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ok so im trying to catch a coon to train my pup. but every time i go to check my trap my baits gone and there is nothing in the trap. im not sure but i think a weasel is stealing it. how do i keep the stinking thing to stop stealing my bait??

I keep a little wire screen on me for that reason . Small lath like for tile works too . Roll up the bait inside , wrap with wire . Wire that to a stout root or tree/rock , etc . I will wire it in the back of a cage trap or to the inside of the top of the cage . Right over the trigger is good . They may still get it but the will have to work for it .

Well i did everything you guys told me to. and i made the mistake of putting some bacon in there with a donut and some straberry jelly. well anyway i ended up with a SKUNK LOL

Don't think it'll be the last !

Well i set both my traps out with the bait wired down tight. and this morning i caught two grey squirrles in the big trap and one grey squirrles in the little trap. i think they are the ones that were stealing my bait. so just for the heck of it i let my pup tree them. and he did AWESOME bawlin the whole time enyways thanks for all your help guys.

coonkiller18 wrote:Well i did everything you guys told me to. and i made the mistake of putting some bacon in there with a donut and some straberry jelly. well anyway i ended up with a SKUNK LOL

Be careful using them donuts! That's dangerous. you could have caught one of your local law enforcement types. Best I can figure, the only reason you didn't must be they are partial to the jelly filled donuts in them parts.
How's he supposed to "protect and serve" while camped out in that little trap?

COONKILLER18 WHEN IM TRAPING A COON I USE AN APPLE TAKE A PIECE OF WIRE AND WIRE THE APPLE TO THE BACK OF THE TRAP. YOU WILL HARDLY EVER CATCH A SKUNK OR A SQUIRRLE WITH AN APPLE . CUT A COUPLE PIECES OFF AND TROW IN FRONT OF THE TRAP. GOOD LUCK

Hagerman,
thats because he used bacon and the cops throught hay this is a trap look sarge was already fried trying to get them.

I retired aftyer 30 years of law enforcement and you bet I'll eat a donut!
I'm staying away from your neck of the woods though Coonkiller18!

The squirls love apples. So do rabbits, rats etc. Mice are the big bait steelers. They eat everything.

I like to use some 1 1/4" pvc about 3-4" long drill 4-5 1/4" holes around it so they (coon) can smell it but still have to get in the trap and work at it to get the bait out. I then put 4 wood screws in the bottom to make an x to hold the bait in. Then drill a small hole right at the top to add some wire to hang it from. I can make about 20 of them in about 10 min once I get going. I put a large marshmallow in them first then add what ever other bait like molasses to the top. Then just hang it from the back of the trap have not had any misses after I started using these and can bait and set a lot of traps fast.

There was a few cops here in Utah who decided to land their police chopper at a Crispy Cream, Pretty damn funny. They got in a little trouble however..

The reason you caught a skunk is because you had the trap sitting on the ground. Get it up off the ground, maybe in a tree or sitting up on a stump, your skunk problems will go away.