ORIGINAL: swnebraska
If they were new you do need to at least power wash the oil off the them.
Doh! Well the traps have been inside all week because I have had a busy week in college.
They are going back out this weekend. I have the traps in a big pot boiling as I am writing this. I have heard that this should take care of most of the scent.
I am aiming for a fox this weekend. Can someone help me with my setup. Here is what I have planned:
I am going to set up the traps and then just put a little bit of the fox lure right over the trap. I was told that the Fox will smell this, come in and start pawing at the lure. So I will put a light skim layer of fine dirt over the trap to hide, and then put a couple drops of the lure on top.
Will this bring success? Anything else I should try?
The traps will be in a small clearing in the middle of a greenbrier thicket. In this small clearing, there is a spring head where animals come for water.
-Sam