Land Between the Lakes
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Have any of you had any success with Preorbital and/or Interdigital Gland Scents ? They seem like they would work good during the rut and maybe even at other times of season.
Preorbital and Interdigital Gland Scents ?
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catman529
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I've considered buying a stick of EverCalm but I personally wouldn't take it as far as specific gland scents....but that's me, I'm not too much of a scent person
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ImThere
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I think ever calm works myself
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Land Between the Lakes
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The scent I am talking about works good on Licking Branches.
Yep, played with all that stuff for a few years. Worked twice in about 5 years. Had a 5 pt follow the interdigital/tarsal gland combo in, nose to the ground snuffing like a bear. Had a spike follow in some tarsal gland and wouldn't leave for an hour.
MANY times I have had deer out of sight blowing when they crossed my trail. Several times I have watched them spook, when they hit the scent. Even when I used natural tarsal glands from another property. Didn't seem to matter if they were buck or doe.
IMO, scents hurt you more than they help at a ratio of about 20:1. After watching a bachelor group of 3 bucks freak out over a tarsal gland I decided to try and go with a zero scent approach. When I did my sightings went up.
In my experience, nothing beats being in the right place. That is where the deer naturally want to be WITHOUT any meddling from hunters. So much of the deer hunting industry revolves around trying to force or trick deer into altering their natural behavior. High profits for the sellers, low profits for the users IMO.
A much better investment would be to burn a couple extra tanks of gas to scout or adding trail cameras so you can SEE what is ACTUALLY happening on your properties.
MANY times I have had deer out of sight blowing when they crossed my trail. Several times I have watched them spook, when they hit the scent. Even when I used natural tarsal glands from another property. Didn't seem to matter if they were buck or doe.
IMO, scents hurt you more than they help at a ratio of about 20:1. After watching a bachelor group of 3 bucks freak out over a tarsal gland I decided to try and go with a zero scent approach. When I did my sightings went up.
In my experience, nothing beats being in the right place. That is where the deer naturally want to be WITHOUT any meddling from hunters. So much of the deer hunting industry revolves around trying to force or trick deer into altering their natural behavior. High profits for the sellers, low profits for the users IMO.
A much better investment would be to burn a couple extra tanks of gas to scout or adding trail cameras so you can SEE what is ACTUALLY happening on your properties.
catman529
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yup yupfishboy1":davh2k1t said:
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Bone Collector
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I use Evercalm from time to time and it seems to work good as a cover scent. I usually apply it to the soles of my boots. I don't use any other type of scent.
tree_ghost
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I agree 100% I cannot recall one time that a scent has benefited me in the woods... IMO especially when dealing with drag scents especially it keys the deer that there is a human in the area. Along with the bottle scent being walked all over the woods and it's scent being dispersed so is your natural human scent. Big no no IMOfishboy1":2kjczt91 said:
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I tried practically every short cut at one time or another. Mostly I wasted a lot of money and good hunting time.
When I gave up trying to influence deer to do what I wanted, and instead, tried to figure out what the deer wanted to do, sightings went through the roof.
Nothing beats being in the right place and having the deer completely unaware of your existence.
The best part of the above hunting strategy is that it works all season long, on any property, and doesn't spook deer the way a scent might.
When I gave up trying to influence deer to do what I wanted, and instead, tried to figure out what the deer wanted to do, sightings went through the roof.
Nothing beats being in the right place and having the deer completely unaware of your existence.
The best part of the above hunting strategy is that it works all season long, on any property, and doesn't spook deer the way a scent might.
Hunter 257W
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I had a bottled scent help me get the biggest buck I've ever shot. I used a drag line as I walked in and then hung it in a bush in front of me. 3 does came by after sunup and tried to cross the path where I'd dragged the scent rag. They snorted and blew like the devil himself was at that spot. They kept leaving and coming back to the path I'd walked before but every time they got close enough to that scent to detect it, they stopped like it was an electric fence. Eventually one time while they were milling around in front of me trying to decide what to do about the bad smell in their intended path, a nice 8 point buck spotted the does and came running. I shot him at about 75 yards as he trotted amongst them.
Obviously the role the bottled scent had in killing this deer was NOT as advertised.
That was the last time I ever used a scent. I had used them for years up to that point with, at best, very poor and inconsistent results.
Obviously the role the bottled scent had in killing this deer was NOT as advertised.
That was the last time I ever used a scent. I had used them for years up to that point with, at best, very poor and inconsistent results.
Active scrape in mock scrapes has been effective here time and time again. Used correctly scents can be very effective. I set a dripper above oak limbs where it drips down the leaves above the scrape and down into the scrape. Used this method in real scrapes and in scrapes I want deer to take over. Helps to have a community scrape line nearby. Bucks will come in and check them to see who has been there. Have to be cautious about using good scent control practice when using drippers, rubber boots and gloves are a must.
Preorbital gland is the gland deer use to leave scent on limbs when they work scrapes(when you see deer raking their antlers on the leaves they are really leaving scent behind from the gland), along with the saliva they leave when chewing the licking branch.
Preorbital gland is the gland deer use to leave scent on limbs when they work scrapes(when you see deer raking their antlers on the leaves they are really leaving scent behind from the gland), along with the saliva they leave when chewing the licking branch.
