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OT:racoons,traps, and corn

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wfw

08-03-2006 05:58:07




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I set a hav-a-hart trap to catch some of the racoons that are getting into my corn. It was baited with a honeybun as I heard they were really fond of honeybuns. Well, all that is left of the honeybun is a few crumbs at the back and behind the trap. The trap was not tripped, trigger still set,door still open. The racoon reached through the wire to get at the honeybun!. My question is do cats and other pets go after the fly bait/pepsi cola bait as well as racoons? I do not want to kill any dogs or cats just because they are in my corn as they do not eat the corn. Maybe a better way to bait the trap would work? I just dropped the honeybun to the back of the trap. Any advise is apreciated. Thanks.

WFW

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bruster

08-09-2006 15:28:53




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
trapers here in NE Ohio use peanut butter on 1/2 slice of bread UNDER the trip board, so they can't reach from the sides, and HAVE to go in to get the treat. Apple slices work great for woodchucks



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steve in in

08-07-2006 09:51:21




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
A cracked egg and some of the corn they have been eating has worked for me. It has taken two nights each time for the trap to work though. I have caught 3 in the last few weeks with the egg and sweet corn. I put a plastic bag under the egg to keep it from running all over the place.

The coons were living in my barn so I put the trap in the path they take to get in and out. One of these days I will board up the broken window that they use.

Steve

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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

08-07-2006 04:29:04




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
I've had two live traps on the go for the last month. Still lost all my early corn but for 2 1/2 dozen ears.

1. Sardines and tuna work pretty well if they are in the trap so that the raccoon can't simply pick up the can and leave with it. I wired the can in a few times.

2. Even the raccoons were reluctant to eat some canned, smoked steelhead I bought at a liquidation store.

3. Peanut butter just doesn't work as bait for anything on our property. Squirrels ignore it and raccoons won't eat it.

4. Marshmallows seem to work fine, though yesterday an impatient coon tipped the trap over from the side to get at the miniatures, rather than bothering to enter through the gate. I think I got him in the other trap, though, a large adult.

Just how smart ARE turkey vultures? I have worn a path with my golf cart transporting dead raccoons to the vulture smorgasboard in the back field. Yesterday some were already in place by the time the cart entered the field and others were flying in from other locations. Could they react to the "pop" of the .22 or the sound of the cart motor?

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1936

08-06-2006 17:29:47




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
The best of all baits for coons is deep fried chicken. My 84 year old mother chains her huge black lab by her sweet corn to keep out the deer and coons.



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bill from wisc

08-06-2006 10:23:23




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
What has worked good for me is to wire a empty cat food can into the end of the live trap and put only a few peices of dry cat food into it. other wise the coon just pushes the bait to one side and eats it thru the cage. Also make sure the trip lever is almost tripped.



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buickanddeere

08-05-2006 21:58:41




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
I lost several turkeys to coons. They would tear the head and neck off, eat the crop to get the grain, then leave the rest of the bird. I lubed up the live trap and set the trigger 1/2 way tripped. Baited with sardines and waited. Found the sardines eaten twice without the trap being tripped. Then gave up after finding one of my hens in that cage with a smile on her beak,often with a fresh egg and always with the sardine gone. She ate two cans of sardines before I gave up. I suppose those eggs were some sort of Omega 3 super health food?

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Chris Jones

08-05-2006 20:03:56




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
Unfortunately it takes time and experimentation to get a good setup going. I"ve been told not to put the bait IN the trap but sit the trap ON the bait. Makes it harder to get it w/o going in and harder to pick up and take out w/o stepping on the trigger. You might have to make a small despression in the ground if your sitting the trap on top a can of cat food. If the trigger isn"t sensitive enough you can add a small spring helping to pull the rod from the trigger plate to the latch. I did--call it my hair trigger. But hey birds and mice and even ants can eat bait away w/o triggering the trap and you think a coon has done it but they haven"t. I actually caught a bird in mine once.

