Whats the best way to clean blood and hair,scent etc. off a used trap?. Got a bunch that I want to clean off to use IF POSSIBLE right away. Thanks!!

Boil in hard wood ash. 1 big handful per gallon of water. Bring to a boil for 15 mins flood the kettle to get the junk on the top out of the kettle.
I like to bring mine back to a boil again and flood kettle one more time.
If any are skunky wash them by hand in white vinager or you risk spreading it to all the traps.
Then dye wax and set. Works for me.

Go to the car wash, skip the wax ,lol !

Any pressure washer will do the trick, one with a steam Jenny will do it better .

This would definitely clean the trap of blood and hair and get it ready for re-use....but definitely not "right away". The op is looking for advise on how to get the trap back in the ground quickly.

Wild Thing I gave the fastest way I know.
Golf ball the wax is the stop the rusting that will acute turning the freeze thaw that is always a factor.
And the whole process only takes 4 or 5 hours. Hang outside over nite and set next day. Herb Lennon was not wrong on to many things.jmo

Definitely the best way to prep them to go in the ground again wetdog. He does say he has a "bunch" of them to do so that is probably the way to go - I just wouldn't want to do that 1 trap at a time. Probably the fastest way is to replace the bloody trap with a clean one and boil, dye and wax the dirty ones when you have a dozen or so to clean up.

If it's that big of a deal carry a wire brush with you. couple swipes to clean the jaws and back in the ground.

All i do is wipe it off and reset. If theres any blood in the catch circle i just kick some dirt over it

just reset em. the whole area stinks of blood and pee and crap and whatever else anyhow

Right.

If the end of the season just toss them in a tub of water overnight for a soak. then hose them off with a nozzle pressured hose or pressure water the next day. Hang dry and wax. I'll never boil a trap again (or dye for that matter). Waste of time and increases your catch by zero.

same here just reset them ive took dirty traps to new locations and reset and had to many to count first nite catchs same theory as collecting catch circle dirt and sifting over a new location. that can a does wake up a once dead set!Traps im leary of get washed and dipped in fmj and reset 48 hrs later

Wet dog you missed the joke, don’t wax at the car wash ! 1957 said he has a bunch of traps to clean up so he can re use them. Pressure washer is the fastest way I know of !

i last had all my traps out of the ground to clean in november or october. Ive been moving dirty traps from place to place and just using them. knock off the chunks if you have any on your traps and just set them. Im still catching just as well as freshly dyed an waxed traps. Seriously the scent thing is blown way out of proportion. Sometimes i dont even change out the polyfill thats still under the pan. No problems with dug out traps or any of that. Coons will do sometimes but they do it to clean traps just as often as dirty ones.

I just rinse em off in cold water, scrub with a brush at get em back in the ground. You'll have a oddball coyote or fox scratch but overall no problem. If your using chloride or salt for antifreeze they will rust.

Pressure wash using degreaser, boil in lye or sani flush, then wash off again with straight water, dye and wax your traps.