First 2'fer Ever for Me.......

[Rojo]

Well my average slid last night. Now I'm just 3 for 3. The coons pulled the foot petal up and ate the food so I came up with a creative baiting idea. I placed a eye-tie wrap around a ear of corn and secured it where they will need to stand to rangle free. We will report tomorrow. The Great Coon Caper!

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Very good. I do the same with fish heads….

[Grainraiser]

I been having the same issue but with possums. I think I have them cleaned out now but for awhile I was catching one every two days and this went on for a week and a half. I use a can of cat food for bait. From previous experience those racoons are much smarter than possums.

[Jamesdean]

Possums like fresh apples and carrots too!!!

[Ketchn]

coons are tricky critters , them hands are like mini human hands with claws , they can work them traps over really well .....
we try to trap them often and are about 50 50 on our ketch rates , one thing for sure , they will flat out bend up the inside of them there box traps with a vengeance , the last one did a number on the inside and even bent up the door as well , keep your fingers and such clear of them for sure too , and NEVER let one get on ya ....
unless you got a camera man at hand and want a hilarious video to show off at family reunions ....
congrats on the double btw ....

[Rojo]

My ear of corn has not worked so back to cat food tonight.........we'll see tomorrow if I get a customer.

[J White]

My ear of corn has not worked so back to cat food tonight.........we'll see tomorrow if I get a customer.

The last time I had to relocate one, I used peanut butter smooshed into a little plastic box, said box wired down tight into the live trap. He was actually coming in to my place of work through a vent, and raiding my snacks on my toolbox
He scooted the whole trap over several feet and got ahold of a bag of oil dry and some insulation. Made a heckuva mess!




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[SuperDave336]

Good luck.

[Rojo]

The raccoons won last nights battle, this one knows to lift the foot petal before heading to the food. I am going to screw a small block to the side of the trap preventing them from pulling the pedal up. I need to win the war here.

[MCG1]

I usually staked the trap down so they couldn't roll it or flex it. Also, set it so they couldn't approach from rear of trap. Quit trapping possums when I learned they eat ticks.