Lack of general deer lure IMO

[BT]

I was in a store a month ago and one whole isle was dedicated to lures alone

Not just one side but both sides of the 15' isle

So I took my time and looked at everything there and you know what?.....it was all hype for the most part when it came to general deer lure....what little of that there was.

What I mean to say is that when we are not looking at the rut , there is a general lure that works and that is a food based lure.

Yet on every bottles package was the part that assured me (the consumer) that this lure X would attract bucks

There were some (a few) packages that said will work on all deer but it was usually phrased as [blue]works on all deer and is great for bucks![/blue] ;D

Good God!.......what a bunch of hype

I remember a few lures years ago that really did work for alldeer (that eat)but they dried up and disappeared from the onslaught of these super hype lures.

IMO there is a real need for a good attractant lure that is not geared for BUCKS alone.

After all.....Bucks will come as fast as a Doe , 11 months and two weeks out of the year

[donk]

The thing you have to really think about...........

How many other stores are like that with the same amount of product?

Ok, now how many deer does it take to get all that genuine stuff in them bottles?

[reddawg]

I'm sure everyone has "said it once or said it a hundred times," but those bottles are more to attract us as hunters rather than the deer we are hunting. What's funny is has anyone ever created lure in a bottle for squirrels, rabbits, or turkeys (the birds not the hunters) in a bottle? I know a lot of us grew up or starting out hunting the rabbits and squirrels.

[BT]

Squirrels certainly don't have a great sense of smell as I have seen them sitting next to apples while eating pine nuts.

Seen that more than once and when they finally bump into the apple they are all excited and forget the pine nuts

I am going to put a food lure together (or at least try too) as I remember them being back in the 70's.

I know the smell and I think I can duplicate it.

[ruger7mmmag]

I usually see quite a few deer when I've eaten spicy food the night before. Judging by the way they wobble by, I'd say it works quite well...

[ruger7mmmag]

In all seriousness, ALL pee breaks down into the same chemical components in a short period. So technically, after a short period your pee, the deer's pee all smell the same from what I read somewhere a long time ago. Someone pointed me to the article in another forum when the question was raised if peeing at the base of your climber was really that "bad". I'm not sure myself as I have tried reading up on this subject many times with conflicting accounts by all involved.

If there's no difference, I'll be more than willing to bottle myself and sell it for $5 an ounce. I'll even vary my diet to make different blends depending on where you want to hunt. I'll eat mostly apples for Michigan, burritos for Texas and so on.

I've used scents a long time, but I can only remember a few and I mean a FEW deer ever following my "drag" to my stand, but I've seen a number of deer "bust me" when not using them. I think it's more important to cover your scent than it is to "attract" deer as I don't think it works.

For instance, if I am buying scent to use here in Alabama, the closest deer pee I can find is one made in north GA or Michigan! These are totally different deer and if anything, would seem out of place in our woods would they not?

My strategy this year is to stop buying Tinks which sells for about $10 an ounce and using it sparingly vs. using a competitor which sells 2 ounces for $5 where I use it liberally. The sad part is, I haven't noticed a difference either way so I don't think it really matters.

I think you should go with making your own scents and concentrate on them "covering you" more than "attracting them". Just my two cents...

[BT]

That makes alot of scents!

Seriously though....I believe food attractants are the way to go.

For instance , acorns are a real fuel for deer and they will pass up corn to get to them.
If you had a good acorn scent that you could use in an area that has yet to drop or has recently been depleted , I think it would work well.

Same with apples.
Just after the ground is bare an attractant that simulates fresh drops may get a deer to come back in to check it out.

Aside from these known food sources that deer flock to , I think you cause more trouble than good by dragging a new odor into the woods that has never been there before.

Lets say for example , the Vanilla that has been popular by Fitzgerald's.

Where is there vanilla in the woods?

I guess it would be the same as smelling a martians fart in my closet

I wouldn't know what the heck it was or why it was there and so I would proceed with caution

[vonottoexperience]

"smelling a martians fart in my closet"
A very strange analogy

[BT]

You get the idea

[mahly]

I think it was the MN DNR that did a study, and concluded that peanut Butter was the most powerfull deer attractant known (beating doe pee and others as well).
A simmering pot of peanut butter SHOULD bring them in running!