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back in the day, the coon' hunters used to drill holes in trees and put a piece of shiney metal in them, then stick nails in the hole at an angle, the coon's paw would go into the hole and grab the metal, and the paw would be larger with the metal in its hand, therefore preventing it from pulling out of the hole, because the nails would be too narrow.. and if it tried to pull it out, the nails would dig into it's paws.... the coons are too stupid to let-go of the metal
but please don't use that technique, it's not quite that nice for the coon
.... as for bait, put garbage in it for bait, just take a little of everything and put it in a disposable plastic bowl wrapped in alumnium foil, with just some leftovers and stuff... no need to buy anything for bait when you have garbage cans full of bait!
i would reccomend you invest in something like elastic ties or building a container to put your trash and salt in.... raccoons when determined can open simple latches and doors with ease, you would be surprised at what they can do... we had some problems with them in the past but ended up building something to contain the garbage, then they were opening the latches and doors... soo we had to improve on it
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