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Ann, The folks at BO swear by that Oil of Anise or Vanilla. derf | ||
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I think I will try the Tonquin today on a cotton ball. There is a bruiser buck on my lease but he is crafty. He does not respond to food or food scents. Tonquin really smells good, oddly enough, it is probably an ingredient in store bought perfumes. I have to agree about the store bought deer pee. It is rotten out of the bottle. | |||
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It may sound funny, but you can get results with immitation tonquin musk mixed with human urine. I know a guy who uses this combo. You can get results from human urine too. Pee in an active scrape sometime and then monitor it. You might find the whole thing ripped up. It really seems to make some bucks mad. I trapped muskrats in a marshy area when I was younger and I'd often walk to my sets in the early morning and find deer around them. I don't use scents anymore, because I've scaled back the stand hunting, but deer seem to like most of the sweet musky scents. Tonquin will work on just about anything that walks and beaver castor and oil is also pretty attractive to most animals. I wouldn't be surprised that these are key ingredients in most deer lures. They're key ingredients in most other lures. Tonquin mixed with beaver oil and a touch of castor would seem to me to be a good base to start with. But, you could just as well go with another musk like civit or muscaro. Urine degrades pretty quick into an ammonia smell, so unless you get it fresh, or supply your own , I'd just avoid it. Most of the pee-type lures on the market are junk. Foodwise, you have quite a bit of ingredients to choose from that will attract deer: sassafras; apple essence(definite); acorn(definite); anise; sweetcorn(I think this would be killer); sweetflag; honey essence(another definite); persimmon fragrance; and, probably birch; pennyroyal; cherry; and fennel. Basically you're looking at the rut and outside of the rut where food is of more importance. You'd want to play up the heavy musky/urine-type scents during the rut and play up the food scents in late winter. It's pretty straightforward, but you'll need to keep a notebook and experiment, and be careful not to contaminate your scents. Give it a try and let us know what you come up with. | |||
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Have any of you ever tried unusual scents like beaver castor or Tonquin musk? If so, what were your results? I am considering trying them this year. | |||
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using them for what purpose? I feel like the BEST scent is NO scent. Unless I'm hunting from the ground with my bow, which is 65% of the time. Then I use Buckeye deer scents. | |||
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To attract a curious buck! | |||
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Ummmmmmm..... okay. Thanks. This is something like going to the doctor, getting help is embarrassing. Plinker | |||
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Quote: As I stated before, the key ingredient in Tinks 69 is certainly NOT doe in heat pee, it is the Anise. Anise is also used at bear bate stations. As far as the Vanilla goes, well, that works too. Dan Fitzgerald had that "Vanilla Killa" stuff. Ever since I saw how good it worked, I just went to the store and bought my own Vanilla extract. | |||
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I'd be curious as to how well that device that allows women to pee standing up works(Travel Mate). Would think peeing on ones hand might happen. Plinker you have been brave enough to atleast join in the conversation,so perhaps purely in the interest of technology, you could make a video demonstrating it's use? | |||
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Carpetman, thanks for your interest, but i haven't yet ordered. I just didn't think i'd be satisfied with that scaled down version. I have contacted the company with a few detailed sketches and specifics for a more ergonomically designed model that should appeal to a broader market. This motorized version will cast a stream 20 feet and then shake itself off. Runs off of two 12 volt batteries that fit in a convenient backpack. Training video would be mandatory for safe operation. Plinker | |||
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An electric shaking system? Hmmmm that sounds suspect. | |||
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This is turning into a rip-roarin post! Keep it up guys, I love a good laugh. | |||
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