I am not trying to promote this product, but I ordered a dozen traps online that came with a free bag of Ausable Coon Chow. It looked and smelled like cat food with some corn mixed in. I also tried cotton balls soaked in fish oil because that was recommended by our area biologist. I would set half the traps with the food and half with the fish oil on the cotton ball. I caught 8 coons with the food and only 1 with a cotton ball. I'm a big believer in the dried food.

I wouldn't use a honey bun or sardines or anything else that would be hard to clean out. Even if the dried cat food gets wet, it can be quickly cleaned out with a stick. It doesn't leave your trap sticky or smelling bad.


"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."

"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona