Trailing scents for coon

[Bristleback]

I've never used them before, but thinking about trying some........what has proven effective on coon and once they TASTE it.......it doesn't REPEL them.

Anise, shellfish, fish oil.........are good attractants for coon........just concerned about once a coon tastes it........say you're simpy trying to pull coon to your set........for various reasons.

[Stanley]

Fellow trapper of mine. Uses fish oil. Trapping dranage ditches between fields. Makes his set, and squirts fish oil up& down each side of bank.

[trappnman]

I don't use trailing scents, but am told fish oil works just fine.

If the lure/bait is good enough, there will be a scent trail there in any case.

[stickbowhntr]

I have used old cooking oil mixed with molassis

[Bristleback]

Steve, don't you use Pro Coon both straight and with fish oil? As a lure, not as a trailing scent?

[garman]

Fish oil, fish oil with shelfish, and even fish oil with hardcore; used all as trailing scents, especially in areas that I can set the best spot for different reasons (re: road tile next to private and best is on private) works good in my opinion, but it could all be in my mind!

[trappnman]

always in the hole Bristleback- yes, I like to mix lure with fish oil for ease of application, and more air surface of the lure.

I have no doubt that leaving a trialing scnet works- but shouldn't the lure/bait leave a scent trail as it is?

[garman]

I no doubt believe you right t-man the reason I use them is lets say there is a spot that would make a good set on a bank with no apparent tracks to it. 20-30ft away is a trail on the bank I will run a trail scent perpindicular to the trail to my set (pocket, whatever) to reassure a scent trail to my set, and not rely on wind current etc. Just my own assurance no different than a deer hunter runs a scent trail.

[CoonDuke]

www.lorannoils.com/Products.asp?CategoryID=3&SubColumnName=Flavorings

Here is a website that sells candy flavorings. I think I read somewhere that you can add 10% of the flavoring product to candy. Since these oils are flavoring type oils and not perfume oils...they would not be distasteful to coon.

The prices for 4 oz bottles are comparable to oils sold in the trapping industry.

[Bob Jameson]

Trailing scents work extremely well on coon and canines. I have been using them for years and they have proven their worth many times over in specific application areas where you may need to draw or run an intersection scent trail to a specific set location.

Thermal scent trails are typically present from lured or baited sets and their effectiveness controlled by terrain,timber, a water course area and/or foliage. Trailing scents are very effective without direct wind current assistance if applied in an intersecting manner and they certainly can add fur to the daily catch avgs. I dont use them everywhere but I use them regularly where I see the need and where I know it will benefit my setup.

Running scent trails to and from a gang set area have produced well over the years on coon and on fox and coyote when I am hiding a catch location due to high theft possiblities.

[Bob Jameson]

Many of the trapping fragrance oils are food grade materials as well and when placed in a good base medium they are very palatable to wildlife if recoverd and tasted. I rarely find any bait left in cage traps from coon, skunk and opossum. Even the fox I have cage trapped have eaten the bait both meat and non meat.

I think it would be difficult to gross out a coon. When they are dumpster diving I am sure there is a multitude of bacteria and soured items that they find attractive and most likely will sample many items until they find a favorite one or just gluten themselves on the smorgasborg. LOL

[braveheart]

All you need is the old cooking oil from a food store.Mine is free add some other essence or plain you got alot of trail scent and with skunk works with k-9's.

[mr. finch]

how far away will a coon follow a trailing sent ya'll think?say if you had to trap way back from an area to stay out of site from others? maybe as much as 20 feet?

[garman]

From my experience i would say 20+ ft. is as far as I have pulled them for sure maybe further and i did not know.

[bobwendt]

lol, you guys want them and I try to figure ways to keep them out.

[mr. finch]

bobwendt said:

lol, you guys want them and I try to figure ways to keep them out.

...looks like they will be my bread and butter here bob.

[trappnman]

sounds like they will be the bread and butter everywhere that has good coon this year.

Just got off the phone with stef- and the guys he talks to say about the same thing- coon. But sell early.

[Getrz]

trappnman said:

sounds like they will be the bread and butter everywhere that has good coon this year.

Something must be going on in the coon market as Grizz Trap sales have went through the roof! ;D

When setting Grizz Traps along waterways, I squirt a fishoil trail up the creek/river bank to the Grizz to pull the coon that run the edges of the high banks. Did the same when I used to pocket set for coon years ago.

[rk660]

Ive seen for years where guys advocate squirting fish oil up the bank to bring coon down to them. Personally, Ive found much more sucess just setting where the coon come down to the water. If I have to walk an extra 30-40 yards to a location where they come off the top bank, and into the water, its worth my time to do so Ive found.

[furman]

I don’t the trailing thing normally but I do it on big sand bars and other places where I can’t set on location or there no certain travel ways. Plus if tying to hide sets it works great.