[STEELCITYFIREBIRD]

A fresh slice of plain white bread they can't resist! My bud catch and released a "lot" last year. I said it was the same one he was taking for a ride....so he started painting them, they were indeed different ones. he was catching two at a time sometimes with the sliced bread!
He got that tip from a guy that traps for pelts, its the yeasty smell that lures them in.
Happy Hunting!

[67drake]

Worth a shot. I’m gonna have a whole smorgasbord in there soon.

[John Eiseman]

Havahart traps work great. Sardines lure them in as well. Was the dung fresh that you found? You will know, it smells much like human dung. If you do catch a coon, give the animal to a coon hunter as it makes great training for younger coon hounds. Dont contact an animal control officer , but maybe a pest control service if none of these good ideas dont catch the critters. You should have seen some activity by now with the bait you've used.
They have possibly moved on.

[67drake]

Possibly. Like I said the house is gutted at this point, so not really any place to hide.
I did catch a cat today! Looked pretty well fed, so I’m guessing somebody’s pet, so I let it go. It didn’t look too happy. A guy I have working with me had just thrown some spoiled lunch meat in there last night.
There were also a couple random holes around the yard too. I dumped broken up cement down them and drove over them with a bobcat.

[F ROCK]

the mothball thing was a good suggestion.
Cheap cologne or aftershave like Brut 33 keeps them away. the smell of man keeps them away. (urine).
A cat would keep them away or maybe just a cat litterbox.
Wild animals live by sense of smell.
i think leaving food out there is asking for trouble.

[67drake]

Well, I caught the same cat again! I guess the food is more tempting than the thought of being caged for 12 hours.

[Jonsie]

Maybe the coon threat is over. Should have caught one by now. But mice could be still around, and are small enough not to be trapped in a Have a Heart, so maybe hold onto the cat to keep the mice at bay! Looks like he likes you.

[242177P]

Originally Posted by 67drake

Well, I caught the same cat again! I guess the food is more tempting than the thought of being caged for 12 hours.

Cat might like you more than it's current owner.

Edit- treed by Jonsie. Great minds think alike

[Jonsie]

Originally Posted by 242177P

Cat might like you more than it's current owner.

Edit- treed by Jonsie. Great minds think alike

[67drake]

That’s what I was thinking. I’m not a cat person, but if he’s catching mice I’d tolerate it. Only living thing I’ve seen in this place is one mouse.

[Jonsie]

Well, give your friend a chance, as he does like you, cats do make very good pets

[SR-71]

It’s illegal now but old timers use to use fly bait. They can’t resist it eat it and walk about 10 feet and drop dead. In our state you trap them you must kill them unless you want a huge fine for transporting them and releasing them.

[Jonsie]

Originally Posted by SR-71

It’s illegal now but old timers use to use fly bait. They can’t resist it eat it and walk about 10 feet and drop dead. In our state you trap them you must kill them unless you want a huge fine for transporting them and releasing them.

Yeah, that's great, they walk 10 feet and die somewhere in the attic or ceiling joists, marvelous. Just trap them and turn them loose 10 miles away, who's to know?

[SR-71]

Why would you take your problem 10 miles away to make it someone else’s problem? Just bait the live trap and when yo go to check it and there’s a coon in it take it outside and shoot it.

[Jonsie]

And why would you take your problem with poisoning the animal and then have some poor beneficial animal (owl, hawk) die from then eating your problem?

[SR-71]

I'm not advocating that you do that. I said old timers used to do that.

[JUDGE3]

marshmellows and 12 gauge coyote load. 2 for one special that way minimum. toss at edge of Wheatfield, carcass gone in 2 days to the "food chain".

these are not friendly critters. get in my chicken coop at times. will eat one, and "murder" the others. eat my corn etc.

yeh I don't get the lovely trap and take and release thing. they breed heavily. iv'e had 6 or 7 out there at one time. fought one with a cast iron rake once.

[69gp400]

german shepherd

[Jack Gifford]

You mentioned holes in the ground- perhaps you've got woodchucks?

[67drake]

Possibly.
The holes outside were filled with broken up concrete and filled with dirt. The roof,ceilings,walls, and most floors are out right now. So there are really no spots to hide anymore. Whatever was living there isn’t there any more. I haven’t even bothered to set the trap this week.
Now that demo is pretty much done and I’m actually starting to build I bring one of my dogs with me when I’m working, and he doesn’t really pick up on anything that gets him too excited.