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wfw

08-04-2006 05:18:20




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
added some smaller wire to the back of the trap and I caught a racoon last night, young one but still a racoon, I am going to get some some fly bait ant try it also, Thanks for the response



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Don-Wi

08-03-2006 23:15:55




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
One of my Nature Sceince teachers used black jelly beans, worked every time. He would catch them, birng them to the vet for a check up and then put a radio collar on them for tracking.
We use Coke and fly sugar. ONly got coons so far, last year we nailed 10 confirmed, then later one after I harvested the feild (planted the sweet cornn in the middle of the feild corn) and was working it under, I found several more rotted bodies. I think the overall count last year was brought to 13 Confirmed, dead bodies.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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T_Bone

08-03-2006 19:22:32




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
Hi WFW,

Just had to comment that my Blk Lab could go thru a acre of corn in one day and only eat the ripe ears.

I've never seen a dog that likes corn but he sure does.

T_Bone



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ken sampson

08-03-2006 11:40:29




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
At work we mix Mountain Dew and fly bait. Works real good and doesn't attract the cats.



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Dachshund

08-03-2006 09:51:55




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
Supposedly, dogs and cats don't go after the fly bait stuff. One word of advise, though - don't use Pepsi to mix with the fly bait - use Coke-a-Cola. Why waste good Pepsi, when you can use that nasty Coke stuff? LOL!



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KGRIFF

08-03-2006 09:28:17




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
I have used cheap cans of cat food in the back of the cage and also lubed the connections with vasoline to get it to trip better. We have caught at least 10 coons per year for the last 2 years and only one cat.Another method that did sort of work was putting posts around the corn patch soaking cord in used motor oil and wrapping it around the garden. This year I have basically gave up on the sweet corn the coons win. In Pa we have an over population of coons since the market dropped out on the furs, the state now drops baits out of air planes to treat them for rabies.

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gabby

08-03-2006 08:48:42




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
Try using marshmellows. A couple outside the trap and the rest inside. Advantage- Marshmellos don"t attract cats and dogs but offers "eye appeal" to the coons. Like candy to them. Good luck!



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IH2444

08-03-2006 09:43:19




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to gabby, 08-03-2006 08:48:42  
Tried that Gabby, did not work , one of my cats has a sweet tooth and loves most anything sweet. Wait Chocolate, he does not like that....have to give chocolate a try. Traps do not sleep at night, but I have to :) Would be much easier than .410 method if I can get it to work without just catching cats.



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IH2444

08-03-2006 08:46:49




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
I am also plagued by coons, kept catching my cats in the trap so now I use a .410.
Still got at least one to go.
My plan to train neighborhood critters is to wire up a video camera to the cat feeding area, with a motion light and a remote switch in the house to control a neon sign transformer wired to the metal cat food bowl. Might get some interesting videos :)



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old

08-03-2006 08:18:10




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
I've been catching coons all summer and a oppisuim this morning. Double check that the latch on your trap isn't hanging up to tight, when the trap is new they do that and need to be tripped a few time to work them in. Alos use a tray or bowl to hold the bait in makes it hard for them to take out and be sure you put the biat behind the trip part of the trap.

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bjb in Ne

08-03-2006 06:16:37




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
Since you know they are going after your corn use a small peice of corn for the trap. That is how we catch the woodchucks and opposiums with our live trap.



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Richard G.

08-03-2006 06:12:50




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to wfw, 08-03-2006 05:58:07  
My trap has some quarter inch hardware cloth on the outside of the trap where the honeybun goes. Caught many a coon in the last three years. Last one got caught just before the wife and I were going to an engine show in another state. He is now a resident of that state.
Richard



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Dog's Friend

08-03-2006 21:43:05




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 Re: OT:racoons,traps, and corn in reply to Richard G., 08-03-2006 06:12:50  
I've found that painting peanut butter on the trip paddle works good. They have to go inside the trap and lick it off. The will lick it hard enough to trip the trap and catch them. Peanut butter has the advantage of not drying out too fast.



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