Is there any benefits from using "sent killer" while trapping? Maybe on the boots or gloves? I dont believe its possible to get a set completly sent free but have any of you used these types of sent reducing products and found any advantage?

I’ve caught coyotes and fox setting traps with my bare hands so I would say no

It's a waste of time and money.

Do you mean : Scent Killer ? (as in human scent ?)

It falls under the heading : "A fool and his money are soon parted"

Don't waste your time. Keep your operation clean, within reason and learn to put in a set fairly quick, so that you get in and out without a lot of extra tramping around. Too many animals are caught without using products that 'claim' to remove your scent.

LT, you think a deer hunter will beleave you ? LOL

I just love the one's who hang up a used tampon

Best coyote and fox lure going.

Well, thats why I ask the experts. I thought it may help spraying a little on the trap before its bedded. I have had 1-2 coyote sets a day lightly dug out as in not removed from the bed but some of the trap exposed. I thought this snake potion 1000s of deer hunters use may help if applied to the trap before bedded.

Its unnecessary for trapping. But i do believe in a little scent killer when im bow hunting. I do think it helps a little.

Rub yourself down with a greasy beaver carcass.Everything in the bush is attracted to beaver,you will be like the pied piper.

At one time,I was plant manager for Scent Shield.Which was the first scent killer on the market. Bow hunters were the #1 customers.
Never did try it for trapping.
Tom

I kept it in my truck while coon hunting ,,,,, young dogs and skunks !!!!! If it will kill the smell of skunk it will help . It's not a cure all but it would help some ..... I have sprayed skunked traps and it works. JMO Be clean around your sets is the main thing

I use dead down wind detergent, deodorant and soap for clothes and showering, just to avoid overwhelming perfume scents. But that is far as I go with scent reducing products for trapping.

Do you believe it helps at all? I thought it could help when your getting ready to leave the set to just mist down the area where you were while setting the trap.

Gee I wonder if criminals ever used it to evade police dogs?
Not likely...but wouldn't that be a good test? I've never seen that I one of the commercials for it.
Hey if it gives you confidence in your set, go for it. I bet a cover up like good misting of fox pee plus that pee as attractant would go farther toward success.
Jim

I thought about using it. We use it for bowhunting, it might be more phycological and more marketing than science- a flannel shirt is a pretty good camo pattern also lol. I use two sets of gloves, one for setting and one for baiting, that theory ends quickly when I get the first contaminated set. Should I not worry about catch circle scent on my gloves at the next set?

I thought I did see that test at one time or another. It didn’t work, the dogs found the hiding individual pretty quickly.

I remember my dad killing a lot of deer with a bow way back when he was logging all day long.
Bright blue sweatshirt, stunk like gas/oil chainsaw mix, and sweat.
He always told me jey wasnt in the gimmics of camo or cover scents. He said just don't move, period. Get up high and don't move. They will pick up movement or noise way before they get worried about scent.
I liked his approach to the woods.
Jim

How did the old timers ever catch anything without all these gismos. The extent of my scent control is leather gloves..... Overthinking everything will screw you up. Set on sign, bed your trap tight and move on.

I set with bare hands. Most of the scent left will be from your body. Just get in, set and get out as quickly as possible and you will have little problem. Coyotes are generally quite familiar with human scent and will know that you were there; you just don't want to leave a bunch at the set.

Yep