What scents are you using this year - pre-rut scent v. rut scent
09-19-2011, 08:05 AM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 590
What scents are you using this year - pre-rut scent v. rut scent
I am going to use deer dander on my boot soles all season, I've read a lot of good things about it.
As for the rut, I am planning on using tinks 69. Will my bottles from previous years still work, or do I need to buy new every year? Seems like it would break down or smell different given what its made from. If I buy new, is there any way to guarantee it isn't leftover stock from last year?
What are yall using?
As for the rut, I am planning on using tinks 69. Will my bottles from previous years still work, or do I need to buy new every year? Seems like it would break down or smell different given what its made from. If I buy new, is there any way to guarantee it isn't leftover stock from last year?
What are yall using?
09-19-2011, 11:43 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 182
Never really used scents, but have a new piece of property and was planning to do so this fall. How do you go about using them? Is there a good primer somewhere on the web to review?
I've heard about folks making mock scapes, and also that people take cotton balls (or tampons) and soak them in the scent and hang them from trees. Does that work? Where should I look at doing that? What's the difference in the different brands? I also saw incense type sents sold at Cabelas. Do they work?
The one time I purchased scents I was hunting in the GW National Forest and picked up at the gas station at the highway exit a package of scent vials that you poped open and stuck in the ground. There were 6 of them. Put them out, never saw a deer.
Oh well.
I'd like to be a bit more strategic about it this year. Any thoughts or advice?
I've heard about folks making mock scapes, and also that people take cotton balls (or tampons) and soak them in the scent and hang them from trees. Does that work? Where should I look at doing that? What's the difference in the different brands? I also saw incense type sents sold at Cabelas. Do they work?
The one time I purchased scents I was hunting in the GW National Forest and picked up at the gas station at the highway exit a package of scent vials that you poped open and stuck in the ground. There were 6 of them. Put them out, never saw a deer.
Oh well.
I'd like to be a bit more strategic about it this year. Any thoughts or advice?
09-19-2011, 11:55 AM
#5
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 97
I am going to use deer dander on my boot soles all season, I've read a lot of good things about it.
As for the rut, I am planning on using tinks 69. Will my bottles from previous years still work, or do I need to buy new every year? Seems like it would break down or smell different given what its made from. If I buy new, is there any way to guarantee it isn't leftover stock from last year?
What are yall using?
As for the rut, I am planning on using tinks 69. Will my bottles from previous years still work, or do I need to buy new every year? Seems like it would break down or smell different given what its made from. If I buy new, is there any way to guarantee it isn't leftover stock from last year?
What are yall using?
09-20-2011, 03:03 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,473
I'm considering not using any scents this year, but it is very tempting. If I do, I'll probably use the Code Blue buck urine at the start of the season and the estrous doe during the rut.
Tampons work just as well as those expensive scent wick things you buy. I steal them from my wife 
The first time she saw me taking them, she asked if there was something she should know about. 
Be sure to use the lightest ones...the heavy ones are too thick. Also, tampons absorb a lot more liquid than the scent wicks, so just be mindful of that and don't soak up too much so you don't run out too quickly. I open up a bunch and keep them in a plastic bag so I'm not tearing them out of their wrappers while in the woods. I also pre-tie a loop knot on the string thing so I can hang it from a branch. I may cut them down a little bit too to make them less absorbent.
Feeling manly about this!!
Never really used scents, but have a new piece of property and was planning to do so this fall. How do you go about using them? Is there a good primer somewhere on the web to review?
I've heard about folks making mock scapes, and also that people take cotton balls (or tampons) and soak them in the scent and hang them from trees.
I've heard about folks making mock scapes, and also that people take cotton balls (or tampons) and soak them in the scent and hang them from trees.
The first time she saw me taking them, she asked if there was something she should know about. Be sure to use the lightest ones...the heavy ones are too thick. Also, tampons absorb a lot more liquid than the scent wicks, so just be mindful of that and don't soak up too much so you don't run out too quickly. I open up a bunch and keep them in a plastic bag so I'm not tearing them out of their wrappers while in the woods. I also pre-tie a loop knot on the string thing so I can hang it from a branch. I may cut them down a little bit too to make them less absorbent.
Feeling manly about this!!
