DP Bait
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jman 125
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The cheapest cat food i can find
Union Co. Boy
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My buddy's son has actually been using dry dog food and/or cat food and has absolutely worn them out! I always used the cheapest canned fish I could buy, and it worked really well too. I know guys who swear by marshmallows as well, but the cat or dog food seems to be a good bet.
ADR
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I like marshmallows as well but on very few occasions I've had ants find the bait before the raccoons. I've never caught a skunk and have heard that cat food will increase that likelihood.
jman 125
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Skunks eat turkey eggs to so they got to go
I also use marshmallows with a golf ball on top of the trap. That and a little twig dipped in Caven's moonshine tossed to the side and your good to go.
Shanman
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X2 …… but like Lennon's muskrat all call for coon, they can't resist it!
Southpaw
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All I've ever used is Fruit Loops and a marshmallow in the top. Never fails to produce!
Dog food topped with mini marshmallows. Sometimes golf ball as a cap.
Got a buddy in FL that has already caught over 30 so far this year & he swears by licorice. Buys a big bag of sticks from TSC and cuts them in small pieces. Gonna try it on a couple weeks.
I like to put an empty tuna fish can upside down over my traps to keep our rain, plus it adds a little smell
I like to put an empty tuna fish can upside down over my traps to keep our rain, plus it adds a little smell
I started out using some kind of bait that my buddy makes and sells. Caught a coon the first night out and none since. Changed it up yesterday and kept up with what I put in my sets. Caught these 2 today over sardines, marshmallows, and a bit of peanut butter around the edge.
I had my buddy's bait in 3 traps plus marshmallows and didn't get touched. Another one with sardines didn't get touched.
Just swapped everything behind my house to sardines, small marshmallows, and peanut butter on the rim of the trap. Hopefully that changes things back here.
I had my buddy's bait in 3 traps plus marshmallows and didn't get touched. Another one with sardines didn't get touched.
Just swapped everything behind my house to sardines, small marshmallows, and peanut butter on the rim of the trap. Hopefully that changes things back here.
JCDEERMAN
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Cat food and a mini marshmallow. I've found they like "meatier" things in the winter and sweeter things in the warmer months. We save our big cans from baked beans, canned corn, etc….to cover our traps to block the rain. And it's a shiny curiosity visual
Cheapest dry catfood I can find, plus a pack or two of unsweetened berry Koolaid. mix together in a big jar and you are good to go.
Fill the trap 1/2 full, sprinkle a little on the ground around the trap then cover the trap with a paper cup.
I used to squirt some fish oil around, then switched to leftover fryer oil when I ran out. Now I don't bother with the oil and my catches have gone down about 5%.
If I was trapping for $$ then the stinky oil would be used.
Fill the trap 1/2 full, sprinkle a little on the ground around the trap then cover the trap with a paper cup.
I used to squirt some fish oil around, then switched to leftover fryer oil when I ran out. Now I don't bother with the oil and my catches have gone down about 5%.
If I was trapping for $$ then the stinky oil would be used.
buckaroo
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I tried golfballs to cover trap they got wet anyways, went to paper cups
