Have caught a pile of raccoon with water sets and 1.5 coil/long springs. I currently have 12 or 13 of the critters eating my deer corn. No dogproofs, my question is....could i wire a piece of bait to the pan of a 1.5 longspring and set it on dryland near my bait? Or would i be better off buying a dozen dogproofs. Z traps the best on the market? Thanks

Yep just wanting the raccoons gone. I know on the property there will be more eventually move in. Just wanting to get rid of some.

Yep like Left lane mention. Put few cubbies maybe using small boxes or soup cans to put sardines in and bury trap in front. Sardines are good bait.

Make a fox/coyote set with those 1.5s. Guarantee if there's a coon around it'll be waiting on you in the morning.

I would recommend dog proof (I prefer dukes). Put a circle of traps around your corn pile. You’ll have them all by morning Nothing fancy they’re already eating corn so use that for bait maybe something sweet on top!

Yea was just trying to avoid dropping the money on dogproofs right now. Have a bunch of longsprings right now.

I've caught them in a carefully prepared fox dirt hole, lol

I mean you could gang set the trails or just make simple dirt holes

Or do both

Get an old 45 gallon drum,cut the top off and use some veg oil on the inside.
Then nail it upright to the side of a big tree and throw some corn or whatever coons like to eat in the bottom of the barrel.
They will climb the tree,and drop into the drum and wont be able to get out.
Check it every day until they are thinned out enough.

Went and checked my buddys sets today. Caught 9 off his deer cord with z traps

Hope your joking because we have seen them help each other get to a deer feeder motor and spin corn out

Try using a pole set.
Take a 5' piece of rebar, weld a 6" piece across the top about 5-6" down. shove 2' of the bar into the ground, put the bait at the top so when the coon stands up to smell the bait, it will step on the pan, and get caught.
Also works very well in water sets.

The drum thing does work as mentioned, but the 55 gal size is what was used. No, not joking.

Guess I should have said 205 liter drum since the us gallon is almost 1 liter smaller than the Imperial gallon.

I really dont feel like toting a big drum down the river bottom haha.

Roll it,lol.

i was gonna say its round like a wheel roll that sucker