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I would just like some opions on what you guys think the best coon bait is?

no contest....big fat marshmallows......

A large, nearby cornfield.

Canned cat food, bacon grease, fish parts (if legal) and of course marshmallows.

watermellon

I use the duffer's with a little canned cat food on the inside bottom (tuna, sea food flavored, whatever, but super cheapo). No Friskey's for those bandits. And I slide a big fat 'stinky' rubber fishing worm over the trigger (whatever is in my tackle box). The feel and smell hooks them up.

I use cheap canned jack mackerel, mixed with honey.

I'm convinced that 1/2 a honey bun with a eye dropper drop of vanilla flavoring is king for raccoon bait.

We set all our live traps with this and have GREAT success...

My top 3 would be crawfish oil, Ultimate Coon Lure, and Gusto. When I set for coon I always use one of those three. Get with Minn. Trapline.

Joseph

I've had my best luck with crab shells with a touch of crab meat left in 'em for smell.

Dry dog food / kibble type stuff works, too, once they're accustomed to stealing it off the porch.

I know for a Fact that from www.wcs.com has some really good baits. IF your looking for a Cheap one, and IF you use the Egg Trap, I only use WCS Squirrel Paste Bait, 5 Small marshmellows in the egg trap, and 1 Large Marshmellow at the lid for eye appeal.

Stan

Agree on the Honey Bunns. They love them! TM

Honey buns for real?

Tried catching this bugger - taken off one of my deer cameras.



I need a good bait.

Personally, if this was my deer area and a procyon 'lotored' on into camera view, I wouldn't be too worried. Deer are use to coon stink, but they are not use to human stink. If the offender needs to be dealt with (and there will be 20 others waiting to take it's place), I would live trap it with mellows and an haul it out. A 220 in a cubby would work but coon blood also perks the attention of deer. I'd just do an 'in and out' deal with a live trap.

I am trying a live deal - used sardines - but mellows are the gig huh?

I have about 4 of them hitting this area with my deer. Damned things are little tanks.

I think that is a ring tailed bear.

Get a coon cuff, they work well in situations like yours.

Nothing wrong with little canned fish or canned cat food or anything, it's just the oils get on the ground and skunks, foxes, 'yotes and bobkittens are going to smell all that stuff too as well as the deer you want to slay. The thing about the marshmellows or cinnamon rolls is that its a mundane thing that raccoons like but alot of other critters pass on. You could probably put an old used tampon in a dirt hole, with some leg holds next to it and catch a coon, but very doubtful you will catch anything else. I'd go mellows/livetrap/eviction notice served, but then again I'm not too worried about the coon in the pic...now if that was a 2-2 1/2 foot wide whitetail buck then nerves would set in for sure. But the reality is it's just a raccoon. As long as it isn't on your back porch or in the attic life is good.

I've not much experience with coons or trapping - is that a large coon? Sure looks bigger than most road killed coons round here...

Man, he looks round.

I tried the marshmallows with Kool-Aid this weekend. No dice. Will try the honey bun/vanilla deal next.

Where I live we can dip smelt out of the streams in the spring. Several hundred smelt,cleaned and gutted makes for a lot of fish heads and "Fish smell."
It's no problem to draw a coon out of a corn field, or away from a lot of other sweet baits with a "good fresh fish smell," and some fish oil. Set up wind.., and they will come.

scott

Ya gotta use the Kool-Aid they are serving in D.C.

What type of traps are you using Lil-griz are real good no pull outs and no non targets. Try minnie marshmallows spiked with anaise oil and molasses. mix anaise and molasses one small bottle of anaise with a pint size bottle of molases.This smells just like comercial coon lure and costs a lot less.

I tried all manner of mellows - all I ever ended up getting were possums which were dispatched shortly. Buggers eat too many bird eggs for my liking...

I'm writing all this down. Good advice. I just started trapping again to get rid of all the critters killing the birds and need help as well. Funny story: I just set a trap for coons for the first time in years. I did the "Where the Red Fern Grows" trick and just wrapped the pan with tin foil. Next day, big ol' coon looking at me in the trap. who'd of thunk that would actually work.

I have coonhounds and catch one about any night I please for training, with a honey bun with a pack of grape cool aid on top...


I have a running record of 21-1 coons to possums, and never a skunk....

Stay with the sweets and you will stay away from the unwanteds

i've had good luck with nilla wafers in live traps.

for a live trap dig a small hole under the trap in front of the trigger plate and place your bait in there. also for a xl coon like in the picturer make sure to run a piece of rebar as a stake down thru the fllo as he'll knock the crap out of a live trap

Basketballs, fried chicken, no fishing signs, and fat white women in no particular order.

Cossatotjoe, That's awesome