yeah, we use bakin soda...as far as scent, nothing works better than smoke..i believe all animals are used to the smoke scent, as fire happens everywhere. we used bakin soda to take the sheen off, and then smoked cigarettes to go put them up....had a yote, we are tryin fer pigs, the next day. a good trail under a fence werks great, and easy to make the figure to hold the snare from the bottom barb wire of th fence, tied to a tree or a post.