet the same fate as coons, I have had them kill my chickens and ducks during the day.  People, if you care about your cats, keep them at home!

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Re: Raccoon bait
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2011, 06:34:45 PM »
bbq sauce ;)

 


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