Ive heard some work better than others. that being said what do you use? what works the best FOR COON for y'all?

Umm? I want to know what cat food works best for coon

There are better baits than cat food. Having said that, plenty of coons have been caught in DPs using cat food. I wouldn't get hung up on what brand is best. I would use what is cheapest, and if it stops producing, go with something other than cat food.

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Ok what works best in a dp to catch coon?

I took a poll,,and Raccoons around here prefer Little Friskies Seafood Sensations brand.

ADC's Barnes' Cherry Bend Over Raccoon Bait, hands down the best. All sold out though.

The cheapest you can find.

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Kytrapper. The answer to your question is a canned can food with fish in it. I used to use the Friskys seafood blend or catfish blend but I had not been able to find the catfish blend the last time I looked for it. The catfish blend was hands down the best. And I'll put a good canned cat food up against about any coon bait on the market (and I have).

That said, what works for one coon won't always work for the next. Having more than one flavor (and smell) of a bait on hand is important. Some like fish, and some like sweet. And that can vary with time of year, etc.

I raised coon when I was young and it amazed me how one coon would love grapes and the next wouldn't touch grapes. One liked fish and the other wouldn't touch fish. Coon are (at times) as particular as humans are as to what they prefer to eat. This is more important to consider when using DPs as they have to really want and commit to the bait to work that trigger. We've all seen coon tracks walk right past out DPs. And for that reason I went to blind sets when possible....but sometimes you do need a DP due to location.

I take and wash out a jug milk jug or vinegar just a gallon jug clean and dry

add whatever dog or cat food we have in the house for the dogs and cats and a generous squirt of fish oil , anchovy oil or shell fish oil

shake that up and then I can pour it right into the DP's keeps it off your hands

if they are on their way to a chicken meal and your trying to catch them 1/2 way almost never a catch honestly had better luck with cage traps set in the ruts of the 2 track farm road they will walk past 3 DP set at the edge of the road and into the cage

but if you can get them within a few feet of the den tree they seem to bite much more often.

last batch we did took 30 out of less than an acre of woods where there were a bunch of den trees if they got out of that woods they would not pay any attention to a DP on their way to the chickens

I go to dollar general and buy the cheapest bag of cat food or even small kibble dog food that I can find that gets me the most for the least amount of money. Then go to the isle with baking ingredients and buy one jar of molasses and in next isle buy two tins of sardines in oil. You should be up to about $6 maybe $7 in ingredients with those four items and go pay for it. When you get home find a container with a lid that will hold all of it at same time. I have a big plastic jar with a lid that holds 2 gallons that use. First open up both tins of sardines and dump those I to the container oil and all. Get a stick and mash the sardines up very fine. Next dump in the whole bag of cheap dry cat food. Then dump in about half the jar of molasses. Put the lid on and shake it up until everything is coated. Over the next month give it a shake every other day or so and eventually the dry cat food will have soaked all of it up and looks sort of dry again and easy to handle not sticky.
That is what I do and it works very well in DPs by itself. Brand does not matter on cat food just get dry, cheap, volume for your dollar and add a couple proven coon goodies like molasses and fish and you are set. Ive even dumped in a box of dry strawberry or cherry jello mix and that works too.
Now go have some fun with this.
Jim

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Well here in my part of Tx coons prefer Meow Mix seafood blend over the Little Friskies 5 to 1. Major difference here. Lollll. Or the new Grilled Salmon blend. Meow Mix has a little more oil in it it seems

Meow Mix? That's the one cats ask for by name !!

When I walk up to the trapped coons they always have one paw in the trap and the other paw stuck out asking for more. Lollllllll

The main thing with a DP is to put it right in front of the coons face. I use the floating catfish feed pellets for bait along with a a couple of paste baits I make. Sometimes I mix the two.

I buy a cheap seafood blend and mix it half and half with shelled corn. Mice usually find my DP’s and steal the corn. Also, if it rains, the corn seems to make the DP easier to clean out. Aside from that, the DP has visual appeal. Coons love to stick their hands in holes and see what they can grab. The key is to put it in front of them, whatever you bait it with.

Strawberry marshmellows. LOL