thermoacell
08-14-2012, 07:37 AM
#11
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2
I also had a point to make about scenting in the early archery season. As I relayed in the above post I am cheap and will go about a successfull solution after finding out a way to do it at a low cost. I keep the urine from the last years hunt in the freezer or buy after the season is over at Wally world in the discount bin. I found out along time ago that a buck will key on a scent which to him is not too old. I rinse out a soda can and cut a little access door in the side to put a tea candle in. I then put a cotton ball soaked in urine or scent over the top of the can. This can be done with a piece of copper wire or whatever you have or hang the cotten ball from a string as most people do. Just make sure the small amount of heat is under the cotton ball. I have shot deer with their nose in the can several times. The warming urine attracts the deer much quicker. This mimicks the THERMOSCENT at a near zero cost and is most effective. The tea candle should be plain wax and will burn for 6 hours. Rowmin Goat......
08-14-2012, 02:34 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 3,050
I can't believe some of you still don't have one. I've killed a few while the thermacell was going. The past two seasons have been really dry, so the mosqitoes weren't bad enough to use anything. Looks like it may be three in a row this season. When they are bad, I won't get up in a tree without my thermacell.
08-15-2012, 03:55 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Southeast, VA
Posts: 2,119
I also had a point to make about scenting in the early archery season. As I relayed in the above post I am cheap and will go about a successfull solution after finding out a way to do it at a low cost. I keep the urine from the last years hunt in the freezer or buy after the season is over at Wally world in the discount bin. I found out along time ago that a buck will key on a scent which to him is not too old. I rinse out a soda can and cut a little access door in the side to put a tea candle in. I then put a cotton ball soaked in urine or scent over the top of the can. This can be done with a piece of copper wire or whatever you have or hang the cotten ball from a string as most people do. Just make sure the small amount of heat is under the cotton ball. I have shot deer with their nose in the can several times. The warming urine attracts the deer much quicker. This mimicks the THERMOSCENT at a near zero cost and is most effective. The tea candle should be plain wax and will burn for 6 hours. Rowmin Goat......
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Last edited by NEW61375; 08-15-2012 at 04:00 AM.
