Author Topic: Milk Jug Coon Trap (Read 1033 times)

DeeGee · « **on:** May 11, 2004, 10:03:35 AM »

I'd like to bounce this topic off a few of you readers. I'm a seventy- two much old hunter/shooter. I heard a "good" one last week for trapping coon. Take a gallon milk jug, drill a 1" hold about half way down, load in a few large apple slices, tie the jug to a strong anchor and let the coon catch themselves. Theory is the coon will reach in, grab the apple slice, can't retract the paw holding the apple slice and you can walk up and pop him in the head. I know some natives use coconuts with holes drilled in the side, load the shell with rice, and that contraption will catch monkeys.
Anyone ever try the milk jug trick? Sounds a bit sour to me.
DG

fishmax2 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2004, 01:14:11 PM »

A raccoon would demolish a milk jug in seconds.

Bogmaster · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2004, 01:49:33 PM »

DeeGee,sounds kind of like one of those urban legends to me.It may work on a one footed retarded raccoon,but I have real serious doubts about its validity.
But then I haven't tried every means in which to catch a coon.If you give this one a try,please let us know how things go.
Tom

Bubber · « **Reply #3 on:** May 11, 2004, 04:31:23 PM »

The theory behind that setup works, where they reach in a hole and grab hold of somthing and due to the size of the hole cannot pull thier hand out. They really arn't smart enough to let go.

A milk jug however would hold a racoon for about 3 nano-seconds befor it was destroyed.

jim-NE · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2004, 05:54:38 PM »

Yes, the perpretrator of this legend has obviously never witnessed the carnage left at a set after a raccoon catch. They have never came across the "bomb site" catch circles, the mahem of everything destroyed within reach, and of course the brush and the small logs within the circle that have been reduced to nothing but shredded bits of pulp.
if PVC will barely hold up, how in the hell will they think that the recycleable grade, thin mil plastic of a milk jug will?
I heard a similar story about drilling a 1" hole into the side of a tree, then putting a piece of candy or some lure back into the hole, then driving three finishing nails into the outer edges of the hole so that the nail points angle back into the hole slightly. Same concept, a coon reaches in for the goodies and slides right in since its paw is going the direction of the nails, but then when it retracts its paw back out the nails drive into the back of the paw. It wouldn't take a coon long to work its way out of that predicament either, even with some paw damage. They are just way too strong, aggressive critters.
Yep, that's a "good one".
Jim-NE

trappnman · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2004, 08:24:08 AM »

There was an article on this in FFG many years ago. A jug was used- but a glass gallon jug with a handle, not plastic.

A hard bait was placed inside and lured. The jug was staked down away from anything that might break the jug- coon couldn't do do so by itself

The article showed pictures of a couple of different coon caught in the jugs.

The author wasn't advocating it as an end all- but as a cat/dog proof alternative that could be made at home .....trappnman

DeeGee · « **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2004, 11:30:03 AM »

Now the glass jug sure makes more scense than a plastic jug. Perhaps I just assumed the jug was plastic they were talking about? Interesting concept. I might just get a little grinding compound and some sort of a 1" tube and give this a try. Thanks for the post. DG