What is the best bait for trapping coons? I have heard dog food, sardines, marshmellows? What will attract them the fastest? I was thinking sardines cause of the smell. What do yall think?
Posted By: CCBIRDDOGMAN
Re: Best coon bait - 01/14/11 06:32 PM
Sardines gets em everytime.
Posted By: duckdown
Re: Best coon bait - 01/14/11 07:04 PM
trapped for yrs. sardines will catch you more skunks than coon. dog food works good and you can kill a bird and rip it open. that works good to. if your setting steel traps around a stream ive used tin foil around the trigger. set in edge of the running stream where the sunlight refelcts on the tin foil. they will reach and grab it.
Posted By: redchevy
Re: Best coon bait - 01/14/11 08:16 PM
We use canned dog/cat food works pretty well, we have also had good success with left over hotdog wennies from dinner and shell corn. We have also caught a number of oposums and ferrel cats.
matt
Posted By: deweyR
Re: Best coon bait - 01/14/11 09:08 PM
dry cat food or corn works too. just depends or what you have. start with something if it dont work switch to something else.
Posted By: stxranchman
Re: Best coon bait - 01/14/11 09:14 PM
Corn or I have also used a tube of catfish bait and put some of it on a rock or stick in the trap.
Posted By: cowboybam58
Re: Best coon bait - 01/14/11 10:53 PM
our chickens. shot more tryin to get in the coop than all other times combined.
Posted By: pafree
Re: Best coon bait - 01/15/11 02:10 AM
I have also used a tube of catfish bait and put some of it on a rock or stick in the trap.
this is a great ideal. i use dry cat food and have to put it in a little bowl to keep them from digging under the trap letting the food falling through. they kinda sneaky like that.
Posted By: maxscm
Re: Best coon bait - 01/15/11 03:30 AM
tuna ,salmon,,sardines all will get the skunks.
honey buns or honey will attract and catch more raccoons.
Posted By: Bluegoose
Re: Best coon bait - 01/15/11 04:33 PM
vanilla wafers! use the generic brand, they're cheaper
Can you actually sell coon meat to the old timer. I know a guy that swears that you can sell coon for 20-25 a peice, I am a little skeptical about it.
Posted By: MaggieMTx
Re: Best coon bait - 01/15/11 07:28 PM
if you don't want to catch skunks, stray cats, opossums....go with something sweet. have caught several with cookies or marshmallows. most trapper sites have coon lure that is sickly sweet smelling & it brings them in on a rope.
Ive heard peanut butter and marshmallows but im not sure
Posted By: tsunami
Re: Best coon bait - 01/16/11 02:15 PM
I tried everything, the more smell the more skunks and other critters I caught. Try using an apple or something sweet. If they are trying 2 get your chickens, break one egg in the trap, then put a couple of hole eggs in there works for me.good luck