This set worked for me recently. Damage Control:

The bottom right picture depicts the setup that I have been using perfectly. I have been inserting a metal screen at the top end of the box which helps me save on bait. I normally use cookies and Marshmellows and they work great. I have used other purchased lures and baits with good success also. In my experience I have never had a problem with dogs in this set up. Could it catch cats, yes it could but dogs I would think would be near impossible. When I cut my notches in the side pieces I make them tight enough to keep my trap in place.

great illustrations by the way. Thanks CLT

I am no expert and nowhere near a huge numbers guy but my reputation counts in the area that I trap in and I don't need any incidentals. Small community and word of mouth travels quickly.

J

HEY LT you guessed poke berries or maybe sumac for the number one food for coon in my area well the answer is hack berries,little red berrie that grows on trees ,they stay on the trees darn near all wintersome years. They taste like sweet tea to me. Hunted my walker female some last winter 32 of the first 36 trees that she treed on were hack berry trees, that was hunting around corn fields the majority of the time. Ill have to admit my dog has taught me as much about coon trapping and coon habits as l ever learned on my own, she showed me alot of out of hidden coon denning areas to. Heard red ohearn say he was in mississippi trapping one time he said the coon wouldnt take his bait because they were in the hacks.

Photo of a Hackberry tree?

You did not just ask us for a picture of a tree when you have Yahoo or Google search...did you ?

These were barn dwellers, straps on trails going under barn doors. The feces in this barn is unreal