Barrel Trap Catches Thieving Raccoons
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If your live trap isn’t working to catch pesky raccoons, Mike Toppen suggests slipping the trap inside a plastic barrel. That’s what he did when raccoons were getting into his sweet corn. With just the live trap, he had a lot of misses. The raccoon played with the bait from the outside of the trap, or wasn’t in the trap far enough to get caught when the door shut. In the morning, Toppen would find the trap snapped, but empty.
“I haven’t had one misfire,” he says, since putting the trap in a barrel. He laid 4 by 4 timbers under each side so the barrel won’t roll. The raccoon has to go in to get to the bacon grease, tuna juice or other bait that Toppen uses.
“I got 6 or 8 raccoons right away and didn’t have any problems with them getting into my corn after that,” he says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mike Toppen, 3889 1/2 127th Ave., Allegan, Mich. 49010 (ph 269 673-5597).
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Barrel Trap Catches Thieving Raccoons MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous If your live trap isn’t working to catch pesky raccoons Mike Toppen suggests slipping the trap inside a plastic barrel That’s what he did when raccoons were getting into his sweet corn With just the live trap he had a lot of misses The raccoon played with the bait from the outside of the trap or wasn’t in the trap far enough to get caught when the door shut In the morning Toppen would find the trap snapped but empty “I haven’t had one misfire ” he says since putting the trap in a barrel He laid 4 by 4 timbers under each side so the barrel won’t roll The raccoon has to go in to get to the bacon grease tuna juice or other bait that Toppen uses “I got 6 or 8 raccoons right away and didn’t have any problems with them getting into my corn after that ” he says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Mike Toppen 3889 1/2 127th Ave Allegan Mich 49010 ph 269 673-5597
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