hey welcome to the site! I am an avid trapper and that is a very common way to trap, typically it is used to trap canines or felines, often referred to as a dirt hole set, their noses are fantastic so being scentproof is key (i.e. the gloves) it is also common practice to boil and wax your traps to alleviate some smell, this technique can really be used to trap anything however, but modifying it a little helps. For muskrats/mink it is common practice to use a number 1 or 1 1/2 leg hold on a log across a stream that they may travel on and wiring your trap to the log, this allows the animal to fall into the water and perish quickly, thus reducing the amount of stick swinging needed to dispatch the animal. This technique is also great for raccoon, which with a little bait, and not as much scent proofing necessary, can be easy and fun to catch, they will actually often just lay down with the trap, canines tend to freak out, I typically just wire off to a tree or large log and not a steak