Raccoon bait for dog proof traps

[Nine Banger]

So the golf ball just sits on top? I have barn cats running around my farm, can they get caught in this style of trap if I use cat food?

Thanks!

I don't think the golf ball will change your numbers. Just one more thing to keep after if you add it to your sets. If anything it will dampen scent versus keep it drier and be a trade off?

I haven't caught a cat but it seems possible if they are persistently digging for that last morsel. I think they are smart enough to knock it over and bat it around.

 

[summs]

So the golf ball just sits on top? I have barn cats running around my farm, can they get caught in this style of trap if I use cat food?

Thanks!

Yes. golf ball on top.
1. It stands out and draws the eye
2. It some rain out of the trap and the bait lasts longer
I would not use cat food, I would use my comment above. Oats and corn mixed with vanilla and molasses, maybe forgoe the sardines if you have a lot of cats, but racoons do love fish.

a cat can get stuck... they just have to reach in and pull up on the trigger. Getting a cat out, my trappers class pretty much said just shoot it.

 

[Wprinkle]

Dog food and bacon grease

 

[EdP]

My go to was canned mackerel (broken up) below the trigger, marshmallow on the trigger, and a little honey and molassas with anise on the lip. I also put a piece of rubber gas line on the trigger of all my DPs so the trigger would feel like food. If I couldn't put the DP right in the travel path I might drizle some of the honey & molasses mix between the trap and the travel path.

 

[Nine Banger]

Fish and sardines and stuff like that will:
- freeze around the trigger
- start to stink and attract flies
- make your traps nasty and gunked up and make the trigger fail

Kitten chow sized dry bait is the way.

We should run some data on the golf ball thing. Why add something to your buggy/pack to carry around that isn't needed? I'm still dubious about the sight attractant rationale; its dark.

I'm talking about running a trap line for a few months every day, not just screwing around. All the extra stuff and unoptimized stuff will fall by the wayside over time.