trapping racoon

hemihound0713 · Post by **hemihound0713** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:56 pm

i wanted to see what others use to trap racoon. just to get other ideas.

alex

Marty Lester · Post by **Marty Lester** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:17 pm

I use a live trap and 20% breeder cubes (cattle cubes) sometimes I catch 2 at the time.

irondave · Post by **irondave** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:10 pm

i dont htink there is such a thing as the ideal bait,i have used cheetos,doritos,chex mix,cow pellets basically anything the kids left in the truck,i believe it is all about locaion

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:56 pm

wet cat food and canned sardines work best for me. You can find both at the local gas station as well so it is easy to find.

robbyson99 · Post by **robbyson99** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:18 pm

peanut butter sandwiches. wont catch anything but coons

Luke J · Post by **Luke J** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:19 pm

Marshmellows and Syrup in a live trap. Works like a dream. irondave is right though if you don't set it in the right location your not catching anything. Location, location, location.

Nor-Cal Tom · Post by **Nor-Cal Tom** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:04 am

DMXAK47 · Post by **DMXAK47** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:04 pm

What kind of locatoin wood be good to put a trap. im new at this. i bpught a trap at harbor frieght but all the coons do is steal the bait. i got the big trap with trap door. i tried three times and i come up with nothing inseide no bait and i used tuna chicken liver with the whole chicki liver gone and container i find it like a foot outside the cage. and its hidden in a bunch of trees thick. any help would be great i just wont one to train my pup.

david · Post by **david** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:49 pm

There is something wrong with the trap design, or you are not setting it right. do you have a pet cat you could observe going in the trap for it's food? maybe you can figure out what is happening.

try tripping the pan with light preasure from a stick. If it is too hard to trip you will have to adjust the door hook etc to get it to trip easier, like depress the pan part way so the hook is on more of a hair trigger. YOu have to find a balance though because coon will sometimes climb on top of the trap befor they go in.

If the pan is too narrow, a larger coon might be able to grab the bait can with his mouth or "hands" without tripping it. IF so, enlarge the pan area with a small peice of 1/4" plywood, or welded wire like what the pan is already made of. Dont make it too big though, depending on the size of the trap, a big coon can back out if the door comes down on his back.

Check the wire on the back too, on some of the cheeper traps, a big coon can push the back wire off after he is caught. I have had it happen. Just re-enforce it with wire or hog rings along the edges.

Next, attatch your bait to the cage with wire so what ever it is will have to fight to get it off, and will put good preasure on the pan. You could attatch something on the floor and/or up in the top against the back and the top (ear of sweet corn or what ever), yet sheild it from being stolen from the outside. You can do this with screen or 1/2" mesh attatched firmly with it's own wire or extra wire.

as was mentioned, culverts under highways etc are deadly locations. You can drive down the road and actually spot the ones that are being used by trails in the grass or dirt etc. Likely culverts will have travel routes associated with them like a ditch through a feild with bushes and trees along it, or a woodlot on one side and a corn feild or water on the other side, etc.

You'll get him. Just make sure your trap is working and keep trying different stuff.

DMXAK47 · Post by **DMXAK47** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm

Thanks for the info.

willie · Post by **willie** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:15 am

anything with honey

DMXAK47 · Post by **DMXAK47** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:48 am

any have a good raccoon trap for sale?

Average Joe · Post by **Average Joe** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:35 pm

DMX my favorite live trap for coons comes from Terry Montgomery in Utah. His web site is montgomeryfur.com I like the Bridger 12x12x36 the best. They are easy to set very sturdy and have crisp triggers, they have mesh around the bait site so the animal has to enter the trap to get the bait. When I make my sets I bed them firm in the dirt so they dont wobble and there is no wire showing on the bottom just dirt I also like to place it next to something solid on one side that is stationary to create kind of a funnel.I Like to use tuna in water but you will sometimes catch a cat or a skunk. Good Luck!

FullCryHounds · Post by **FullCryHounds** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:12 pm

A lot of good info so far from everyone. I own a nuisance wildlife control company and trap around 200 coons a year. I only use Safeguard traps because they are the best made. Never had a single escape ever. The traps have smaller mesh around the entire back end of the trap to prevent any critter from reaching in and grabbing the bait. I use the trap with the sliding rear door, makes it easy to set baits in longer traps and also to transfer critters from one trap to another. Havahart traps and Tomahawk traps are junk and their customer service is horrible. I currently own about 200 traps and everyone of them is a Safeguard.
Only other advise I can give you is to never set a coon trap on the ground if you have skunks in the area. Just set it up off the ground 8-10 inches. Skunks can't climb.