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I have a problem coon and have put out a Haveaheart box trap hoping to catch and relocate him. What should I use for bait? Currently I have it baited with sardines, suggestions sought.
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Sardines work pretty well. When I trapped raccoons, I used to make a bait out of lightly tainted chunks of carp, mixed with honey, and a little beaver castor. Drove 'em nuts! Used a similar mix for fox, but instead of carp, used groundhog and/or feral cat.
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I've not trapped too many coons. Maybe 1/2 dozen when I was a kid. An old can of spoiled tuna fish did the trick... along with a handful of dog food leading towards the trap. I used a conibear 220 trap in a square 5 gallon bucket.
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Take the top off the cheapest can of cat food you can find. Dig a little hole for the can. Put the trap, with the trigger over the can. Anchor the trap so it can't be tipped over or moved.
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marshmallows, peanut butter, dry catfood, calf milk replacer, jelly donuts, draws them in and don't stink. I would relocate them to another world
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When I trapped wild 'coons I used the cheapest sardines I could find. Trapping 'coons in a suburban setting, I use dry dog food because that is what they are shopping for.
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try the cheap honey buns.... trapper told me about it and they worked the few times I put them out.
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A half a handful of cocktail peanuts sprinkled near the trip plate. Even a careful coon will be overcome with greed trying to get them all and forget what's going on, snap!
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I used to catch them, bring into work, let them loose in parking lot when everyone was rushing in. Fun to watch the guys dodging that coin.
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I added some corn and dry dog food to the sardines and peanut butter, honey, molasses. This morning I had a nice big coon in the trap, he had cleaned up all the corn and dog food and appeared to have given the peanut butter some attention. There's a nature preserve about a mile from the house, took him for a ride and released him there. He scampered happily from the trap to explore his new home. Set the trap again to see if there were any others in the area. Since many of the neighbors have bird feeders at times we have several coons cleaning up what the birds drop.
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Dry cat food works the best for me.
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If the preserve was only a mile away, odds are good it is not new ground and the raccoon will be back in your neighborhood in a couple of days if not already. If I can't shoot them, I drop the trap in a body of water and drown them. There is no shortage of coons and "transplanting" them in a truly unfamiliar territory typically leads to their death due to traffic, predators, disease, elements, etc. drowning may seem cruel but it is no worse and often quicker than the other forms of death they will be exposed to.
Besides, you are merely taking your problem animal and dumping it on someone else's doorstep for them to deal with. Own up and deal with the problem rather than pass it off for others to deal with.
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I added some corn and dry dog food to the sardines and peanut butter, honey, molasses. This morning I had a nice big coon in the trap, he had cleaned up all the corn and dog food and appeared to have given the peanut butter some attention. There's a nature preserve about a mile from the house, took him for a ride and released him there. He scampered happily from the trap to explore his new home. Set the trap again to see if there were any others in the area. Since many of the neighbors have bird feeders at times we have several coons cleaning up what the birds drop. It will be back, as I said relocate the to another world
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Had #2 in the trap this morning, a young female the first was a fair size boar. I am going to leave the trap set thru the weekend, I'm doing this as a favor to my next door neighbor, the neighborhood assoc. usually calls in a pro to deal with the problem. Last year they relocated 25+ coons.
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I like a mix of dry cat food, jelly beans and marshmallows in my dog proof traps
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