Scent Wicks and Drags????
11-04-2007, 09:21 AM
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Scent Wicks and Drags????
Do you guys keep your scent wicks and reuse them? How about your scent drags? I used 2 wicks the other day and my drag was used 2 times this year. Do I wash out the drags and reuse them next year or toss them? They are the frayed rope sytle like a cat o nine tails. Just curious what everyone does with them.
11-04-2007, 09:27 AM
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RE: Scent Wicks and Drags????
Well, I don't pretend to be a biologist, but here is how I rationalize what I do:
Personally, I use Q-Tips instead of scent wicks. Why? Because they are cheap, biodegradable, and you can carry a seasons worth in a case the size of your wallet. They don't really waste much, and if you bend them at a 90 degree angle, hang perfectly on branches, or can be wedged into bark of trees.
Reason I don't reuse the drags or wicks is because I figure that a deer's nose is pretty powerful (duh). And I suspect that he can tell the difference between each doe's urine. Just like a human can tell different voices apart, or even mannerisms. I try not to mix the urine of one type of scent with that of another. Sort of like serving onions with apples... they tend to clash a bit. There are all sorts of enzymes and what not in urine that can go bad, or maybe intermix and heck who knows maybe scare off a whitetail. Its just not something worth taking a chance on I suppose. When it comes to washing scent drags... I'd just assume not. I'd rather have the clean and sterile Q-tip than have the chance of a chemical reaction a deer can smell with some sort of detergent and the lure I'm using.
Overkill... maybe.... but thats what I do.
Personally, I use Q-Tips instead of scent wicks. Why? Because they are cheap, biodegradable, and you can carry a seasons worth in a case the size of your wallet. They don't really waste much, and if you bend them at a 90 degree angle, hang perfectly on branches, or can be wedged into bark of trees.
Reason I don't reuse the drags or wicks is because I figure that a deer's nose is pretty powerful (duh). And I suspect that he can tell the difference between each doe's urine. Just like a human can tell different voices apart, or even mannerisms. I try not to mix the urine of one type of scent with that of another. Sort of like serving onions with apples... they tend to clash a bit. There are all sorts of enzymes and what not in urine that can go bad, or maybe intermix and heck who knows maybe scare off a whitetail. Its just not something worth taking a chance on I suppose. When it comes to washing scent drags... I'd just assume not. I'd rather have the clean and sterile Q-tip than have the chance of a chemical reaction a deer can smell with some sort of detergent and the lure I'm using.
Overkill... maybe.... but thats what I do.
11-04-2007, 10:19 AM
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RE: Scent Wicks and Drags????
I don't use any type of scents.
My reasoning is, if you put your pee in a bottle and open it up in a month or two, it isn't gonna smell like it did when you put it in there. If you use a preservative, it's gonna add some odor too.
I know some have had good luck with it. ButI prefer to remain scent free and not have any foreign scents in the woods with me.
My reasoning is, if you put your pee in a bottle and open it up in a month or two, it isn't gonna smell like it did when you put it in there. If you use a preservative, it's gonna add some odor too.
I know some have had good luck with it. ButI prefer to remain scent free and not have any foreign scents in the woods with me.
