Don't overthink what it takes to attract and trap coons. They are curious by nature and will investigate anything that catches their eye. Back before DP traps, I used leg holds with foil on the pan in real shallow water so they could see and investigate the trap. Worked pretty well, but not as good as the DP's baited with a $2 bag of marshmallows that will last most of a season.
Buddy left the window down in his 2 year old wheat truck for a couple weeks in the barn. Coons got in there and destroyed the interior including the wiring under the dash pretty much totaling it. He had no insurance on the truck and had to eat the loss.
That's rough. I don't let anything set around here very long (too many critters). Field mice make me about as nervous as anything though, because of their habit of chewing wiring.
Had pack rats build a nest on top of the manifold of my Tacoma using the insulation under the hood. They got a few wires with the insulation chewed off but the wires intact.That's rough. I don't let anything set around here very long (too many critters). Field mice make me about as nervous as anything though, because of their habit of chewing wiring.
And I don't leave crackers in vehicles anymore.
I need to see youtube video of that.
ODWC is having a trapping workshop Feb 11-13 at Cherokee WMA. To register go to your GoOutdoorsOK license account and select events. Its capped at 15 participants and there are only a few spots left.
That's my situation - property is 2 hours away. Will just trap on the nights that I'll be staying. So, don't plan on getting more than 3-6 per night but will be there a week in the spring to clear food plots and again for a week in the fall to plant. Have to take what I can when I can to "try" and get under control. If it's going to be in triple digits, I'll need more marshmallows!
I could loan you a dozen coon cuffs sometime.
Back in the day my father and I used to trap a lot. For us it was a means of making extra money. When it cost us more to do it than it did on what we made we slowed down on hiw much we trapped. Coons will pretty much investigate anything abnormal or that smells good. Tuna or canned animal food seems to smell a lot more and will bring them in. Back when we trapped you couldn't freeze the whole carcus, the buyer would have looked at us weird. First time I heard of that was when my father-in-law started trapping and was doing that. I was a little confused to be honest. After talking to a few people that I knew that still trapped it be came the norm.
