I enjoyed the videos.Not being picky or anything,but these coon are well fed,summertime coon.I feel that when food sources start to dry up and the weather turns colder,they would have a different reaction to the bait.I feel they would work all of the "sets" regardless of what is in the tubes as long as it has a food smell. JMO.
I agree and plan to do some testing when they start pushing fur and taking on fat. It will be very very interesting to see the difference and compare.
I do not know what the best Griz lure is yet, as I want to see fall observations on coon that are more food oriented. I know from speaking with a guy who kills a lot with Griz, that fish is very good.
I know from my observations of PVC in the fall, that the coon dig it harder than they did now in these tests.
What I think I have learned:
-Gang sets gang sets gang sets.
-Some lures are better at stalling out coon, and when they stall out and get into "feeding mode" the front feet are doing the work water or dryland. Its no wonder flipped traps happen.
-Lure is good but I am a beleiver that bait is mandatory. I will see what the fall responses bring, but I am thinking lure stalls them at the set, but bait gets them reaching.
-A good "permeating" smell like Coydog's stalls them out and keeps them coming back looking for a food source.
-As I have always presumed, peanut butter is not a good coon bait as the mice will not leave it alone and it is gone before the coon have a chance to respond to it.
-I was surprised marshellows did not have a better response. Seemed the coon fiddled with them but only one wanted to eat them. Before I added the Coydog lure, one coon walked right by between the marshmellows and peanut butter, and did not stop to check them out. When the cherry smell was added, a feeding reponse totally came into play and both tubes got checked out, after days with no action at all.
I am sure there is more, but those thoughts come to mind.
I just went out and got my new friend the camera off a fence post where it has been this week. No animals to report other than a deer walked by. This was at a top notch fall location. However, the whole world is habitat and cover here, and the coyotes are in the corn fields. This coyote thing will get better soon with the harvest starts.