Way to go on the traps! Many years ago (50s) while in high school I ran a 100 trap line along a frozen river. Could use skates to make the trip two times a day! I had several different kinds of traps, from spring traps, snares, and box traps. One of the first things I learned is that prey animals such as rabbits, pheasants, squirrels, are not as apt to be concerned with trapping area scents as predators and fur bearers. When trying to catch coons, yotes, and bobcats, I found that scents on traps caused major problems. The feds trap problem wolves here and they boil all their traps and are very careful to not leave any sign or sent in the sets. If you want to catch a wylie old fox you need to practice leaving NO scents. When on my outback jaunts I used to always set snares using the rubber off my slingshot and many times that put meat in the pot. Trapping has its rewards as you already know! Good luck! A/Ho Joe
