I live trap coon less than 30 feet from my bedroom window. From spring thru fall I watch the coon and caught 38 last year. We live between two lakes and seem to have a never ending supply of hungury coon. My bait of choice is fish based cat food. I usually stake the traps down because coon do turn the traps over and they try to walk off with them after they are caught. Coon don't get caught in my traps twice,but they do observe their friends and family get caught. After a while some coon get trap wise and will do almost anything to get the bait without going in the trap. I bought an old rabbit or chicken cage at a flea mart for near nothing. The cage is all wire and the door will just allow my live trap to fit in. When coon start getting wise to my trap I put bait inside both the cage and my live trap. The live trap is only put in the cage about 1/2 way so coon cannot reach the bait without going into the trap. Then, I stake both the cage and trap down.
Coon also love sunflower seed and will destroy a bird feeder to get it. I made a couple of feeders that I sit on the ground filled with sunflower seeds. During the day, birds use the feeders. At night the feeder gets raided by coon. Those that prefer sunflower seed to cat food make good targets from my garage window. I made the feeder from scrap wood and things I had laying around. A 22 with low power scope and bright flashlight attached does the trick. Please excuse the holes in the feeder, pass thrus go with the territory.