EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I have coons gettin in my trap and there eating all my corn.
so how do i fix that?

try setting a live animal trap next to your hog trap and catch them.

i have a little coon trap but there just flippin it over to get corn
there pretty smart
im probaly gonna get some stakes and just clamp it down to the ground or somethin

Put a little diesel fuel on the corn, like 1 cup diesel per 5 gallon bucket of corn. Keeps all critters away except hogs.

ok ill try that

try puting soured corn

.22 LR

Diesel works every time and the HOGS love it

Diesel corn solved most of our coon problem

.340 weatherby mag. .... i like overkill ;D

I was having the same coon problem at a place on the river we were trapping hogs. The place isn't big enough to run dogs on, but the lady wanted the hogs caught so I was trapping them. Caught several hogs, then the coons found the traps. Since then I can't keep the coons out of the traps long enough to catch any hogs. They either trip the traps (both have drop doors) or eat all the corn before it even gets dark. There must be a pile of coons as they have a beat down path from the river to both traps.

I have soured the corn and I have poured diesel on the corn and neither has even slowed them down. I set a gallon milk jug of corn, soured  in water and diesel in the trap and the coons ate it all including the milk jug!

Any suggestions anyone??

CrackC-- I was having the same trouble with coons on the Brazos River. I found their trails and laid several snares for them as well as soaking the corn in diesel. I caught 7 coons in a week and the corn remained long enough for the hogs to start coming around again. It won't get red of them but it slows them down.

Appreciate the reply. Its illegal to use snares here in Fla (or leg hold traps) so live trapping is the only legal option to catching the coons. I had hoped the diesel would slow them down, but it hasn't. I think these coons would drink the diesel, then eat the corn!!
I just hate setting 1-2 live traps when there seem to be dozens of coons. Kind of a losing battle it would seem....

Line your hog traps with good wire that the coons can not escape from, them when you check the traps, something will be in it. ;D

if you set out a live trap, set it on a small piece of plywood and bungy it down. they cant flip it or did under it then. coons are smart. you have to outsmart them. are you keeping these hogs? if not you can put some golden malrin (fly poison) mixed with cat food to take care of coons also. the malrin will kill anything though, so be carefull with it.

try some used motor oil it helps a little

Doesn't slow them down! I started using the post hole digger on the back of a tractor to get deep. filled the hole with corn and hog wild.  Little buggers dig it up and crawl into the hole three feet deep to get it.

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Look close there are three coons, one all you can see is the tip of his tail out of the hole.

If you can't snare them you should still be able to trap them. I have seen a coon trap that would work for you, they are hand cuff traps. You dig shallow holes in the ground put corn on the bottom and this hand cuff trap on top of the corn. Get you about 4 or 5 and start arresting the bandits. Not sure of the price but I'm sure you have spent there cost in corn already. Good Luck

I am kind of limited on the ground I trap on. it is a working Hobby ranch, It is  owned by people in California. They don't allow hunting period, not deer, bird or coon hunting on this 2,000 acres. If I didn't live next place down from them I probably would be trapping on the place.  Hogs got bad a couple years ago, caught a bunch for them. They liked that I live trapped and relocated the hogs.  Didn't mention I relocated for about 80 cents a pound back then. Really good people just kind of yuppie environmentalist type.  They are out taking pictures and videos of deer, turkey, coons and wild birds.  I just try to keep getting along with them, they have a great place, during deer season I have my best luck trapping. Most places around us are leased to deer hunter. They keep every thing moving to me.

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