#2058842 - 09/06/10 06:25 AM
Attractants, do they really work??
|
jdyer
4 Point
Registered: 02/11/07
Posts: 176
Loc: Greene County, TN
|
Offline
|
|
I have tried several different attractants over the years and never really been impressed. Anyone have a different experience?
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2058843 - 09/06/10 06:37 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: jdyer]
|
Poser1
6 Point
Registered: 08/21/10
Posts: 656
Loc: Middle tn
|
|
Offline
|
|
yes i have mollasses, apples, vanilla, peanut butter, all work, none 100 percent of the time
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2058887 - 09/06/10 07:41 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: Poser1]
|
Bottom Hunter
16 Point
Registered: 12/29/06
Posts: 15488
Loc: Hatchie Bottoms
|
|
Offline
|
|
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
good luck
_________________________
There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict.
Walk away; the battle they are fighting is not with you, but with themselves.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2059081 - 09/06/10 10:46 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: Bottom Hunter]
|
BSK
Jerkasourous of the non-typical kind
Non-Typical
Registered: 03/11/99
Posts: 59548
Loc: Nashville, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
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.
_________________________
"Know where you stand, and stand there" --Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan
"There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into." --Clive James
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2059084 - 09/06/10 10:48 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: Bottom Hunter]
|
Mike Belt
TnDeer Old Timer
16 Point
Registered: 03/26/99
Posts: 16933
Loc: Lakeland, Tn.
|
|
Offline
|
|
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.
_________________________
BONE HEAD HUNTER
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2059117 - 09/06/10 11:29 AM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: Mike Belt]
|
khawk
6 Point
Registered: 08/20/08
Posts: 917
Loc: Wears Valley
|
|
Offline
|
|
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.
_________________________
Bowtech Destroyer Black Ops 340
Easton Axis 340
Slick Trick Magnum 125 grain
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2059206 - 09/06/10 12:59 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: khawk]
|
Robbhorn
6 Point
Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 543
Loc: Maury County
|
|
Offline
|
|
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
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2059210 - 09/06/10 01:03 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: khawk]
|
whistlinwingman
8 Point
Registered: 07/11/05
Posts: 1824
Loc: Morristown
|
|
Offline
|
|
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.
_________________________
"I'm a great believer in luck, I find the harder I work the more I have it" -Thomas Jefferson
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2059268 - 09/06/10 02:21 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: whistlinwingman]
|
jdyer
4 Point
Registered: 02/11/07
Posts: 176
Loc: Greene County, TN
|
|
Offline
|
|
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.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
#2059283 - 09/06/10 02:36 PM
Re: Attractants, do they really work??
[Re: Poser1]
|
Carlos Viagra
16 Point
Registered: 11/20/04
Posts: 12934
Loc: Cumberland Plateau
|
|
Offline
|
|
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.
_________________________
Do not be slothful- for yesterday and tomorrow are thieves of today.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
Moderator: RUGER, Tennessee Todd, Unicam, Cuttin Caller, CBU93, stretch, Bobby G, Outdoor Lady, TurkeyBurd
|
12107 Members
38 Forums
115855 Topics
1411146 Posts
Max Online: 756 @ 11/20/12 09:10 AM
|
|
|
The TnDeer.Com Deer Talk Forum is for Tennessee Deer Hunters by Tennessee Deer Hunters. If you enjoy using our Talk Forum and would like to contribute to help in it's up-keep. Just submit your contribution by clicking on the DONATE button below and paying with PayPal or a major credit card. Any amount is much appreciated. Thanks for your support!
|
|
|
