Got a pic of 11 coons eating Glennas corn @ food plot. Breaking out Operation Coon Be Gone....
5 box traps.
5 box traps.
Coon Be Gone
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Was hoping for more. But one big-ass female is a start.
Sgt Fury
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Marshmallow fluff and peanut butter…..you’ll catch every coon within a mile!
I was afraid this thread was gonna be about something else. 
Add apples...Marshmallow fluff and peanut butter…..you’ll catch every coon within a mile!
Sgt Fury
Sgt. Spellchecker
I was afraid this thread was gonna be about something else.
Marshmallow fluff and peanut butter…..you’ll catch every coon within a mile!
Damn, starting to sound like a good midnight snack!!
That dude on the left is a teeth grinder, too much stress cuz his wife next to him is an open mouth sleeper and snores too much. Groundhog is out cold! Definitely in REM phase.
A little disappointed this morning only one shit-eating possum.
Nothing yesterday... Sure hope that's a good sign. Pulled the Box traps up I need to go hang out with a bunch of great fellows for a couple days.
Well the local coon are probably now avoiding the piles now that you've made the pile a danger spot. Thats why we dont set right on the piles if we want to get all the coon
Stressless
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In a live trap I usually give the slick tails a pass as they eat ticks... the single redeeming fact for them... edited.. LoL
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Their tick eating is purely accidental. You want rid of ticks? Kill the possums so they dont they eggs of things that actually do purposely eat ticks. The study that led to the possums eat tick think is a crock if you read it.
Stressless
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Ahh sooo ... thanks for that @SNIPERBBB , the more you know. Lil faq'ers are now off my, "No Strike" list.
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Opossums Don't Eat Ticks By The Thousands | Field & Stream
What do opossums eat? Many think that opossums eat thousands of ticks. However, based on a 2021 peer-reviewed study, opossums may not eat ticks at all.
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Are Virginia opossums really ecological traps for ticks? Groundtruthing laboratory observations - PubMed
Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are a common synanthrope in North America, and serve as host to many species of ectoparasites. Research on captive Virginia opossums estimated that opossums eat, on average, 5500 larval ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) per week. To investigate this apparent...
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Perfect! Goal was to get in and get out that area is a bottle neck/cruising spot.
Probably be back in a few weeks so don't be surprised if you see them on cam again.
I'm not sweating it. I've been a trapper for 53 years.
