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Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:50 pm
by jdbuckshot
Any body have a reciepie for homemade raccoon bait? they are running rampid on our place and we have started trapping.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:51 pm
by LawDawg
cat food.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:56 pm
by RLJames
Strip of tinfoil above the trap.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:06 pm
by khound22
watermellons??

I was the first!!

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:09 pm
by jdbuckshot
i've been using, deer sausage, marshmellows, peanut butter, and dog food.

i have heard of folks making up home made baits of all kinds that seem to really work good.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:10 pm
by SHANE704
I always used sardines

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:22 pm
by arduckslayer
I trapped when I worked in Minnesota. The cheapest canned catfood in the store is very effective.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:23 pm
by PWS
I used to trap when I was a kid, the best we ever used was sardines and cane molasses. Put it in a mason jar and mix it up into a paste.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:27 pm
by mudsucker
For a repellent, try a help wanted sign.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:47 pm
by kris Schaumburg
sardines in peanut butter

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:49 pm
by DRYLOK
+1 sardens.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:18 pm
by ACEINTHEHOLE
Sardeens or Tuna, and you dont have to open the can all the way, just open some to let the smell out.

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:08 pm
by Wildfowler
Corn seems to work well for me:






I think there are 16 or 17 of them bastages on this feeder? These things are a nuisance animal aren't they? Or will I need a de-predation permit?

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:38 pm
by Chuckle12
Cat food or canned tuna

Re: Raccoon Bait

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:10 pm
by music_man
Fritos!
I have trapped countless coons! I haven't found anything better! Marshmellows are a close second!
Cat food works, but you will catch house cats occasionally if there are any around.
You will also catch opossums on just about anything you will catch a coon with.