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A lot of times a new trap smells.
Oh, good point. Those new 110s are going to have a nice film of machine oil on them... out in the wild this will put the critters off for sure... around the house/coop maybe not as much, but I'd still boil them first.
Typically we boil new traps for a 45 minutes or so in logwood die... you can likely get by just adding some old leaves, sticks etc though if you don't have logwood die.
The main point is no scent on the traps.... bait or lure on the trap causes the critter to investigate the trap, not the the actual bait/lure.... and therefore you get refusals or misses... or with coils spring traps, you get dig ups.