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Chernobyl Raccoon Egg
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Enhancements for Cage Traps 

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Visual Reaction of the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg in Cage Trap

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If I can’t have the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg,
I will just take the Cage! Power of the Egg.
​September 2023

Never expected this but ended up with awesome video.

If I can’t have the Egg, I will just take the Cage! Power of the Egg. Egg eating DNA is in this Raccoon!!!


August 15, 2023 – Set Trap at the edge of camp, I was going to be at camp every day. Not a great location but handy while I work on camp. Chernobyl Racoon Egg base is removed and mounted to pan trigger.


August 25, 2023 – Closed Doors because I would be back for a few days. But ended up getting sick for two weeks then leaving town for a 3rd.

September 12, 2023 – Raccoon came by to check it out trap finally.

September 13, 2023 – Raccoon came back and decided if it can’t have the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg it would take the cage with him. Started moving trap around and multiple times put it paws around Egg.


September 20, 2023 – Trap was in the middle of my road.

CHERNOBYL RACCOON EGG , Testing and Review By JINX 
​September 2023


​Trapping with Jinx
https://www.facebook.com/TrappingwithJinx

PRODUCT TESTING:
CHERNOBYL RACCOON EGGS
DAY 1
2 Raccoons today with the Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs. One was set in a cage trap with no bait, just the egg and fish oil.


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Chernobyl Raccoon Egg
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Enhancements for Cage Traps

Sometimes area won’t allow you to use dog proof or it’s a nuisance trapping job at house or barn on concrete or the roof or just a chicken coop.  These the options that may help you overcome this.

Options on mounting Chernobyl Raccoon Egg to cage trap will vary from type of cage trap used to surface cage trap is sitting on.

Always use washer to that it reflects the glow of the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg.

Remember the Chernobyl Raccoon Egg will get full wrath of raccoon for the time its caught to the time you show up.

OPTION 1 - TRIGGER
Take off base and mount to TRIGGER pan on cage trap

(Make sure bolt is not to long to keep pan from pushing down)

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OPTION 2 - BACK
Take off base and mount to inside BACK of trap.
Washer on outside.

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OPTION 3 - BOTTOM
Take off base and mount to inside BOTTOM of trap
Washer on Outside
Will not work on hard surfaces.

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OPTION 4 – TOP
Take off base and mount to inside TOP of trap.
Washer on Outside

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OPTION 4 – Chernobyl Raccoon Egg in Cage
This option allows you keep scent holder base on and still use it and protect it from the raccoon’s wrath.

Build cage for Chernobyl Raccoon Egg – Remember this is not NASA for measurements.
Hardware cloth 5” x 8”
Wrap so that it can slide in then wire edge.
Cut slit in one end and bend over and wire shut.
Put cotton ball in base
Slide egg in base up and zip tie or wire to inside top of cage.
Put fish or crawfish oil in scent holder base with cotton ball.

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OPTION 5 - UNDERNEATH
Dig hole put bait then Chernobyl Raccoon Egg in and sit and anchor cage trap on top.

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Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs dog proof cap with scent / lure holder base made to protect your raccoon bait and enhance your raccoon bait.

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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.

All Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs are shipped USPS Priority Mail Forever Prepaid Flat Rate Medium Box
Maximum of packaged 24 Chernobyl Raccoon Eggs will fit in Medium Box.

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CREDIT CARD ORDERS
$7.50 per egg + plus Flat rate shipping from USPS will be $19.30
​Lower 48 States

Per egg price shown has credit card fee already applied.

Each egg is individually made and only available in limited quantities.

Canada Orders please message me shipping price will depend on weight and I must fill out with shipping address - USPS Customs Declaration and Dispatch Note must be filled out.

Chernoybl Raccoon Egg

$7.50

Chernobyl Raccoon Egg is a dog proof trap cap with a scent holder base

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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)


Learn about the
​ POWER OF THE EGG


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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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Chernobyl Raccoon Egg
​Cap for Dog Proof Raccoon Trap Video page

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Duke Dog Proof Raccoon Trap Cutaway

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Fruity-Flavored Gummy Life Savers

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Shelled Corn with added Big & J “To Die For” - Long Range Attractant

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North American Trapper
​Raccoon Bait
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Dry Cat food mixed with dry grape Kool-Aid mix
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