Bait for Racoons?

[Deleted member 48013]

I'm in an urban area on 1-acre, and Racoons are constantly digging up my mulch beds. I catch 'em on a Ring camera and they're always close up to the house. I wouldn't be able to walk out my patio door without spooking them off, so I want to draw them out away from the house out by my shooting backstop which is 30 yards away so I can shoot them from the patio.

Any recommendations on what to put out there to attract them?

 

[Sqwirl57]

I had a similar issue a couple of years ago. A pile of bird seed/sunflower seeds drew them away from my trash cans where I picked them off. Took 3 over a 2 night period and haven't had an issue since. I also got better trash cans which I'm sure helped a lot too.

 

[cmatera]

Sunflower seeds and mini marshmallows.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Cheap can of sardines.. cream corn.. boiled egg. There scavengers. Then there probably attracted to somthing that draws then in or around. Maybe your neighbor garbage?

 

[SHOMER]

Baiting trash pandas onto their closing & final performance stage. We use staked avocados that they munched on prior to tonight's visit, so the eats have their own scents. The avocados are anchored by a wood screw into the seed-pit, wrapped fine gauge wire anchored by a foot long rebar. In season we'll add some old peaches or pomegranates for their final curtain call. The general baited stage is lit by 40 watt green lights, producing just enough light for the show.

 

[dan_house]

"Maybe your neighbor garbage?"

there's a reason they are called "trash pandas" And they seem to love what ever's in my trash bags. Thinking of building an enclosure to keep them out of my trash cans. Geting tried of the morning clean up ritual during the summer. The bears that come by to visit are mcuh more polite....

 

[BlackICE]

Have a nice dinner with the rotisserie chicken and leave the carcass out or the raccoons. Works really well on a hot day and draw them in from quite a distance.

 

[rcs9250]

Anything, absolutely anything I put out at night is gone in the morning. I used to use cheap dog and cat food from the dollar store when hunting.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Anything, absolutely anything I put out at night is gone in the morning. I used to use cheap dog and cat food from the dollar store when hunting.

Ya, pet foods good .. bait'em with 9 lives and cut it down to one

 

[iAMzehTOASTY1]

Hot dog slices

 

[dens228]

Bird seed, cracked corn, peanut butter in an old jar staked down.

 

[bfloyd1095]

The scoundrels around here seem to have a Carb fetish...
They go out of their way to dig out any kind of bread, biscuits, rolls, etc, of course adding insult to injury the bastards leave the plastic bags strewn about..
I took that rather personal, kind of their way of flipping me the bird..

I tried a trick my brother-in-law suggested by spreading cayenne pepper on top of the trash can lids which in turn diverted them to the not so friendly fire zone that I had set up to send them to the purgatory they so richly earned....

 

[TN_Yankee]

Depends on how "hands-on" you want to be to attract them.

 

[beerthief]

PORK CHOP BONES < from dinner , gets them every time . or chicken bones , but the best i found was pork chop .

 

[Lingdinger.22]

wet cat food!

 

[Deleted member 48013]

Thanks for your replies. I think the sunflower seeds or some food that is staked down would do it. Don't want the bandits to do the take home meal. I have to check to see if my near the patio lamp post light gives enough light to be able to see them at 30 yards. I've got a flood light if it doesn't, but that might spook 'em. Eradication plan in progress!

 

[beerthief]

Thanks for your replies. I think the sunflower seeds or some food that is staked down would do it. Don't want the bandits to do the take home meal. I have to check to see if my near the patio lamp post light gives enough light to be able to see them at 30 yards. I've got a flood light if it doesn't, but that might spook 'em. Eradication plan in progress!

you might take a piece of scrap plywood and screw dinner down so they have to stay and eat

 

[OldSpook]

A tin of sardines
3 ounces of peanut butter

put in an clean mayonnaise jar
stir throughly
cap and place in the sun for a couple of days

That will bring them from as far down wind as they can smell it and they can smell it a pretty far ways.

 

[Flintsack]

you want things that are small so they can’t take them with them. Really cheap hotdogs cut in a little tiny slices plus peanuts work really well.

 

[Doc C.]

Racoons, like catfish will eat almost anything that smells good. That includes catfish. lol
Happy hunting. You might try investing in a varmint light for your scope, red or green.
Doc