Deer scents..

[psycho]

What do you use and what have you had good results from? I dont know about you guys, but I have had no luck at all with Tinks69... Ive used it and used it, but nothing has ever came into it. Ill tell ya what though... I have been using some knight and hale doe estrous that Wal Mart sells, its 4oz for like $5, for 2 years now, and have had bucks respond to it very well. If they catch wind of it, they are there. Last year I did a mock scrape and hung a dripper out.. I had a nice 3 beamed buck paw at it.

While Im at it, who does drags? I am going to use some this year, mainly because I have the land to do a good one on. I think they can work well if you have the right location to start one...

[DocHolladay]

I have tried Tinks69, some I got last year to test, and the Knight and Hale you speak of psycho. I have had some come to the
Tinks and some come to the K&H, the test urine didnt do to much for me until I was walking across a field and had a small buck come out. He started walking towards me and I gave him a snort/wheeze and that set him off. He went and made 2 scrapes and then came back at me with his ears laid back. I gave him another snort/wheeze and he started really posturing at me. I had to run him off at about 20-25yds. Pretty interesting thing to see.

[muzzy]

like psycho i have had absolutely no luck with tinks69. i have had alot of early season and pre-rut success with trails-end 307. and i know its expensive but during the chase phase of the rut when those big mature bucks are on the move cruising for hot does nothing works better than code blue. i will swear by that stuff. its awesome. last year on kentucky's opening weekend of rifle i had 8 different bucks come from downwind to within 40 yards of my stand smelling the code blue the whole way in. maybe this year they will be shooters.

[buckjunkie]

Hey Psycho,
You mentioned a dripper got any tips for using one. when to put it out? putting it where there are no other scapes? Just got one today im ready to put it to work.

[psycho]

I usually make a mock scrape and place it where a buck will atleast pass by and where the wind will carry it in a favorable direction. I like to put it out 2 days before I hunt and during the opener of the first Muzzleloader season. If you put in 1oz, it will last atleast 5 days and I believe thats all you are suppose to put in them. Anytime after muzzleloader is a good time to hang one. I usually hang it 5-6ft off the ground. Make sure theree is a licking branch about 4 feet off the ground for the deer... Licking branches area must for scrape sets.

[bayoukid]

One time I had a deer come to the T69. I had the scent on a cotton ball and it was on a bush near a scrape where I was hunting. I watched a doe walk up to the cotton ball and pick it off the branch with her mouth, carry it for about 15 feet or so then spit it out.

What I use is real live doe. You can not get anything better than that! I keep food plots year round and hold the doe here on the property. They bare and raise their young here on the property. I don't shoot them and most are used to seeing me on the tractor or 4wheeler. If you have the doe, the bucks will come. (no pun intended.) ;D

[GrampaJer]

I have about the same thing in NY. I posted 3 acres of dense thorn-apple, along a creek, and put out a Salt block. It's a safety area for the Deer. Problem is that Bucks use it too. Keeps the AMISH, and Illegals from annihilating the DEER.