Not yet. I don't know if the coons are smarter than I am, but the trap is always closed up and locked tight. It gets moved three or four feet down the hill, but no coons.. I wonder of they just spring it, then roll it over and eat all the chow once it spills out. Ha
That's what mine did, I have to put a piece of rebar through back end to keep them from rolling it. Started catching them soon thereafter. Cinder block would probably also do the trick
I'll stake it down, and get a can of sardines. That should do it. If it doesn't, I'll box it I. So far they just dig the rocks up under the feeder, and get mud around the bottom. Haven't figured out how to climb it yet. I have a deer feeder in the alfalfa field above the pond. A game camera up there got 7 coons in one pic. I know I've got a healthy population of coons up there.
9 yr old pond, 1 ac, 15' deep. RES, YP, GS, FHM (no longer), HBG (going away), SMB, and HSB (only one seen in 5 yrs) Restocked HSB (2020) Have seen one of these. I think that's about all I should put in my little pond. Otter attack in 2023
