I read an article in FFG many years ago about a guy in Florida who used beer-soaked corn for his trap line for coon.
Has anyone else used this? What did you like/dislike about it? Looking for an economical change up bait for my dp line this fall.

Used fermented corn for bait for hog traps years ago, had a lot of visits by coon and bears as well so it should do fine, we just dumped corn in a barrel, added sugar, water and yeast and let it set for a while in a warm place. You could get 50 lbs of bait for about 15 or 20 dollars if you already had the barrel, the only problem is it is messy and stinks to high heavens but it works.

Around here we have a lot of HMSC and HMGEC so finding fermented corn is not hard at all. It makes a good base for adding other attractants to the mix.

Bryce

Five gallon bucket of corn a bit of yeast some sugar and some kinda Kool aid mix or jello mix . Use this for hogs and Lord forbid there's coon in the area

I get out dated ,pop mix ,in a bag from local coke ,

This could double as a shine makin' thread

I was thinking the same.

We usef chopped corn and let it soak in water, then add it inside and old tire when it rained the tire would hold water to keep the corn soured. They used those for coon feeders coon and turkeys loved that stinky soured stuff.

It makes great bear bait.

We use to soak half a 5gal bucket of corn with beer for a few days. Worked great in the early season with pre baited areas and buckets. Could easily rack up 100 coons in a day or 2. We would have 4-5 buckets going at any given time for the first 3-4 weeks of season. Used a tomato paste can for a dipper, and made the right amount in the back of a bucket.

Good idea.

Fill Gatoraid bottles two thirds full of corn. I have been adding Hog Wild attractant mixed in but cherry coolaid mix will work fine also. Add water, let ferment for a few days and put it in your DP's. Works great. Leave the lid loose to allow for expansion.

Take a trash can and add one bottle of Bragg apple cider vinegar and two bags of corn and fill with water and let the corn sit for at least few weeks.

I read about using corn/grape koolaid/ water to use for a mix for coon feeders. (Coon feeders to draw coon to train hound pups). I made one up and monitored it for the next 3 months and nothing ate that corn!

I didn't add sugar as wolfdog's post said... wonder if that could have been the difference?

It probably did, without the sugar the corn didn't ferment and I can't imagine unsweetened Koolaid would be overly attractive to them.

Oh I think the corn fermented. Sugar speeds the fermentation process but it isn't needed to ferment corn. Corn has enough natural sugar to ferment on it's own.

Why would you even have to set a trap for them? I would think you could just pick them up after they pass out!

If coon were feeding on corn in corn field, I found corn didn't work very good for bait. Marshmallows, cat food, etc. was better. But, this "doctored" corn makes sense. I think they become addicted to the stuff once they taste it.

Had to quit using it landowners got tired of listening to singing and deer stories all night

Thank you all