I have traps that were boiled and waxed last year and kept in a plastic tub with a lid ever since. Is there any reason they could not be used this year if they still look good?

All good, go set'em

set them

X2

If your concerned , hang them out so the weather can get to them.

X3. That's what I do.

Or just toss a handful or two of hay or straw (dry) in with them.

I think they probably died in the storage container. Just bring them to the Bland Rhondy in a few weeks and I will take them off your hands and give them a proper burial!

give them a whiff and see if they have absorbed anything you can detect.

I'd toss a few pine cones or twigs or/and oak leaves in the tote, too

I got about 80 traps that should be at least rewaxxed , but with the weather we been having , i just put some sage in the totes with the traps and about 2 - 3 weeks it will be game on. (I just plan on trapping the dumb one's anyway) lol.

The dumb ones are all dead.

Maybe in nc , I'm sure there's still a few around here.

mine are still on the rack i put them nicely away on this spring.--i am behind.course i have a barn full of other traps.

if season was tomorrow i could pull 4 or 5 dozen out and look for dumb ones just like you.pick right back up where we left off.

3x

I'd set yours pcr, they look better than some of mine. 'Course I'd hide 'em under a little dirt.