#2058842 - 09/06/10 06:25 AM
Attractants, do they really work??
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jdyer
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I have tried several different attractants over the years and never really been impressed. Anyone have a different experience?
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#2058843 - 09/06/10 06:37 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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Poser1
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yes i have mollasses, apples, vanilla, peanut butter, all work, none 100 percent of the time
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#2058887 - 09/06/10 07:41 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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I placed a trail cam out for two weeks over a salt stump. I got NO PICS. I went back two weeks after that and had 83 pics...all of deer.
Sometimes deer attractants work best when placed in "better" places.......
randomly placed attractants never work as well, unless deer frequent the area anyway...
JMO
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#2059081 - 09/06/10 10:46 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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Very unimpressed with most commercial attractants. ANYTHING will work once in awhile, but how many deer are spooking that you don't know about?
Everybody likes a different style of hunting, but I'm not interested in bringing deer to me. The fun of hunting (to me) is figuring out the deer and going to them.
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#2059084 - 09/06/10 10:48 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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Mike Belt
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The only attractant I use is a sex attractant and then only limited use during the rut.I've seen positive and negative results but never killed a buck over 3.5 years old by doing so. Last year I called a buck in that I think was 5.5. He came up the edge of a cutover directly to me. I had a scent rag with doe-in-heat hanging about 15 yards away and the wind was blowing out into the cutover. The buck (a big pretty 7 pointer) came in upwind of the scent and walked to within 3 yards of the rag. When he got dead downwind he freaked and torn out back across the cutover. If he had of been downwind from the beginning he may or may not have followed the scent stream in. As it was it hit him full force from point blank range and startled him. Placement of the scent, a deer's location relative to that placement, and a deer's attitude (including whether he's been fooled in the past) all play a part. Overall, a hunter is probably best served by staying as scent free as possible, paying strict attention to details, and not using any type of attractant or cover scents. That's not to say they won't work....and when they do it's a thing of beauty. A last tip would be never to think that a use of any scent will cover up a hunter's sloppy approach or disregard to personal scent control.
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#2059117 - 09/06/10 11:29 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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khawk
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I had a big boy come in to a buck bomb last year opening day archery. Walked right over to where is sprayed some on the ground, found the source of the scent and bugged out of there.
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#2059206 - 09/06/10 12:59 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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Robbhorn
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Most activity I've seen from attractants is at night... Seems like as much as they may enjoy it, they do know that it's foreign and a very cautious. I second the notion of staying as scent free as possible. Everytime the woods change... The deer change
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#2059210 - 09/06/10 01:03 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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whistlinwingman
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Use to try some, but with little results. The only time I thought one did work was on a yearling buck. I think most attractants will peak the curiosity in some yearling deer and maybe an occasional mature deer. But I think they will spook many more mature animals than we would ever know.
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#2059268 - 09/06/10 02:21 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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jdyer
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I agree concerning human odor and the need to control it... it is what I am concerned about the most....man is it hard to keep from sweating during bow season.
Concerning attractants about the only thing I have used that works is creating salt likes. I have 3 that are several years old and they are visited alot. I was just curious to see if others had as simialr experience.
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#2059283 - 09/06/10 02:36 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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Carlos Viagra
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yes i have mollasses, apples, vanilla, peanut butter, all work, none 100 percent of the time
All of this will attract deer, I've used it all for trail cam purposes. We had great luck with buck jam.
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#2059433 - 09/06/10 05:54 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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I have tried several different attractants over the years and never really been impressed. Anyone have a different experience?
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#2059515 - 09/06/10 06:36 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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Mixed results.
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#2059922 - 09/06/10 09:50 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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1bow4me
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During the rut, you can't go wrong with Standing Estrus by code blue. It has work very well for myself and a couple of guys that I hunt with.
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#2059986 - 09/06/10 10:20 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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DUCK37101
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Some things will work at certain times but NOTHING will work EVERYTIME.
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#2060040 - 09/06/10 11:22 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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boker
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i have used all of the sex scents, i have never had any of them to work."even with my cam" lots of money down the drain.now i just focus on my scent and leave the rest up to nature.plus it keeps a few more dollars in my back pocket.seems every year these "real hunter" guys come up with the newest biggest thing thats going to get that big buck..and every one rushes out to buy it"including me at a time" i have found hunting is enjoyed more when i get back to the roots of it,like me and dad did years ago.no fancy camo,no high dollar tree stands,and a gun thats killed more deer in the south than every other gun put together the old 30-30.yep a couple of fried bolony sandwhiches and a littie debbi cake .a lot of laughes and a ton of memorys.i myself wish we all could bring hunting back to what it once was but i am afraid its to late. thanks "primos,bill jordon,ect"
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#2063045 - 09/08/10 10:27 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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droptyne
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Thanks everyone for your input about attractants. I too was on the fence about using them this year... However, I think that I will go without and focus on my on scent.
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#2063272 - 09/09/10 07:41 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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BSK
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However, I think that I will go without and focus on my on scent.
Smart move.
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#2063297 - 09/09/10 07:53 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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DOC1187
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i agree with you duck right place right time
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#2064450 - 09/09/10 10:33 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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southernhunter
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yea i agree with boker somewhat. seems like ever year they come up with a better scent.how does that work ?
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#2064451 - 09/09/10 10:33 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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Setterman
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No.
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#2064493 - 09/09/10 11:31 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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RKenney
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Depends on the age of the deer. Younger deer are very curious,
but older deer 4.5 or older "know the score". They have been
thru the gauntlet of hunters and they know what's real and what
ain't.
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#2064632 - 09/10/10 06:39 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
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Coach
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Yes, I've had certain attractants work for me...but, it depends on the situation, where I'm hunting, time of year...lots of other things. Grunt tubes, doe bleats, rattling antlers..same scenario
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