Chernobyl Raccoon Egg
Cap for Dog Proof Raccoon Trap
2022 / 2023 Trapping Season
Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs dog proof cap with scent / lure holder base made to protect your raccoon bait and enhance your raccoon bait.
Helps keep mice, birds, squirrels, chipmunks, and pack rats from eating bait out of Dog Proof traps. Your trap still has food in it when the Raccoon comes by.
Helps keep bait dry from rain and snow, so that bait is fresh and scent still working. Not 100% airtight so scent can still get out.
Helps with the eye appeal at night, keying off the raccoon’s eyesight of detecting shiny objects. Helps on those nights that the wind is in the wrong direction the raccoon is traveling or moons are not up all night and/or overcast skies at night.
POWER of the EGG - The No. 1 Nest Predator - Research going back to 1948 by biologist across the nation. 75 years of research on Wild Turkeys nothing NEW they are looking for the eggs. They can’t help themselves. If you ever raised chickens, you know this to be true!
SCENT / LURE HOLDER BASE - Creating a feeding frenzy that needs to be satisfied with bait in Dog Proof!
SCENT / LURE HOLDER BASE
Creating a feeding frenzy that needs to be satisfied with bait in Dog Proof!
You can do this in any order.
Take 1 cotton ball and with small screw driver shove into base aka as scent holder.
The bolt will grab cotton and keep in place.
You can now add lure/scent, fish oill, salmon oil, or crayfish oil to cotton balls before you deploy in dog proof.
Whatever it takes to produce more tight chains.
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Each egg is individually made and only available in limited quantities.
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Each egg is individually made and only available in limited quantities.
HISTORY LOST
Trapping Community
Going from the footholds for raccoons to dog proofs in the early 80’s some history or knowledge was lost, forgotten or just not passed along as the type of trappers have changed from fur takers to landowners for management.
It is mentioned in the book A Natural History of the Raccoons - MacClintock page was published in 1981 pre dog proof traps. “Trappers take advantage of this attraction to bright objects”
1933 thru 1981 publication it mentioned – Water Set – For Raccoons, a bright object like aluminum foil, clam shell, or bottle cap wired to pan will act as attractant.
Trapper 1 - In my story “First Catches” which was in Trapper’s World I described how I caught my first raccoon with a piece of aluminum foil on a trap pan in 1962. One of my uncles had told me to do that.
Trapper 2 - Remembers people talking about aluminum foil and metal shiny crawdad's also for trapping raccoons.
Trapper 3 - This is from the FC Taylor catalog shiny metal fish, I used tin foil on the pan, caught my first three raccoons on tin foil on trap pans set in shallow water.
They mention raccoons like to play with bright objects like brass trap tags, soda can tops, aluminum foil, fake crawdads or fake minnows. Even one book has the - Shiny-Pan Set
Scientific Community
Raccoons are thought to be color blind or at least poorly able to distinguish color, though their eyes are well-adapted for sensing light. - (Hohmann, p. 63; MacClintock, p. 18; Zeveloff, p. 66)
Eyes are large and convex, which allows for bright images to project into the retina. The retina contains fewer cones therefore raccoons tend to be color blindness or possibly have “color weak” vision. It may be difficult to detect colors but they can detect a difference in brightness. (Zeveloff 2002).
Historical Literature
Where the Red Fern Grows Chapter 7 – 1967 – Raccoon would stick his hand inside the brace to pick up something shiny (like a piece of a tin can)
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Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results
2023 / 2024 Season
Congratulations – Hunting and Trapping Little Brother – Getting the spurs and furs!!!!!
Missouri First Triple Play – Missouri Wild Turkey, Raccoon and Opossum.
This Hunting and Trapping Little Brother - April 1, 2023 - 1 Wild Turkey, 8 Raccoons, 2 Opossum
This is what it’s all about – Memories like this will be hard to beat.
Lovin the Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs.
That is how you increase participation and retention of hunters and trappers.
Big Boy Showed Up
THE NEED TO FEED! Chernobyl Raccoon Egg Cap with scent holder for Dog Proof Raccoon Trap and few stills from Video of the Raccoon working it!
He needs to quit chewing on my Chernobyl Raccoon Egg after they finish his meal. They are going to chip a tooth. Not his first egg to break open, but not this time.
Few of the highlight photos from video
Human error - I made a mistake with the 1st Big Boar Raccoon on the 17th – I put the trap right back in the same hole from the Raccoon I caught on the 16th. Raccoon pushed trap right over, and I did it again but the trap stayed this last time.
He needs to quite chewing on my Chernobyl Raccoon Egg after they finish his meal. They are going to chip a tooth. Not his first egg to break open, but not this time.
Then cold snap and the fact that I burnt this area off on Sunday stopped them from coming for few days.
But either way, didn’t like the fact it ate bait out of trap without setting it off. So added a Gummie Lifesaver to the trigger along with the bait. Seems to have solved problem.
At least the birds are happy, keep eating the food around the trap.
I moved the trap 4 inches to a different spot.
March 17, 2023
Grab and Die Gummy set!
Big Boar Chicken Killer was not a morning Raccoon at all.
The cold snap and the fact that I burnt this area off on Sunday stopped them from coming for few days. The Chernobyl Raccoon Egg was working like it should.
Keep having few issues with not pulling trigger. So added a Gummie Lifesaver to the the trigger along with the bait.
Seems to have solved problem
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Turn up Volume - Seems everything is eating the bait before the Raccoon shows up.
