#425362 - 11/22/07 05:03 PM
Pic's of raccoon sets
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Home made
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Loc: Lebanon, Kansas
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So far I have been snaring trails and water sets. But I haven't been connecting. Next week I am putting out PVC's and dirt hole set. Does any one have any pictures of these sets: trap placment, bait, things like that. Also if you have pic's of coyote and cats sets that would be great!
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#425459 - 11/22/07 05:58 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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I take very few coon trapping pictures as I worry about carrying the digital camera when rolling hard after coon. My hands are always muddy and wet, etc, so I have taken no good coon set photos.
Coon can be taken in big numbers with very simple sets, and frankly most people make more work out of it than they need to. Trap placement in water sets is not rocket science either. Just keep in mind he is likely going to be using his front feet constantly at your set, and any loose trap or chain that he can get ahold of will likely result in a flipped trap.
Most of my sets are slap sets and with the verticle structure of the bank or bridge piling in deep water I get hind foot catches, shallower water I catch them both ways.
Most trappers put more thought to the set type, rather than the coon itself, which is why they are unsuccessful. Read sign at the location and set accordingly, or you may not be on the coon. A simple slap set placed where the coon are will outdo a fancy pocket where the coon aren't any day of the week.
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#425466 - 11/22/07 06:05 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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redneck_cowboy
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no pics but some real good info on sets i thought of myself...
1. Find a nice tree where ya think a coon will pass by or travels by often
2. Find some stciks and lay on the tree pointing outwards and make a 2 walls one on each side of the tree
3. Take a #1 1/2 or whatever ya use to trap ur coons with and set it about 3 in. away from the base of the tree and bed it in.
4. Next take some P-nutbutter and maplesyrup mix it in a sandwich bag and take it and smear it on the base of the tree infront of where ur trap is set
5. Steple the traps chain to the tree...be sure to have extra swivel points on it or ull have a wringout like i did
I have caught a coon on it before so far this year and had a wringout
Another set i thought of myself is a well idk the name havent made one yet for it...lol
1. Grab ur #1 1/2,stake,trowel,and scent killer and head on down to ur creek/stream
2. Find a spot where coon will travel on the waterline thing
3. Make a bed for ur trap and take sticks and lay on the ground up to the top of the bank to form a tunnel type thing
4. Take ur finger and about 2-3 in. infront of the trap poke a hole in soil then take some crawdads or minnows and break them up and stick them in the hole stake trap and use scent killer if neccisary and ull have a coon in the mornin...it is also good for mink too!!!
Hope this helps,
Luke
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#425472 - 11/22/07 06:10 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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I am not a river expert like Dave P is, but I do know every river bank usually has a travelway up top that needs a dry land set. A snare or 220 on that high bank run. If I was hitting a river big I would set every waterway coming into the river with multiple sets. I would also set up any beaver or deer trails I saw coming down to the river, if coon sign was also evident, one side or the other so your trap is not being snapped off. I would also be aware of any brush piles or other places on the banks aboveme that would hold numbers of coon and look for locations there.
If a big enough river that permission is not needed on the bank, I would get out at every location and also set a high bank trail set for those travelling there, that might not get down in the water.
How'd I do Dave?
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#425473 - 11/22/07 06:11 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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No offense redneck but you are thinking way too hard about this.
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#425479 - 11/22/07 06:17 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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redneck_cowboy
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o yeh....i alrady started typin the post before u posted that...lol..it took me while
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#425481 - 11/22/07 06:19 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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CedarRivrTrappr
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No offense redneck but you are thinking way too hard about this.
I agree.
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#425488 - 11/22/07 06:27 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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Bait looks familiar.
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#425490 - 11/22/07 06:30 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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Redneck while you are trying to find that perfect tree scenario you are driving by a lot of coons. Find the coons and make the set, don't try to find the set and make the coons. I agree if you find such a situation and want to you should take advantage of it. But getting on the coons is the key, and adapt to what you have to work with at the site. All you have to do is give him a reason to stop at your trap, and then he is yours.
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#425525 - 11/22/07 07:04 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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Lunch with monk
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A simple set that has caught me hundreds of coons through the years is the old tin foil on the pan set. Wrap foil on the pan of a number 11 longspring or 1 coil and set it in the ripples in about 2 to 6 inches of water. This works best if the current keeps silt from covering the foil. Put some fish oil on the bank and some lure over trap. I use this set at log crossings. Dribble coon lure down side of log and set trap in water below.
When I make my land dirt holes for coon I make it like a fox dirthole but I make a big dirt pattern in front of set. I think this gives the coon more dirt to run his hands through before he gets to the trap and keeps him from flipping the trap. Also all that dirt is added eye appeal.
