Chumming
Jan 25, 2013 20:26:52 GMT -6
Post by 4fur on Jan 25, 2013 20:26:52 GMT -6
This is one thing I do on my line which I believe increases my coon catch, especially late season. At each stop I grab a handful of fortified pet food from a 5 gallon bucket in my truck box and throw it toward the general location of my sets. If I'm out of FPF I just use a bag of dry cat food. A bag of good cat food is $12 so one more coon easily pays for it. I really think the extra effort to add other ingredients to spike up the dry cat food is worth it for several reasons. First, the liquid molasses will melt the bits into the snow or ice, thus mouse proofing some of it. And secondly, the treated cat food has little if any attraction to domestics. I don't mind sharing this method, but I'm not saying what I add to the cat food...
If you look closely, you can see cat food morsels melted into the ice to the left of the coon...
Not only does chumming slow coon down so they can find my sets, it serves as a form of prebaiting for tomorrow's customers. Also, I feel that once a coon starts eating, they go from a traveling to a feeding mode (hors doeuvores?).
I agree with the mind set that many have: They want the animal to focus on the the attractant which some how is guarded with a trap. I agree with this on beaver and k-9s. But with cold weather coon, I feel anything that causes them to mill around my sets increases the chances they will become buyers, not shoppers. .
If you look closely, you can see cat food morsels melted into the ice to the left of the coon...
Not only does chumming slow coon down so they can find my sets, it serves as a form of prebaiting for tomorrow's customers. Also, I feel that once a coon starts eating, they go from a traveling to a feeding mode (hors doeuvores?).
I agree with the mind set that many have: They want the animal to focus on the the attractant which some how is guarded with a trap. I agree with this on beaver and k-9s. But with cold weather coon, I feel anything that causes them to mill around my sets increases the chances they will become buyers, not shoppers. .