[Houston]

Hey guys. What's the best bait for raccoons when your trapping them with a live trap? I have heard marshmellows but didnt know about that ??? Any suggestions? Thanks

[neophyte]

Houston: Sir; peanut butter, sardines, corn on the cob, potted meat, dog food, cat food, bologna,
just about anything
and yes I've done exactly this.

While doing this; rabbit, house cats, squirrel, neighborhood dogs, with raccoon added in.
getting them in a cage is easy, getting the thing out is entirely another matter.
follow up with your experience

[elmer fudd]

lots of stuff will work use somthing strong smelling like sardines so they will find it faster.

[two-70]

T-U-N-A

[Mooseman684]

Cat Food....

[Rye-man]

Yep all the above will work. Just be prepared to have a skunk in the trap come morning

[ShawnF]

A can of sardines works well, and to add to it use a couple of drops of anise oil, they love it. a couple of cotton balls with anise oil on them will work too.

[GlockMeister]

MARSHMELLOWS! MARSHMELLOWS! AND EVEN MORE MARSHMELLOWS! Cheap, not as messy as tuna, sardines or even peanut butter and definately not as smelly as sardines. Easy to keep in your pocket. You can stick them on a branch like they do for roasting. Just another option for ya'.

G-Meister

[Houston]

Thanks for all the input guys.

[killer 123]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Houston

Hey guys. What's the best bait for raccoons when your trapping them with a live trap? I have heard marshmellows but didnt know about that ??? Any suggestions? Thanks

Well I have a suggestion vanilla&cinnamon

[youngbuckfl]

sardines or cat food works best for us ill set a trap check it in an hr and have one in it reset it cpl hrs and another got 6 in one night once

[bigbuddy21]

now don't laugh at this one, but a couple of yrs ago we had a raccoon invading our house and my wife called animal control and they brought a trap and set it up with
fig newtons. the next morning there was a big ol' coon in the trap.

[Rex in OTZ]

The best is sardine's or kipperd herring (metal can) puncture the can with a nail/ice pick and dribble a oily trail right into the live trap and set the can at the back of the cage.

[unclejer]

I used to use Goobers it is Peanut Butter and Grape jelly mixed in a jar together you can get it at just about any grocery store or make your own. Fish also works well use to catch Bluegills in this farm pond and bait with them. Just about anything a cat or dog eats a coon eats.

[BunnyWabbit]

The 12 racoons that have been showing up on our deer camera are eating field corn on the cob and apples. I have pics of them toting them around in their mouths. Had a coyote eat an apple too.

[Freezing Hot]

I'm a fan of the partially opened can of cat food in a live trap. The cheapo 47 cent wal mart stuff is fine for me.

Can't have them eating it all, or else I'd spend my entire budget on bait instead of ammo!

[samuel]

Where are you people setting your traps?I am hungry. sam.

[Freezing Hot]

Quote:       Originally Posted by samuel

Where are you people setting your traps?I am hungry. sam.

Just outside of a small Iowa town on my grandpa's land, that's where.
I love his land, nice little creek running through to set all sorts of traps up by.

[jimkim]

Can of sardines with hot sauce,cats and other animals don't really like the hot sauce. Bananas worked too. Most other animals aren't even remotely interested in bananas. We one caught one with a can of Pepsi too. That would have made a good commercial.

[Oxford]

I trapped a racoon that was sleeping in my chimney flue with a can of tuna. Next day I trapped my neighbors cat...then later that night I trapped an opposum...all on that one can of tuna.