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#425595 - 11/22/07 07:55 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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kylevandyke
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Loc: Michigan
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The tinfoil trick is golden for me!! My most favorite and one of my most productive coon sets!! Get em by the front feet EVERYTIME!!
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#425610 - 11/22/07 08:04 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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redneck_cowboy
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I still dont see what is so confusion about what i said...it might look like alot but realy its not...IMO
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#425641 - 11/22/07 08:26 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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CoonTrapperD
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Have you guys really had that much luck with the tin foil trick? I have tried it several times before without ANY success. Maybe I'm doing something wrong... idk. Redneck I think what they are trying to say is that when you are lookin for the perfect tree you are also walking past other areas that could be set with different kinds of sets that are easy also and catch more coons doing it. You have to put your traps where the coons are.. you can't put the coons where your traps are (unfortunately). I am also pretty new to trapping, but one thing I can tell you is that you just have to adapt and set where they are..
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#425649 - 11/22/07 08:30 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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fishdaddy
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just bed traps in trails and go no bait no lure .ive caught a few coon like that when i traped where they were coon.
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#425705 - 11/22/07 09:01 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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redneck_cowboy
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thats what im sayin find a good spot because u wont catch nothin on a bad spot
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#425708 - 11/22/07 09:02 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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redneck_cowboy
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use the set i posted above garett for the creek/stream
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#425744 - 11/22/07 09:26 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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Home made
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Loc: Lebanon, Kansas
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Thank you for all the feed back. But the creek I am trapping on has been dry for the past 6 years. due to a very wet summer it is running water from a small spring located only 100 yards past the hiway. It doesn't have any fish and the coons aren't acostomed to fish. Now that it is finally cold, The creek is freezing over. So from now on everything I am trapping will be dryland. Also what is the best kind of bait to use. Last year I ground up leftovers and caught a few. This year I have just used molasses but all im cachting is possums.
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#425779 - 11/22/07 09:48 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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Don't worry the coon will respond to fish. Use fish and you will succeed if you have coons there to trap.
CoontrapperD with your attitude you will catch coons. You have it figured out.
Edited by k9. (11/22/07 09:49 PM)
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#425781 - 11/22/07 09:49 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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redneck_cowboy
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P-nut butter and maplesyrup mix and use...also add a marshmelllow for some more bait
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#425784 - 11/22/07 09:50 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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redneck_cowboy
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you dont understand there all over not in one spot
If you bait it they will come
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#425789 - 11/22/07 09:54 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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You have probably already seen this but the coon crowd along the verticle walls of the culvert as they pass through. Trap is attached to cement block, and bait is in top hole of cement block.
I have caught around a dozen coon and a mink in these two sets alone. They will work along any vertical structure like a creek bank or bridge wall.
Edited by k9. (11/22/07 09:56 PM)
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#425794 - 11/22/07 09:57 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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That creek bottom is pure sand so I could not use a stake. Also somewhere down there there is probably a cement floor.
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#425795 - 11/22/07 10:00 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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You may have seen this from the other day. These coon are both in slap sets, taking advantage of where the coons walk by the vertical creek bank in the water. Bait is slapped on the bank, trap down front. I have also caught many many coon here by just squirting fish oil or slapping bait on that big rock in years past, and setting in front of it.
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#425798 - 11/22/07 10:01 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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Nick owuld you please post that picture of me you took the other day with the two coon? It shows some vertical bank structure I think. I just haven't taken many coon photos over the years.
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#425803 - 11/22/07 10:05 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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Sheesh that was quick. The coon in front has his belly and a verticle piece of the bank that they were crowding by as they travel the stream bed, bait was slapped there, and trap out front. Can't see the bank by the other coon, but it is a vertical part of the bank that they crowd past. Think "pinch points" in any kind of trapping you do, be it coyote, coon, mink, you name it. Think in those terms and you can adapt to almost all trapping situations you encounter and catch animals.
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#425804 - 11/22/07 10:05 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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Thanks Nick
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#425814 - 11/22/07 10:15 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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"If you bait it they will come"
Young fella, trust me, you are trying to bring the coons to you, and you need to go to the coons. They will not come very far. Get on top of them and you will succeed.
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#425822 - 11/22/07 10:21 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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Is that my bait you got slapped on that wall there Nick????
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#425828 - 11/22/07 10:25 PM
Re: Pic's of raccoon sets
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k9.
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Good to see you catching some in the good old water. I doubled again yesterday in the block set pic above. I have lost count on how many coons I have taken out of there, but better than a dozen.
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