Sgt Fury
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I prefer a heavy pipe. Great stress reliever
Raccoon trapping bait
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Mini marshmallows. For added appeal, add a couple drops of Vanilla or Anise Extract. Cooms like both.
Chancegriffis
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I use rotten corn around the chicken house in a regular trap. Killed 24 since I built the coop in July or whenever it was.
Milo
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There is just something satisfying about a coon’s noggin meeting a stout piece of oak that makes your wiener tickle.
Bowhunter57
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I'm thinking about getting back into a little bit of coon trapping to thin out the herd.I prefer a heavy pipe. Great stress reliever
I use to set a #2 double spring with tin foil on the peddle, then set it in some water. They'd slap their hand in it every time. However, this was about 40 years ago, but I'm sure it would work the same today.
I have a knotty pine walking stick, that I used to club the coons in the head to kill them....or so I thought.
I put the smack down on a 21# coon and probably looked like a MLB player (multiple swings). It wasn't enough. 
I decided against that "technique" for killing and went with a 22 pistol. 
I was out at the NTA convention and seen some DP traps, for the first time. These traps look like they'd get the job done with a few mini marshmellows.
dante322
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Stressless
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Love my DP dukes... 36 dead nest robbers last season.
Bowhunter57
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That's a pretty damn good track record, brother!
I may be purchasing a half dozen DP Dukes and a bag of mini marshmellows, soon.
With raccoons and really any other critter we trap, location is 95% of the battle. Raccoons are such gluttons, normally, that if you put the traps where you see fresh sign of raccoons, it really doesnt matter much what kind of bait you use. Theres some exceptions to this but not many.
Stressless
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I have wolf creek DP traps with a rear clean-out door so I always place a few small marshmallows behind the trigger and maybe an ounce of cat food above. Never fails.
The last 5 years I've used Freedom Brand DPs but they were getting pretty beat up. I ordered Z Trap DPs last week and they'll be here today, like that they're powder coated w/ push-pull triggers. The buzzards will be eating well shortly.
Stressless
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One thing I do at camp, which is so fun, whenever I wake at night I'll check my IR cam... I get a lil kick when something like this pops up.
I go get the .22mag loaded with HV 34gr 2200'/sec rounds. Tube mag holds 13 rounds. Well, get the gun and my tactical 1000 lumin flashlight and pad out to the deck, usually blacker than a witches heart but get a good rest, pop the light on, they just look up, two bright dots, line the 2-7x Leopold reticle right between them and go to work... working that bolt like a boss.
Angle and range are perfect.
... brings a smile just thinking about it.
... oh and the cam records.
I go get the .22mag loaded with HV 34gr 2200'/sec rounds. Tube mag holds 13 rounds. Well, get the gun and my tactical 1000 lumin flashlight and pad out to the deck, usually blacker than a witches heart but get a good rest, pop the light on, they just look up, two bright dots, line the 2-7x Leopold reticle right between them and go to work... working that bolt like a boss.
Angle and range are perfect.
... brings a smile just thinking about it.
... oh and the cam records.
Milo
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Had a nice set last night… pear tree protected …. And bird feeder
Wiley E Coyote
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I like berry crunch or something similar. A large box is cheap and I don't have to worry about catching my barn cat
Wiley E Coyote
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I don't want to catch my cat that's why I use a fruit flavor. When I'm trapping out in the woods away from home I always use a fishy scented bait