Deer adore peanuts , and roasted peanuts such as the ones in peanut butter are even more attractive due to their stronger flavor and scent. Most commercial peanut butters also contain corn syrup and /or molasses and salt, which are attractive to deer . Vanilla smells strongly of white oak acorns and deer love them so they come to vanilla . Hunters older than my 45 years swear by it , but my own experience has been that it mostly draws does and younger males . By attracting does during the rut period you'll naturally get some bucks to come closer too .