MK 4 & MK 6 fen traps

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(16 August 2013, 19:53)Stewart Wrote: bury your new ones in your garden/compost heap for a couple of weeks.this removes all smells of oil paint newness etc.this really does work.wear gloves when handling them to keep yuor scent off of them and use a stick to take off the safety clip.watch your fingers, they really do bite

I totally agree mate.
Another way to cover your scent is peppermint water on your hands and gloves, Its an old poachers trick. This was done because traps and snares would only be put down last thing at night and picked up at first light the following morning.

Peppermint water is just that, peppermint leaves and water in a bottle.
Sometimes it was heated in a pan close to boiling point to extract more smell from the leaves.
Then poured into a small bottle to take out into the field.