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Originally Posted by HunterDave
I don’t know much about trapping with footholds but isn’t the idea to make the trap scent free? Wouldn’t any scent on the trap cause the critter to avoid or dig it up?
From what i’ve Read, naphtha/camp fuel is a better choice than gas to use.
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You can't make a trap scent free, even disturbed soil has a scent.
The goal is to reduce man made scents as much as possible and replace them with natural scents as much as possible.
Bees wax is a key ingredient in the wax mixture, partly because it's a natural scent. Some even add a
small lump of pine pitch to the mixture.
Fresh rust not only diminishes the traps life and function, it also has a distinct odor that is not natural. Long buried steel has no fresh rust.
Naptha would be a better choice because it does not have any additives. So it should evaporate completely, additives may not.
I'm not sure about camp fuel. It used to be pure naptha but I don't know if it still is.