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Old 01/28/12, 09:42 AM
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I have had great luck trapping raccoon using frozen frog caught in the summer.
My question is, will raccoon eat toads? I have thousands of them hopping around in my yard every summer. I could have a gold mine in coon bait if they eat them. I just never thought about trying them.
Maybe thats why I have so many is because they don't like them..HA!
But during trapping season they might eat anything. Any one try toads for bait?
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Old 01/28/12, 09:48 AM
 
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toads have a bitter taste so I would say no , go carp fishing and have all the bait you want plus have fun catching them
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Old 01/28/12, 10:26 AM
 
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I would say no also.

Try marshmallows or carp or bullheads.
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Old 01/28/12, 10:49 AM
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The only thing I know of that LIKES to eat toads is Hognose Snakes
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Old 01/28/12, 11:40 AM
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Rags, how do you know they are bitter?? HA!!
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Old 01/28/12, 03:18 PM
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coons have an extreme sweet tooth. anything super sweet, almost sickly sweet, will work. and most things like that are CHEAP.
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Old 01/29/12, 08:21 AM
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I bait my live traps with a quarter of a day old bagle with a covering of honey. Bagles are free from the bakery and the honey I have plenty of.

I read that toads had a bitter taste to discourage dogs, cats and other critters from eatting them.

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