your homemade deer attractant
07-13-2014, 11:34 AM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: missouri
Posts: 195
your homemade deer attractant
hi guys i was in my wal-mart today picking up a bag of swamp donkey deer attracant and at 10 bucks a bag it is not going to kill me to buy one every few weeks but i am kinda chee..err frugal
and want to know if there was any of you guys that make your own if so where do you buy your components ect. and if you have some pics of the deer you got while using your own recipe feel free to brag and show me.thaks guys
and want to know if there was any of you guys that make your own if so where do you buy your components ect. and if you have some pics of the deer you got while using your own recipe feel free to brag and show me.thaks guys
07-14-2014, 02:34 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MICHIGAN
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Grain Elevator is the ticket. Also grocery store
100# Stock Salt
50# Trace Mineral
50# Di Cal
Box of A&H Washing Soap
Dig hole 6 inches pretty good size around. Pour Salt, Trace Mineral and Di Cal in, cover with A&H Washing Soap, cover with layer of dirt, pour water over. Redo in 6 months then once a year.
They will make a hole eating the dirt too.
Al
100# Stock Salt
50# Trace Mineral
50# Di Cal
Box of A&H Washing Soap
Dig hole 6 inches pretty good size around. Pour Salt, Trace Mineral and Di Cal in, cover with A&H Washing Soap, cover with layer of dirt, pour water over. Redo in 6 months then once a year.
They will make a hole eating the dirt too.
Al
Last edited by alleyyooper; 07-14-2014 at 02:47 AM.
07-14-2014, 06:30 AM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern WI
Posts: 853
I can tell you what seems to work well that costs nothing - dig up the dirt. Seems like every time I turn over the ground that fresh dirt smell draws in deer. And I think as the rut approaches it can effectively draw in bucks.
07-14-2014, 09:15 AM
#5
Fork Horn
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Location: missouri
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i am getting 6 pound of crushed attractant for 10 bucks i didnt think it was to bad but i have read since then the deer have ate it all in a day or 2.
07-14-2014, 12:56 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Indiana
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If you are planning to continue using attractant, I would recommend finding a grain elevator or feed & grain store. You can get many times the weight you are getting for the price. It is too economical to pass up. You could pay around $25 for 100 pounds of quality deer feed or pay $167 for 100 pounds of what you are buying at Wal-mart. You could buy a trail camera to observe the deer the frequent your attractant for what you could save.
07-15-2014, 07:51 AM
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Fork Horn
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