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[kbarr1]

Trails End 307.

[Mister B]

I use Deer Herd in a Stick, natural skunk cabbage and Alfalfa Hay. Look at the reviews on Deer Herd...stick on texasbowunter.com

[mechmark]

scentlock odor control washing in hs shampoo and body wash
no spicy foods 3 or 4 days before hunting so they dont suspect

any thing till they smell my vortex broadhead zipping past their lungs

powered by my darton impact !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):):)

[Crossbowgilly]

Bow Hunter Setup, keeps their attention and nose on the ground.Also dirt scent wafers.

[Arrowhead]

I use my own. It's one of the advantages of having a private deer herd. We save the secretions when we artifically inseminate the does....some of the best buck lure there is. Pure estrous.

[hiking]

the best in the bottle stuff I found was trails end 307. but yes I believe in corn,apples,alphafa,ect.

[book15]

tinks 69

[stephen simpson]

i use tinks for the rut and the can bleat call. the feed mill in town makes a deer corn that is deadly. a mixture of corn,soybean,molasses, salt and a few other minerals. i live in the snowbelt in ne ohio and this stuff works well any time but is really deadly when the snow starts to fly. it also has a great smell to it. with a archery season that ran until feb 7 i put it to good use.

[TScottW99]

James Valley Scents Full Rut & Full Draw are my favorites. Best I have used.

[timb]

TScottW99, on 11 July 2010 - 06:20 PM, said:

James Valley Scents Full Rut & Full Draw are my favorites. Best I have used.

mine to.

[msflatlander]

Here in Illinois we cannot bait with grain or mineral supplements. Yes you can hunt over a standing crop or harvested crop. Mostly corn and beans around here. Went out last night to check out couple of bucks and the deer were hammering the bean fields.

For an early season cover scent I use Essence of Fall (smells like cheap apple wine). I've kind of quit using the deer pee scents. Used to like Ricards original Indian buck lure as a cover scent and attractant but it is hard to find. Lately I just pee where I want them to stop. Must be a curiosity thing.

[thirdhandman]

Travis K, on 28 October 2009 - 08:34 PM, said:

looking for a new deer lure, used code blues "standing" last year and wasnt impressed.

IMO it doesn't get any better than fresh deer pee. It is all natural and that is what deer check out every day to see what has invaded their area. That being said, how fresh can hot doe pee be if it is collected starting in November, but is already collected packaged and on the shelf in September and October.
A lot of deer pee has been collected the year before but never sold, so the put it back on the shelf next year. When you see deer pee in the snow it is yellow to light brown. If you see deer pee in a bottle that is dark brown to black it is stale.
Something else to think about. How many deer would it take to have deer pee in every Walmart, bass Pro, and Cabela's. There is no single herd in the USA to handle all of that. You can bet that any body that has product in all those stores is not using deer for the pee in the bottle.
A lot of times things happen by coincidence. You could put an open bucket of paint by your stand, and a curious deer might check it out, and you kill it. It worked and some people would swear to it as that was the biggest buck they ever shot.
Check the pee before you buy. Look for a local deer farm. The pee will be fresher and it will keep the economy in your area going well.

[Dave12]

I've had good luck with Muzzy Deer Juice & corn. Winter wheat here in SW Oklahoma is deer a magnet.

[Hardawaypoints]

I use a device called the Scent Machine (commonscentsDOTbiz) with great success. It is like one of those timed release aerosol sprayers you see in restaurant bathrooms, only in this case, it sprays buck lure. Rather than pouring scent out on the ground or using scent bombs, this scent is airborne and the only time it ever hits the air is when it is sprayed.

I have nothing to do with the company that makes, markets, or sells these, I'm just an extremely satisfied customer. I've had bucks crossing the powerlines 250+ yards away from me completely change direction 90 degrees and walk all the way to within 3 feet of the scent machine looking for the hot doe they were smelling. I lent one of my scent machines to a friend last year and he had the exact same thing happen. He ordered his own the next day.

