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Posted by ellison20 on 11-16-2015 01:30 AM:

What's the best thing to use to trap a coon

I got two live traps set and I was told to use tuna but didn't know if there was something better

Posted by msinc on 11-16-2015 02:44 AM:

Re: What's the best thing to use to trap a coon

quote:
Originally posted by ellison20
I got two live traps set and I was told to use tuna but didn't know if there was something better

I have always had better luck with sweet stuff in the cold weather times...don't get me wrong, tuna and sardines work fine too. Chocolate cake, marsh mallows, pie, anything sickening sweet. I have personally never had any luck at all with molasses...it just don't work for me. I even set up trail cameras, I couldn't believe they weren't interested.
In the summer it is hard to beat cantaloupe or watermelon...they will risk anything to get at the flavor of those two.

Posted by Driftwoodblue on 11-16-2015 03:36 AM:

Hard to beat sardines in oil. the cheapest you can get.
BUT
in the summer time when sweetcorn is ready, you can surely catch them with peanut butter and honey--and at that time the sardines did not work.
took over a dozen from one patch and "relocated" them
made for some good training material.

Posted by ellison20 on 11-16-2015 04:57 AM:

Thanks I just got a 4 mouth old pup and trying to cetch one but didn't know what to use in cold wether

Posted by boarhunter1 on 11-17-2015 01:53 AM:

Dog food mixed with some maple syrup works good for me. Just mix in a gallon zip lock bag.

Posted by GA DAWG on 11-17-2015 01:58 AM:

Ive caught hundreds off honeybuns

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Posted by hopm on 11-17-2015 03:52 AM:

honeybun sprinkled with grape kool aide

Posted by County_Rd_Blue on 11-17-2015 04:44 PM:

Honeybuns- the only bait I use. I have yet to trap anything other than a coon when using them.

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Posted by GA DAWG on 11-18-2015 01:12 AM:

I be caught a few possums on em if they real thick. Gotta get them outta the way. Another tip I learned. I experimented with it all summer be for last. Kept 3 traps set all summer in a guys corn. Caight about 40 coon. I put a regular golf ball in one trap. Along with bait. That golf ball one caught 5 to one more coons than the other traps. So now I put one in all of them. I guess they think its a egg.

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Posted by groworg1 on 11-18-2015 01:54 PM:

peanut butter and jelly sandwich tip if you live in a area with skunks set trap off ground we catch more coons in a live trap set up on a old trailer skunks don't climb learned this lesson the hard way lol !

Posted by bigtimberkennel on 11-18-2015 03:48 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by ellison20
Thanks I just got a 4 mouth old pup and trying to cetch one but didn't know what to use in cold wether

Don't over use a live coon,about ruined a dog on site seein' a coon too much one time.

Posted by danny buechler on 11-18-2015 04:32 PM:

I like opening a bag of marshmallows and dumping a pack of grape kool-aid. Shake it real good to coat the marshmallows then put a couple in trap seams to work as good as anything.

Posted by qchounds on 11-24-2015 06:21 PM:

Any time I use tuna or cat food, I get a different critter every night- skunks, possoms, cats...

I use marsmallows and peanut butter... no more skunks,cats, and almost never a possom... but lots of coons!
Honeybuns and glazed donuts work great too

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Posted by Hazel Hill Blueticks on 11-26-2015 02:25 AM:

Sweet on land, fishy near the water. Sweet on land in trails, you will catch less possum. Cat food drenched in molasses for land set. Cat food drenched in fish and shell fish oil set near water. Always put a couple marshmellows at the entrance of the trap and then in the back of the trap. Caramel essence oil works on land too. It can be found in the baking supply isle at walmart.

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Posted by Bill(Chew) on 11-26-2015 02:21 PM:

I use a white egg. If a coon sees it he will go in. I may try a scent to get them to the trap next time.

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Posted by oklared on 11-28-2015 06:03 PM:

BREAD AND GRAPE JELLY

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Posted by jasonswoosh on 11-28-2015 08:29 PM:

COONS

Grape drink mix

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Posted by Robert Johnson on 11-30-2015 12:21 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by GA DAWG
I be caught a few possums on em if they real thick. Gotta get them outta the way. Another tip I learned. I experimented with it all summer be for last. Kept 3 traps set all summer in a guys corn. Caight about 40 coon. I put a regular golf ball in one trap. Along with bait. That golf ball one caught 5 to one more coons than the other traps. So now I put one in all of them. I guess they think its a egg.

Dang Mike. you are admitting to breaking he law on a national website. hope dnr ain't looking.

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Posted by GA DAWG on 12-01-2015 01:14 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Robert Johnson
Dang Mike. you are admitting to breaking he law on a national website. hope dnr ain't looking.

I meant one trapping season.

Plus I could be lying.

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Posted by Robert Johnson on 12-01-2015 01:17 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by GA DAWG
I meant one trapping season. Plus I could be lying.

LOL. I had to take a stab at you. I knew what you meant.....I think..

Posted by msinc on 12-01-2015 01:56 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by GA DAWG
I meant one trapping season. Plus I could be lying.

You gettin' locked up....everyone knows aint no Georgia boys lie!!!!!

Posted by GA DAWG on 12-01-2015 08:36 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by msinc
You gettin' locked up....everyone knows aint no Georgia boys lie!!!!!

Shoot if them ol Game wardens watch facebook any amount of time. Theyd make a million dollars in fines. I see caged coon for sale on there. I see over the limit. I see all kinds of deer hunting selfies with no orange on in gun season. My summers and winters kinda just run together on me here in Ga. Seems like its just always Hot

But Id try that golf ball trick it does work.

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Posted by John Cowan on 12-08-2015 04:08 AM:

coon bait

pop corn with grape freshie

Posted by bludog29 on 12-09-2015 04:56 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by oklared
BREAD AND GRAPE JELLY

x2. Knock on wood, but never caught anything other than a coon and always have one in a day or two

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