Lil' Grizz with some of my Skip Jack bait. They do produce the 'coons!

Should have mentioned that rock piles, like the one pictured above, are very attactive to all kinds on animals. I trap along side many of them and always catch a bunch of fur.
One trick I use, is to pour fish oil down inside it. Nothing will be able to get to the sourse and they keep coming back to it.

One of the many, many 'coons, I caught right outside the cabin...Man, I miss that place and all the memories....

An old one eyed 'coon that gave me the slip, until he saw his first "pipe trap"...( it was also his last!)

LT, I'll be posting some pics of a few 'coon locations, and if you would be kind enough to point out where you would put a set or multiple sets, funnel points, and the like, I would appreciate it very much.

Yes, will do, but there are so pretty good trappers on here that will can help you out as well.

I see lot's of good fur there. Wow, something to see how many different veriations of trapping, traps and ideas there are.
Cool, good stuff.

That's the whole idea behind this post!

This is what I hate to see...and yet, every fall and winter I get a bunch just like it.
Big boar 'coon in a coyote snare caught right around the middle and beatin' up on a rusty old fenceline.
....and man they can can wreck some fence too, don't think they can't!

Nice big prime boar though!

great post keep it coming

Care to add ray12?

'Coon will sometimes climb a tree like this, when snared.
They need to be smaller in diameter, if you want a good wrap up.

Don't expect to catch coon when the weather looks like this



But you can stll smile when you do..unless of course he looks like this gnarly ole guy

LT is that a black coon?

beachcomber, that coon looks a little cold, did you give him a blanket?

My not so bright set of the season last year was the minnow bucket set. It is very effective but it will more than likely cost you a minnow bucket. Had a coon raiding my bucket on and off all that summer when I left it overnight in the river trying to keep my bait alive. I had to get that coon come season. Staked it in shallow water with the flap open and a 1 1/2 coil in the bottom. Luckily I used my oldest bucket. Not much left of it when that big old boar coon got done with it. But he's not a problem any more.

More seriously my eyes were opened by the number of coon, almost all very lg boar coon, I caught from Fisher/Cat boxes that I used for my first season last year. All from deep in mature woods, far from water or corn. 19 coon from 10 boxes during the first week of Dec. Was catching them in 6" of snow before really cold, deep snow put them down for the winter. Since they were so actively going after meat bait I suspect that they were taking advantage of the late season protein available from deer gut piles left by deer hunters. It is certainly something that I am going to explore more, especially as that time of year coon numbers seem to dwindle around water and corn(now picked).

cme4293,
Only 'till the light found him!

Oh yeah, cme, I blanketed him alright and then he slept real good.

i think he was more surprised to see you

Only for a breif moment.......

Bank hole set for coyotes.

Your biggest 'coon are caught on land!