Many cubbie 220-160 boxes, have a trap set on each end!

Sure a lot of pepole looking at this post

I always do have the hot ones!

Here is a coon I caught.I caught it in a blind set where the coons where coming off a sand bar entering the water tight against the bank.I wired it to the olg with some #11 wire.

There's where one can appreciate a good swiveled trap!

My traps have a 3 swiveling points.

If I set in a place like that I will use the wire and a 1 1/4" fence staple. Never know when a big boar/Otter/etc will hit the trap.

I use the staples at times,I just didnt have any with me then.

I got this one in a pocket set at the waters edge.Just put some sardines in the pocket,slicked up the sides,and threw feathers on the bank.I wired this one to a truck wheel with #11 wire.

Those plastic coffee jugs make great bait containers!

I cut little holes in the sides and wire through them and make nice little handles. They hang very nicely off an S-hook on my equip. bucket.

can freezer burnt shrimp be ground and used as a homedae coon bait base?

Was thinking ground shrimp, bacon grease, PB, Anise, Vanilla, And whatever else they might eat... all in 1.

Kind of along those lines, I just got asked to knock some coons out at a dairy barn where they are eating the corn right out of the cows' feed trough. But, they have tons of cats running around, and were wondering if I could limit my cat catch.

Anybody got any bait recipes that will keep cats out? I usually use peanut butter and vanilla extract all smooshed together.

I use fruit type paste baits.
Since I make my own, it is easy to custom make one, but not everyone has that luxury...
Bananna, Loganberry, Blueberry, Fig, Persimmion, Butter Pecan are all top producers. I do ADC work, mostly with cage traps...so I know it is a effective wayto catch raccoons in and around buildings!

i use marshmellows around high cat areas.

What size trap (steel trap & conibear) do you guys use?

1.5 coils,#11 longs and #2 longs.The #2 longs have to much room though. IMO

laurel mtman, i'm not LT, but I'll throw in my advice anyway. Last year I made a blackberry lure, I had about a 3 oz container so I took a nice sized buttter dish full of blackberries and mashed them up and poured it into the container. I filled the rest with dog food hoping it would give it a better consistancy, but the dog food just broke down, but anyways the blackberries started to ferment and now they give off a nice strong wine smell, and the coons seem to like it.

You gettin' those 'coons drunk, are ya', LMC?

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