Wax is used so they cant smell your scent. As long as you keep your scent off the trap, youll be fine. Wear rubber gloves and keep your traps separate from other traps. Ex. Dont mix your fox traps with yote traps. Different smells can mix together, you dont want that. Wax will also let the trap go off a litte faster. I use rubber jaws on my traps, because I relocate my fox and yots. Have no problems whatsoever.

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