[1271]

Can't bait in Adams Co. WI where I do all of my bow hunting. I use corn for gun and muzzleloader over at my farm in Fon Du Lac Co. Wi. I use trails end during the rut or buck bomb.

 

[jethro]

If I know the pre-rut or rut is on, Tinks #69. Started using the gel last year. Brought in 2 nice 8 pointers along my drag trail last year within 5 minutes of each other. Couldn't get them to stop. Cool to watch, but nice to leave them to get bigger for this year.

 

[1C BITTEN]

Tinks 69 for the past 15 yrs or so.

 

[john]

Mostly corn at my feeder but I use to use horse and mule feed to stop them while trail watching . Now my son uses acorn rage he says even the foxes we have on our place eat it.

 

[ezmoover]

Post rut => molasses

It's a slam dunk

 

[muppet]

Haggis

 

[dorramide7]

I thinks I use Tinks.........

I have used Tinks #69 for many years. Hunter2

 

[Stingray]

James Valley Scents and my own acorn brew cover scent. A gallon jug, acorns and rain water. Let em' stew for a week or 2, watch out the mice don't fall in.

 

[mike huggins]

another tinks guy and pure vanilla extract for a cover-up scent.

 

[hunterfisher]

I ALMOST forgot! While I was hunting this weekend, I thought of this thread and remembered- the very best attractant and food source for all deer including exotic species is.........Alfalfa. Yep, it is the best. Once the deer find it, especially in the winter months, green alfalfa is deadly for them. It's like crack.
What we do is only put out a peice of a bale at a time. Then, we throw whole bales out but leave them whole. You have to watch the wire though once the bale starts getting loose. For Texans, this is the very best thing for Axis deer.
Oh yea, Alfalfa is also a medicinal plant. It's the only thing that contains the prized vitamin K which is great for arthritis and other ailments. Game ranches feed it to sick or hurt animals.

Good for arthritis you say? Guess I'll go down to the feed store and get me a few bales.lol

 

[edge]

If you have more than one place to hunt, gather up deer droppings and a bit of rain water to keep them almost liquid.

Keep them separate and take them to the OTHER location as the deer seem to be inquisitive as to the strange poop
It works anytime of year.

edge.

 

[Deer Hunting Junky]

Over the years I've tried nearly everything on the market. Some of the stuff may work good one time and then scare the crap out of 'em the next. The problem is, they usually spook when they're out of your sight and many Hunters never know there was even a deer around.

I guess with age I'm beginning to revert back to my old ways. Scout hard, pattern the deer and remain as scent free as I can. I don't use "cover scents" or "lures" much anymore.

I find the deer and set up along their travel routes. I want them to be totally unaware that I'm anywhere around. One minute they're strolling through the woods peacefully and the next minute "THWACK!". It's all over but the cryin' :blink:

Of course, the very best buck lure ever created is a HOT Doe! Now that's the kind of deer lure I like

 

[miestrojerry]

I put out a couple bags of shelled corn and a mineral type salt block. That brings the deer up close to my hunting stand. I don't think you can do this on the public lands or other peoples land, but I do this in my backyard.

Jerry

 

[miestrojerry]

To cover my human scent, I inject a apple with pure vanilla, put the apple in the fig for a couple days, then cut it open and wipe the apple over my exposed skin and lightly over my clothing. My grandfather taught me how to do this.

Jerry

 

[Don M]

Jeff is dead right. IMO we have a telephone book of which many seem to be useless regulations. At the moment they are considering more including restricting shooting any bucks with less than 3 pts on one side, one buck all year, and earn a buck tag by shooting an anterless deer first. They are also considering moving deer seasons to start on Saturdays. I do not mind if some folks buy into all of the QDM stuff but I feel it should not be shoved down everyone's throat. It should be a choice but not a requirement. If food plots are banned, I wonder how happy the QDMers will be.

On another vein, (before I bust one) I wore my fawn and doe bleat call out. Just remembered about it by reading the above posts. Thanks for mentioning it. I always have to make a list of things that I forgot when I am in camp. . .and then I usually forget what I did with the list.

I couldn't agree more!

 

[fafafa1]

Deer Dander for a calming agent. I have not used anything that has worked as well as this. Kirshners silvertop for the early season. Doe pee I get from a local supplier for the rut. Also, the bucks tarsal gland that I cut off from the previous season. The best of all, Apples! Its a little bit tougher then lugging corn out there, but they seem to prefer them over everything else. It also keeps the does around during the rut, who bring the fellows in tow.

 

[Hardawaypoints]

To cover my human scent, I inject a apple with pure vanilla, put the apple in the fig for a couple days, then cut it open and wipe the apple over my exposed skin and lightly over my clothing. My grandfather taught me how to do this.

Jerry

Won't this make the yellow jackets bother you in archery season before the weather gets cold enough to send 'em underground?

Jim