spraypainting conibear buckets

[.17HMR]

I want to spray paint my conibear buckets to amo them because last year I did loose 3 sets to a theif but my question is do you think the paint smell would spook the coon off

[Catfish]

You are right, do not paint your traps. If you fell it is nessary to put a protective coating on you traps I would recomand Walnut hull and wax. Bees wax works best, but you can mix it 1/2 with parfine and get a good coating alot cheaper. I used to boil my walnut hull in a big kettle of water and through the wax in also. When you dip your trap in let them biol for a min or two and pull them out slowly and they will come out waxed also in one step.

[Old Dog]

I paint most of my buckets, black, brown, green, or a combo. They all catch fur. You should start painting soon so the paint hardens by seasons start.

Mike

[Macthediver]

I have painted many of the coni's I use to trail set for coon. I also paint my grizz traps.
Like old dog stated paint them early enough that they get a good chance to dry out.  I think once they dry good and air out any odor left makes no differance to a coon.
 
Mac

[Tim B]

If you wax your connies be SURE you get all the wax off the dog ect.  I personally would only wax the spring where it hits the trap and then wax the other side so the middle of the trap is still un waxed.  

Paint wont scare off a coon---i paint all my lil'griz...and i paint them white so it catches their eye!!  and after a few catches the paint is gone and I sometimes wrap them in alluminum foil so it shines in the moon lite.
Tim B

[jim-NE]

I saw some camo painted coni buckets and thought it was a great idea to keep the sets low key. The paint odors should be well dissapated if painted early enough prior to season. Won't scare coons off one bit. I've used cans of christmas tree flocking around the holes on my pocket sets before. Sprayed it right around the hole itself to make that big black hole really stand out against the creek bank. Worked great on coons. Wouldn't try it in high traffic/theft prone areas, though.
I also saw some large, plastic drain tiles used for coni sets and the plastic tile sections were spray painted camo. Really blended in nicely in a grassy bank overhang location. Again, I thought it was a great idea for keeping this type of set 'low key'.
Jim-NE