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Best possum bait? #8123579 04/17/24 06:22 PM 04/17/24 06:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,337 Northern MN O Osky OP trapper
Osky OP trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,337 Northern MN	First time I’ve had to deal with possums in a building. Using connibears in boxes, best bait you fellows use? Osky "A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123585 04/17/24 06:35 PM 04/17/24 06:35 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 698 northern indiana K kenny k trapper
kenny k trapper K Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 698 northern indiana	Kaatz bro ....cherry mag......

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123590 04/17/24 06:44 PM 04/17/24 06:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,168 Coldspring Texas Savell "Wilbur"
Savell "Wilbur" Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,168 Coldspring Texas	Jack mackerel Insert profound nonsense here

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123595 04/17/24 06:56 PM 04/17/24 06:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,674 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,674 Georgia	Anything you would use for raccoon. Can't set a trap for coon without catching the obligatory opossum or two.

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123596 04/17/24 06:57 PM 04/17/24 06:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,674 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,674 Georgia	Stinky, well tainted baits shine for grinners.

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123609 04/17/24 07:09 PM 04/17/24 07:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,578 La Crosse, WI Macthediver trapper
Macthediver trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,578 La Crosse, WI	Osky You need to get a copy of Big Opossum Joe's book. Trapping Opossum by the millions.. it's the Bible of opossum trapping. Clearly points out the opossum are attracted to fresh black top. So it is the Best bait you can use. LMAO! Or you can use anything others above have mentioned. Mac "Never Forget Which Way Is Up!" "Never Forget Which Way Is Up"

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123613 04/17/24 07:13 PM 04/17/24 07:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,146 mo. N nate trapper
nate trapper N Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,146 mo.	Rainy nights and tuna

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123628 04/17/24 07:49 PM 04/17/24 07:49 PM
Joined: May 2021 Posts: 155 Illinois M Mortz trapper
Mortz trapper M Joined: May 2021 Posts: 155 Illinois	Sardines in oil and a touch of gland lure

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123630 04/17/24 07:50 PM 04/17/24 07:50 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,116 NW MO T TurkeyTime trapper
TurkeyTime trapper T Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,116 NW MO	Best bobcat set you can make draws them in every time.

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123638 04/17/24 08:03 PM 04/17/24 08:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,143 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,143 Northern Maine	What ever you use at your fox sets...... Nevada bound

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123640 04/17/24 08:05 PM 04/17/24 08:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,395 East, Kentucky KYBOY trapper
KYBOY trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,395 East, Kentucky	Stand back and loudly proclaim "I HAVE MADE THE FINEST FOX SET KNOWN TO MAN!" and its a guaranteed possum.... Deep in the heart of Appalachia....

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123641 04/17/24 08:06 PM 04/17/24 08:06 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,319 venango county,pennslyvania minklessinpa trapper
minklessinpa trapper Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,319 venango county,pennslyvania	yellow paint life member Pennsylvania trappers life member vfw member fta

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: KYBOY] #8123643 04/17/24 08:08 PM 04/17/24 08:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,143 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 42,143 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by KYBOY Stand back and loudly proclaim "I HAVE MADE THE FINEST FOX SET KNOWN TO MAN!" and its a guaranteed possum.... Lol Nevada bound

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123740 04/17/24 09:43 PM 04/17/24 09:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 7,697 Virginia 5 52Carl trapper
52Carl trapper 5 Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 7,697 Virginia	Make sure that it is loud so that he'll lumber in from a longer distance to find it.

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123743 04/17/24 09:52 PM 04/17/24 09:52 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,474 Wisconsin Muskrat trapper
Muskrat trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,474 Wisconsin	Chunk of asphalt

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123819 04/18/24 02:08 AM 04/18/24 02:08 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,246 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 9,246 Alaska and Washington State	I've had a possum crawling under my house this past week. Two nights ago I set a cage trap right next to the crawlspace entrance, I put an egg in the trap for bait. Nothing the next morning. Yesterday I fried up some halibut, I poured some of the fryer oil into the back of the trap. I caught the critter by 10PM. That's only the second possum I've caught in 55 years of trapping, so I'm no possum expert. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123844 04/18/24 05:55 AM 04/18/24 05:55 AM
Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 485 Wisconsin M Mediocre Trapper trapper
Mediocre Trapper trapper M Joined: Aug 2023 Posts: 485 Wisconsin	I Have caught my fair share with cat food Don’t waste the day

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Muskrat] #8123948 04/18/24 08:56 AM 04/18/24 08:56 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,722 PA W w side rd 151 trapper
w side rd 151 trapper W Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,722 PA	Originally Posted by Muskrat Chunk of asphalt In my aera a piece of asphalt with a double yellow line painted on it works every day of the year And if you get creative a way to fasten the trap to the chuck of asphalt could be used to get a lot of sets in as quickly as possible If you can find someone to be your partner you can really get a truckload of sets out in one day And if you really get lucky your partner wil l enjoy the smell of them and want to do all the skinning Good luck

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: Osky] #8123956 04/18/24 09:09 AM 04/18/24 09:09 AM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,692 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,692 Green County Wisconsin	being in a building , setting off a skunk first probably not an option but does it bring them in stinky as you can get in a building caught most of them setting for coon with dogfood and fish oil that fish oil has a little dab of essence in it maybe but no so much it would be offensive you get a wif of it when you walk past the lure section in the store. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Best possum bait? [Re: waggler] #8123994 04/18/24 09:57 AM 04/18/24 09:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,217 Minnesota	Originally Posted by waggler I've had a possum crawling under my house this past week. Two nights ago I set a cage trap right next to the crawlspace entrance, I put an egg in the trap for bait. Nothing the next morning. Yesterday I fried up some halibut, I poured some of the fryer oil into the back of the trap. I caught the critter by 10PM. That's only the second possum I've caught in 55 years of trapping, so I'm no possum expert. I think You are Now! NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

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