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Dogproof raccoon traps?
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Looking at getting some of the dog-proof raccoon traps and giving them a try.
Curious what kind of bait y'all would recommend? Marshmallow with scent on it in the tube? Just a squirt of scent down there? Dog or cat food?
Also, would you anchor it with a cable and stake or maybe a cable around a nearby tree?
Will these also catch possums? If so, is the bait different for them or could one be attractive to coons and possums?
Thanks for any advice.
Last edited by Clem; 02/19/17 08:43 AM.
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Re: Dogproof raccoon traps?
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Thanks, guys. I have some coons and possums that I fear have contributed to low turkey numbers, along with some other issues, so I want to try my hand with this.
Also considering live-trapping and releasing them elsewhere (so we can hunt them in season). Would something like the Hav-A-Hart type traps need to be covered with brush or anything? Seems like just putting a rectangular cage out with cat food in it would be out of place.
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Re: Dogproof raccoon traps?
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02/19/17 09:33 AM
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Also considering live-trapping and releasing them elsewhere (so we can hunt them in season).
Clem, You may not care but just thought I'd share something with you that was told to me by one of our local GW's here a while back. I had a huge problem with coons getting in my barn and getting into my cattle feed. GW came out to my place and he wrote me a permit to trap them in a live trap. I had plans of hauling them a few miles down the road and turning them loose in the Sipsey swamp. GW told me that in Alabama it was illegal to trap them and transport them to another location to be released. He suggested that I kill every one that I trapped. I wound up catching 25 or 30 of them out of my barn. I killed MOST of them.
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Re: Dogproof raccoon traps?
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Thanks for the info about the release stuff, Cuz-Pat. That rings a bell now but I wasn't sure. I wouldn't mind releasing them elsewhere to be able to hunt them but putting a .22 in their head is easier. Thanks for all the other advice, y'all. I appreciate it. I doubt I'll get into more serious trapping but y'never know.
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Re: Dogproof raccoon traps?
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I used dog proof traps last year for the first time. The best deal I found for a dozen traps was online. The website offered a free bag of Ausable Coon Chow with the purchase of a dozen traps. Our area biologist suggested baiting them with a cottonball soaked in fish oil. I only ran them during turkey season. I can tell you that I caught 8 or 9 on the food and only 1 on a cottonball with fish oil.
I used chains and stakes when I first started. I quickly learned that I could drive an 18" stake about as fast as I could locate a good tree and chain the trap down. The stake doesn't have to be long. It works because the coon is not tall enough and doesn't know to pull straight up. The coon gets caught and tries to pull away from the trap, not up.
Lastly, one little known law about trapping is the requirement to carry a catch pole. I can only assume it's for the purpose of releasing by-catch. I did catch 2 possums and a feral cat last year. The feral cat was to toughest to dispatch. I didn't use a gun. Since a catch pole is required, I just used it along with a ball peen hammer. There's no need to waste ammo.
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Re: Dogproof raccoon traps?
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Cripes, I didn't even think about a catch pole and possibly a license. Got some checkin' up to do. Thanks, Yelp.
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Re: Dogproof raccoon traps?
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02/21/17 06:37 AM
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Pork skins also work good as bait inside of live traps.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Dogproof raccoon traps?
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I put a marshmallow under the trigger of my DP, scatter one or two around it, and chain it to a post at my barn. I only set it when the coons start making plays at my ducks. No oil, fish, or anything else...never taken more than 2 days to make the catch. I'm not a trapper by any stretch of the imagination...I only own 2 DP's, and I only use them at the barn, but they haven't failed yet to make the catch when I needed them to.
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