code blue doe estrus is fake
11-12-2007, 12:40 PM
#26
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TX Panhandle
Posts: 620
RE: code blue doe estrus is fake
You spend $36 on pee, but I bet you didn't keep the tarsal glands off that doe you took.
Sorry, had to rag on you a little bit.
But seriously, one of the best lures I have ever found is real buck/doe tarsal glands. Cut them off while they are still fresh, and put them in a ziplock bag in the freezer. When you go out to hunt the next time hang one of them up. They will work better than anything you can buy in a store.
You can even go down to the processor, most times they will let you get all you want. Wait 'till the rut is just kicking off and go down there. Look for ones that are dark. The darker the better, they will get nearly black before the doe goes into estrous. You can also watch the color of the tarsal glands on the does on your trail camera to help keep track of how close it is getting to the rut.
Sorry, had to rag on you a little bit.
But seriously, one of the best lures I have ever found is real buck/doe tarsal glands. Cut them off while they are still fresh, and put them in a ziplock bag in the freezer. When you go out to hunt the next time hang one of them up. They will work better than anything you can buy in a store.You can even go down to the processor, most times they will let you get all you want. Wait 'till the rut is just kicking off and go down there. Look for ones that are dark. The darker the better, they will get nearly black before the doe goes into estrous. You can also watch the color of the tarsal glands on the does on your trail camera to help keep track of how close it is getting to the rut.
11-12-2007, 12:46 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New York
Posts: 1,570
RE: code blue doe estrus is fake
Sounds like you hunt to close toyour vet's office. SeriouslyI have tried scents on and off for years never having good success, i bought code blue this year and the other night had a scent rag hangin 3-4 feet off ground wind blowing into bedding, a decent 2 1/2 year old 8 walked right in on a string and put his nose right on the rag, seems to me it worked, can't say it would everytime but I nkow it can't be fake based on what I saw. Don't be so quick to judge, I hav never called a deer in with horns but I see brute after brute get killed with this technique, don't mean the horns are a phony now does it?