Like any buck lure, a scent machine is nothing magic, it is just a way of getting scent into a broader area where more bucks can smell it. You still have to use good hunting sense and control your human scent to be successful. I know it increases my chances of seeing more bucks around the rut.

They are a bit expensive, but how much do you pay for one bottle of buck lure that never smells the same after it has been opened? Consider that one canister of scent lasts about 60 hours. Does your bottled scent do that? effectively? I don't offer my name or story for testimonials, but I didn't hesitate to with their product, because it helps me maximize the limited time I have to hunt.

Jim

[Brubaker]

Lots of great ideas!! Thanks

[Cajun Executioner]

I like the idea of the Scent Machine but you are right about the price! I would pay the price for the machine it self but the fefill cans are $15.00 and I would imagine that I would go through atleast several cans a year.

[Hardawaypoints]

[quote name='Cajun Executioner' timestamp='1281550678' post='95205']
I like the idea of the Scent Machine but you are right about the price! I would pay the price for the machine it self but the fefill cans are $15.00 and I would imagine that I would go through atleast several cans a year.(/quote)

One can lasts about 60 hours. That's 7.5 eight hour days of hunting, which is a lot of hunting time, especially when you consider the scent you pour on the ground is subject to freezing, evaporating, getting washed away by rain, etc.. How expensive is the bottled urine you use, how long does one bottle last? The good thing about a scent machine is that you can turn it off when you're done hunting, no scent remains behind, and the scent that comes out of the can will smell the same the next time you use it. Bottled urine just doesn't retain the same smell after it has been opened, no matter what brand you use.

Plus the pulling power from airborne scent is orders of magnitude greater than liquid, in every way.

If you ever go to a hunting show and the folks from Common Scents are there, you can sometimes get a show price on their products. I got the two other guys I hunt with to start using scent machines and we went in on a case of a dozen cans of buck lure, making it more affordable.

Sadly, they quit coming up to the Dixie Deer Classic in Raleigh, so now I'll have to order refills...but I will.

Jim

[DaveHawk]

Travis K, on 28 October 2009 - 08:34 PM, said:

looking for a new deer lure, used code blues "standing" last year and wasnt impressed.

Deer attractants are all over the map, from food plots to burn sticks, spray cans, bottled scents, wafers, jells, natural scents pulled from the wild to corn and other ediables trow downs.

Depending on the season , time of year and activity depends on what is best. A lot of doe pee's will spook doe's that you want to come in during the rut. So I will use maybe a burn stick or Buck Bomb that I will spray along a hedge row in conjunction with rattling and grunts and wheezes. For hunting doe's a few bleats and a coffee can of corn for the smell or a fresh cut branch off a Popular tree. Popular tree branches are sweets to a deer and will come running when thy pic the scent up. I will also put of a drip bottle of doe estrus near a fresh scrap. I will take a horse shoe rasp and rub up a small tree and then put on a rubber glove and rub buck tarsal gland scent into the bark. This will piss a buck off thinking that another buck is invading his territory. During the rut if I am hunting field edges a Buck Decoy will be set out.
The use of buck jams; I will take a 2 litter bottle and fill it with the jam and then attach put a hose cut off extension to the end. I put a stump under the bottle where I hang it and open the dispenser to just a dip. The deer tear it up.
Natural scents; Cedar is idea. Cut and rub all over yourself. Or if you are hunting out of a cedar cut and field dress a few branches and nothing will smell you even with the wind at your back.
Hunting the thickets, wild onion rubbed on yourself is a good cover scent.

[Woody Sanford]

Another corn guy. I'll also drop some tripple 13 on natural forage early in the year.

[drizzu213]

mideerslayer, on 30 October 2009 - 12:09 PM, said:

Great question, since we cant use bait here in michigan

Maybe where you are in Michigan, but you can bait 2 gallons a day in the Western U.P.where I'm from!