Trapping raccoons, help?

A leg hold trap would likely be illegal or require a trapping licence. Anyway the best way to shoo Rocky away is to remove whatever food source or nesting sites he's coming for.
Use canned cat food in the trap. Rocky or Pepe won't be able to grab it and run.
 
Granola bars were actually a big hit with the 13 that I dealt with at my old house.

I have the large have-a-hart trap, and only opened one end, and tucked the granola bar in below the trip plate, so they had to go over the plate to get the granola bar.

I'll echo that they make a mess after being caught. DO NOT transport them in your car, (alive).

I will recommend a .22 bolt gun and .22 CB Short ammo as being a good option for quiet dispatch.

NS
 
Chicken Sardines anything super delicious and stinky, hell if your desperate cook up a strip loin, I have blasted a few coons out of my brothers garage where he keeps his collectables, resembles a barn and is out in the rural areas so they get in there and have been really costly to his investment and asked me against his wifes wishes to just eliminate, which I did with extreme prejudice.
 
If you have skunks you may also have moles and also grubs, which are june bug larva, no larva no moles no skunks.
 
Moparlover said:
sorry to hijack, but i'm having skunk issues and need a recommendation as to which is best bait for them? sorry
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Sardines.

But once caught that is when trouble can arise and will if you manage to spook the skunk. You need a tarp or cover of some sort for the entire trap and approach slowly being FULLY masked by the tarp. The covering must make the skunk see dark and no daylight. Then slowly and carefully cover the trap and secure with rope for transport in a proper vehicle so you can drive out of town and release it into the wild ...
 
horseshoe said:
I have 'coons in my barn that I desperately need to be rid of.

I have been using a live trap, because of my wife's barn cats/pets.

I'm using marshmallows as bait, with them pretty securely attached to the "trigger" platform in the trap. The raccoons love the marshmallows.

However, after I caught the first one, the others have learned what the trap is and how it works. Now, they wont go fully into the trap, but leave enough of their ass hanging out so when the door drops drops down, they can back out without being caught, taking the marshmallow with them.

If not for the cats, I'd use a leg hold or something. Anyone know how I can outsmart them and get rid of them without harming the cats (thereby also saving me from harm from the wife)?
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Don't know if you've tried it, but I've used corn or oats on coons when I trapped them with a 160 belisle conibear and a box trap and have had good success with it…. Just a thought
 
Thanks for the tips so far guys.

As I mentioned before, any lethal or injurious methods are out of the question, as are things that ATTRACT cats, like sardines, meat, grease etc.

The only bait I can find that the cats don't want anything to do with is marshmallows, which is okay because the coons love them and keep coming back for more.

I've wired one end of the trap closed, and wired a marshmallow as far back in the closed end as it will go, hoping that would make the coon have to enter far enough to trap him. I even put a brick on the falling door to close it harder and push his ass inside, and a full salt block on top of the trap to anchor it down.

3 of them flipped the trap over and picked the marshmallow out from the underside of the trap, all the while smiling and mugging for my trail cam.

I'm going to stake the trap down with 18" rebar hooks into the ground tonight and see if that helps.

If it doesn't work, then I'll be looking into one of those traps mentioned above.
 
The dukes dog proof are the best ever. They are cheap and work extremely well. They may qualify as a leg hold ( but I think are more of a snare in a tube? ) but raccoons on your own property are considered a pest in most provinces and are usually expt from trapping licences.
 
just got an email from the wife.. looks like the marshmallow caught the masked bandit. looks like a road trip is on the list of things to do tonight.
 
crash277 said:
just got an email from the wife.. looks like the marshmallow caught the masked bandit. looks like a road trip is on the list of things to do tonight.
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Please just kill it.
If you are planning on re-locating it you are condemning it to a horrible death of either starvation or killed by whatever raccoons "own" the area you drop it in.
I know it sounds harsh, but you are killing it or another raccoon either way.
Shoot it, drop it in a rain barrel, asphyxiate it with a bag and car exhaust.
Anything but "relocating" it.
 
I would keep the dog away from the coon as much as possible I scared some off with my dog on a leash, but I have a buddy whos dog killed a coon but his face is all messed up now.

My father is an old school farmer, I remember as a kid we saw a skunk come out of hibernation from under fire wood pile, my Father to my amazement picked it up and put it in the fence line, apparently they don't have the energy to spray when they first wake up.


Anyhow try some wieners with a tranquilizer in them. If you don't mind handling a dirty dumpster diver, watch out for ticks and keep your dog away from the crap too it has been known to cause beaver fever.
 
hms11 said:
Please just kill it.
If you are planning on re-locating it you are condemning it to a horrible death of either starvation or killed by whatever raccoons "own" the area you drop it in.
I know it sounds harsh, but you are killing it or another raccoon either way.
Shoot it, drop it in a rain barrel, asphyxiate it with a bag and car exhaust.
Anything but "relocating" it.
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The road trip is to keep the wife happy. It will be shot and tossed into the garbage. Basically relocating it just turns it into someone elses problem.
 
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