Blue Jays, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Cardinal, Tom Cat, Raccoon.
About the 55 second mark. Coyote Howling is my favorite part, for a second, I thought a Coyote was going mess up a perfectly good raccoon trapping. That would be switch!
Well you done caught me, I might as well chew on my new Chernobyl Raccoon Egg.
March 16, 2023
Well you done caught me, I might as well chew on my new
Chernobyl Raccoon Egg.
Few stills from video.
Final Bait Test and Scent Holder Test
Final Bait Test and Scent Holder Test
No. 1 – Non-traditional Raccoon Bait - Shelled Corn with added Big & J “To Die For” - Long Range Attractant with Crawfish in scent holder base of the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg. Corn was added to the “To Die For” so the Raccoons had something to grab.
The aroma of “To Die For” seemed to put it over the edge when you spread the fine dust around trap.
No. 2 – North American Trapper Raccoon Bait with North American Trapper “The Magnet” lure in scent holder base of the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg.
It was always between No. 1 and No. 2 setups almost too close to call.
No. 3 – Dry Cat food mixed with grape Kool-Aid with Crawfish in scent holder base of the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg did the worst – Raccoons would not always hit it, never first and only after the other two baits where gone.
Additional Information.
I caught 1 the first Raccoon – Then decided to see which bait they preferred with a unset traps. Next round the Raccoons won’t be so lucky.
I did cat food only, cat food with grape Kool-Aid, no lure, with lure, to die for only and to die for only with corn, the above was the final best options.
They did remove the cotton ball with lure in base every time, but always went for the bait right after. Did have two events that the egg was not near trap but within sight of it.
I HAVE A NEED FOR FEED!
Chernobyl Raccoon Egg with scent / lure base holder – is working like a charm and creating a feeding frenzy that needs to be satisfied with bait in Dog Proof! I HAVE A NEED FOR FEED!
Then enjoying the crawdad oil in scent holder base, then going after the Shelled Corn with Big & J “To Die For” - Long Range Attractant inside dog proof.
March 9, 2023
That’s how you chip a tooth!!!
Chernobyl Raccoon Egg with scent / lure base holder – is working like a charm and creating a feeding frenzy that needs to be satisfied with bait in Dog Proof! I HAVE A NEED FOR FEED!
Raccoon tried to bite open the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg, that’s how you chip a tooth, might as well bite into a Q-Ball, this had the North American Trapper “The Magnet” lure in scent holder base, then dug into North American Trapper Raccoon Bait
Awesome short video to SHARE of the Raccoon flipping over Chernobyl Raccoon Egg, then enjoying the crawdad oil in scent holder base, then going after the Shelled Corn with Big & J “To Die For” - Long Range Attractant inside dog proof.
Added re-runs zoomed in and slowed it down…………….. March 8, 2023
Awesome snap shots to SHARE from video of the Raccoon flipping over Chernobyl Raccoon Egg, then enjoying the crawdad oil in scent holder base, then going after the food inside dog proof.
March 8, 2023
Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs – Another great Video of Raccoon investigating Chernobyl Raccoon Egg before getting into dog proof to feed the need!
March 4, 2023
Great series of photos and playing with Chernobyl Raccoon Egg.
March 2, 2023
Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results
12/29/2022 - Missouri
Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs.
Bought on Tuesday,
Deployed Wednesday Evening.
Thursday Morning Results Two Raccoons this morning.
Raccoon No. 1 & 2 – Cat food only in trap – No trailing scent to see if Chernobyl Raccoon Egg by itself was a attractor.
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Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results
12/30/2022 - Missouri
Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs.
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Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results
1/3/2023 - Missouri
Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs.
Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results
1/13/2023- Missouri - Chernobyl Raccoon Egg
Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results
1/14/2023 - Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs Series of Photos
Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results – Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs – (First ever Skunk) - “I’ve been setting two traps per set.. one egg and one not. Both got caught in Chernobyl Raccoon Egg set! - 1/14/2023
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Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results – Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs – “I can put 3 traps around a feeder the coon will be in the one with an Chernobyl Raccoon Egg!”
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We have entered the realm of weirdness.
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Trapping Brothers and Sisters results from Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs another dang skunk. LOL
Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs – Catches this Sow Raccoon – Could not set creek in background and prevailing wind is always in the wrong direction, so was hoping glow would pull raccoon in traveling creek. 1/23/2023
Trapping Brothers and Sisters Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs results.
Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs!!! WINS AGAIN! In the Skunk wars. Lol
Very Cool interaction with my Red Fox and my Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs!
I hadn't gotten any fox interaction with any egg on camera, so this makes it even more special.
I think it's awesome to see!
February 4th, 2023
19 degrees and ice covered - Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs takes out big boar raccoon.
February 11, 2023
Trapping Brothers and Sisters Results
Skunk number 10 on the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg. I’m going to have to clean the skunk smell off this egg.
I’ve never caught this many skunks before!
Had a dog proof trap 5 yards from it with NO Chernobyl Raccoon Egg - found with dead mouse!
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Skunk number 11 on the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg
We went from footholds for Raccoons to Dog Proofs is a perfect example of trying something new!!
Older trappers’ book. PRE 1980's – Coon Trapping – The Untold Story – By Mike “Red” O’Hearn
Quote: The greatest limiting factor each of us must deal with is ourselves.
Quote: One of the hardest things for a person who has some degree of success, is to change, or try something different.
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