Ok, here’s the scenario, trapping a place I trapped last year and caught quite a few on DP’s. Since then, the landowner went and bought a bunch of DP’s and deployed them himself. He wasn’t exactly “punctual” in checking traps and had some that perished in the traps. His traps haven’t been set since deer season started in September.
I started on the 1st and only have 2 coons and 2 possums in the DP’s around his feeders. He sent a pic this morning of 2 coons feeding under the feeder and literally sitting right beside my DP.

I’m thinking the only two options I have are to A) Try burying the DP’s or B) Set footholds further away trying to get them before they get to the feeder. Seems I always catch them in my coyote sets anyways.
And before anyone says to find their trails, it doesn’t work that way down South. There are 30 deer trails in 1ac down here, lol. Plus I’d spend half a day resetting tripped traps.
Any ideas? Tricks?
Oh yeah, tried marshmallows, marshmallows and grape jelly, marshmallows and catfood with grape jelly, and now catfood mixed with sardines.

Use what ever he's feeding the deer for bait.

When i have had this issue at deer feeders i moved some of my DP's a little further away from the deer feeder using the same thing that is in the feeder in them. Trying to be on trail with these as well. Like you said though being on trail is a relative term when there are so many trails. I have picked up the coon that were seen eating corn off from the ground before they got to the feeder to eat doing this. Another thing i have done when i have found or thought i found a coon to be dp shy was set a blind set leading up to the dp. They may be dp shy but they still cant resist coming to the trap to check it out is my angle on that. I have connected with both when i was running dry prior.

They are hitting the corn and not the protein. Tried straight corn, and now corn and sardines.
Will definitely try moving the traps back away from the feeders and see if that helps. May just make some coyote sets as well since they clog those up everywhere else, lol.
Anyone ever put your bait for coyotes/cats in a DP?
It was foggy this morning but the coon under the feeder has 2 DP’s within 2-5ft and 2 others within 10ft.

The two coons you caught were they big old coons or less than 2 year old? DP's in our warm weather project a high magnetic field. If the land owner was doing what you said they are the ones that learned to avoid. If they did learn, use a trap with a low field and you will catch them. Normally, only older coon will react to the field because they learned. Burying the DP I don't think will help I don't think if the coon are educated. The DP's I tested here were putting out a high intensity. Probably 4 times or more than a MB 550. If the two coons in the picture are mature is the flag.

If it was me I would back off the feeders a bit and try putting in a couple of dirtholes. Skip the urine as this will attract deer. Try a sweet coon call lure and a smear of shellfish or fish bait down the hole itself.

Everything I’ve caught out here has been mature males.

As far as magnetic fields are involved...these same DP’s work at the other places I’ve trapped without issue.

You didn,t trap as the landowner did at the other places did you? The scenario you gave was a similar example in my book.

Nope. And I wish now I didn’t let him know what I was using, lol.

And I’m guessing if a trap is magnetized can’t it be demagnetized?

Warm weather and a moon being close to full makes the EMF intensity greater. Its been almost 80 here and that adds to it. Cold weather and a covered foothold set a little deeper than normal will make a big difference. Try the foothold. It will be another week of warm weather. Position the trap to where he would be more apt to dig at it from opposite of the dog. The field will rise above the dog.

I have a video that I am using for the school of 4 coons, A family group, eating at a bait station for a few weeks coming in every 4 to 5 days. I set a dp trap and caught the sow coon on vid and the vid also shows the other coon taking off when the coon got caught. the rest of the night only that one coon in all the many videos the camera took. I did not catch another coon there or see the other coon there for the next week and pulled the camera as I needed it on another site. I will go back in and restart the station to see if the 3 came back or moved on. I have some very strong thoughts on how and why coon reject DP traps the same as cage traps.

Buried one DP that the coon was closest to in the pic.
Moved another DP about 30 yards away on what I “think” could be a coon trail and went about 10 yards from that on the same trail and put in a dirt hole baited with sardines, both are within sight of the road they could possibly come down as well.
Did the same thing at another feeder except put in two dirt holes, one within sight of the feeder and one up the road leading to the feeder.
Guess worst case scenario is I pick up a big critter or nothing at all, lol.

Don’t know when your coon start rutting but don’t be afraid to put a little gland lure on the rim of your dp .

I've never heard of them being DP shy. Maybe not I terested in the offerings, but not the trap. This time of year here I get less coon on bait, more on gland lures and especially pick them.up in coyote sets with coyote or fox gland lures. I also switch to 160s late in season. If its warm and they are are out, they will go right by a DP with just food but will get caught in the nearby coyote dirthole or a blind set 160..just other stuff on their mind this time of year and especially the bigger boars. Mating season is near.
Jim

do this. they are just coons.

Set 220 in trails, stabilized with t bars and staked down. Box in a little. Say goodnight.

Coni’s aren’t allowed here.
Nor snares.
No coon trails...all deer trails every direction you look.

Moved most of the DP’s to the bottoms leading to the feeders. We’ll see if that produces.
Placed dirt holes with footholds visible, but away from the feeders. Nothing after 3 days.
I am catching the occasional coon in dirt holes in my coyote sets along the main roads and field edges. All boars.

Any luck?

Bury the DPs so the rim of the DP is below the surface of the ground. Use coyote bait in a couple and sweet bait in a couple. Put a thin strip of plastic bag on a string a couple feet above a couple of the DPs as a flag. It’s like flagging bobcats.