Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
[Re: Artrapper16]
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12/18/19 11:35 PM
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I dont know about numbers, but prebaiting might be beneficial. I watched a utube video called coon trapping Burger King style. I have tried this method and it worked for me. I used corn for bait.
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
[Re: Artrapper16]
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12/19/19 06:54 AM
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your question is to vague. how can anybody who has not seen what and where have an answer?
IF there are coons finding your traps and your not catching them its likely a bait/lure problem. IF there are no coons where your setting traps you need to move them. The best sets are blind sets with an attractant added. I will catch more coons per trap with 1 1/2 coilsprings than I will with dogproofs.
a cheap and effective coon bait is a can of jack mackerel bought at the dollar store. you don't really need a lure. that mackerel has plenty of smell. if nothing happens after 3-4 days of nice weather , its time to move your set
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
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12/19/19 09:56 AM
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Coons don't move below 28 degrees outside. At least not my urban coons.
Just a weekend trapper...
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
[Re: Artrapper16]
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12/19/19 10:38 AM
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danny clifton
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how large an area are you trapping and how many have you already caught? are you still seeing tracks?
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
[Re: Artrapper16]
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12/19/19 11:07 AM
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When we could road trap here In WI It was very easy to put up large numbers of coon by running nothing but BGs In trails leading to the road. 100 coon days were the norm for the first few checks then It was time to hit new ground.
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
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12/19/19 11:26 AM
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how large an area are you trapping and how many have you already caught? are you still seeing tracks? I don't have many out right now I think I have 9 out so far I've caught 5 but it's been a month and a half
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
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12/19/19 01:55 PM
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Seems like no matter how many coyote sets I run I will end up with as many coon in coyote sets as I do coyotes. And yes they move in some really cold temps. It's all relative...a 20 degree warmup from zero or below will move coon. Caught a lot of them well below freezing temps.
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
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12/19/19 02:39 PM
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Watch some of Sam Woods videos. Put in a couple Burger Kings. Watch some of his locations and sets. Of course look in the archives. Woods has some interesting thoughts and I have picked up a few thins. Coon Creek has some stuff too and he racks em up. There is a lot of info out there. What traps and sets are you using. Foot holds blind sets, pocket sets if footholds are they bedded good and is pan tension low. DP's. Snares. Some times changing up and using multiple methods will help increase numbers. As with anything there has to be numbers there to get numbers.
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
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12/19/19 06:59 PM
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It’s a numbers game. And a location game. And it can be a waiting game. If you expect a 10% return, on any given night, you need more than 9 traps out.
Change locations. Put out more traps. Set on sign. No tracks/trails/ or poop suggests your locations need to be changed.
Never too old to learn
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Re: Anybody trap dryland coon in numbers
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12/19/19 07:04 PM
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If you are trapping land, trap like you would fox, just make the sets more visible and use flagging. unless you are not allowed to catch bobcats. I can't use foot traps but I use DP traps the same way as you would use foot traps, meaning dirt holes, hay sets, mound sets and other sets for out in the open land trapping. folks do not even know the sets are there till there is a coon in it. Like teacher stated location is the key. Also in my area, the big boars are going to be on the field edges, where the drainage goes down into the woods off the field. the woods road coming out into the field. crop changes close to a swamp or woods. I also use draw station a lot or the deer hunters feeders I just set back off the feeder to get the coon coming rather than try to get it at the feeder.
Last edited by Jonesie; 12/19/19 07:09 PM.
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