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Favorite Deer Attractant
#7638120
10/21/19 06:08 PM
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RWHunting
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Im working on a powder attractant that i plan to sell next year. Im still testing it right now and making changes. My question is, what kind of attractant do yall prefer? Mineral based? Fruity? Corn flavored? Soybean?
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7638124
10/21/19 06:10 PM
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HuntnFly67
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Corn flavored corn seems to work well for me.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7638227
10/21/19 07:47 PM
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Texas Dan
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I've had good success with Sugar Beet Crush. The only problem is that feral hogs like it too.
Now if you're interested in something I've yet to see that deer have always seemed to favor greatly it would be honeysuckle. Nothing more natural to southern deer woods than the smell of sweet honeysuckle.
Last edited by Texas Dan; 10/21/19 07:50 PM.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7638233
10/21/19 07:52 PM
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PMK
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they sure like the roses out of our flower beds ... rose, acorn, honeysuckle, corn flavors/scent
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7638246
10/21/19 08:03 PM
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fouzman
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Corn. Unless it's the rut. Then a fresh tarsal gland off a hot doe.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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10/22/19 02:20 AM
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Roll-Tide
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Don’t try anything I buy.
Sugar beet crush. Nope
Deer cane. Nope.
Persimmon. Nope.
Salt worked one year.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7639848
10/23/19 02:54 PM
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PMK
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2 weeks ago when I was last out at my east TX lease, I put out a trophy rock down one shooting lane where there isn't a feeder just to see what activity that drew in ... will report after this weekend.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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10/28/19 02:24 AM
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Roll-Tide
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2 weeks ago when I was last out at my east TX lease, I put out a trophy rock down one shooting lane where there isn't a feeder just to see what activity that drew in ... will report after this weekend. I can save you some time. It’s gone, hogs tore it up.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7657397
11/10/19 11:59 AM
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Dave Davidson
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Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7658402
11/11/19 02:19 PM
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Mr. T.
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2 weeks ago when I was last out at my east TX lease, I put out a trophy rock down one shooting lane where there isn't a feeder just to see what activity that drew in ... will report after this weekend. I can save you some time. It’s gone, hogs tore it up. X2
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7659720
11/12/19 06:14 PM
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Erathkid
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I prefer fruity
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7781307
03/22/20 05:19 PM
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spg
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A continuous supply of corn works best for me.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7782132
03/23/20 11:32 AM
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B_Man
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On the Trophy Rock - we drove in a T-post then took a couple of hose clamps and a small piece of re-bar and secured the re-bar to the side of the t-post. Then drilled into the trophy rock and slid it over the re-bar to keep it off the ground and too high for the hogs. Perfect for the deer height. Just a thought.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7782143
03/23/20 11:43 AM
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mickeyhft
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Vanilla. When I was a young guide the old hands showed me a great trick. You mix liquid vanilla with either water or even better vodka (the thinking there being that it dilutes it but evaporates and is tasteless, thus not tainting the effects of the vanilla. You then spray this on your corn before you spread it out. We would put it out on a sendero or in a clearing and there would be deer on it really good in just a half day or so. We often see a good buck just driving around, corn a shooting lane in that area, put up a tripod or pop up, then take him a day or two later.
We had a well known attractant personality hunt with us often so he would get marketing picks, we'd always joke though, his product works really well mixed with a pile of corn.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7783503
03/24/20 01:35 PM
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Mr. T.
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2 weeks ago when I was last out at my east TX lease, I put out a trophy rock down one shooting lane where there isn't a feeder just to see what activity that drew in ... will report after this weekend. I can save you some time. It’s gone, hogs tore it up. Yep, I agree with that statement.....hogs. But to answer his question. I've sprinkled C"Mere Deer in my corn for last 4 years. I don't know if it helps at all. I use very little so a bag will last me the whole season. I can tell this. It throws a lot of dust into the air each time the feeder spins. Does that help with attraction...I don't know.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7783522
03/24/20 01:49 PM
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redchevy
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Only attractants I will use, corn, protein, water, or like noted above tarsals cut from a buck/doe
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7783555
03/24/20 02:20 PM
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DQ Kid
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I have had success in past with Buck Grub mixed with the corn in spincast feeder. Seemed to attract more bucks to feeders but can get messy in feeder as retains some moisture.
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7783735
03/24/20 05:18 PM
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PMK
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2 weeks ago when I was last out at my east TX lease, I put out a trophy rock down one shooting lane where there isn't a feeder just to see what activity that drew in ... will report after this weekend. I can save you some time. It’s gone, hogs tore it up. X2 just now saw this again ... for what it's worth, I saw deer in that lane every time I sat during the extended MLD3 season and not a hog one. By the end of January, there was a small 2 foot diameter hole where I placed the trophy rock about 6" deep (very sandy soil) with a licked smooth piece about the size of a baseball ... by the end of Feb. the chunk was gone. The only hogs I saw at this stand location was at a winch up un-penned feeder.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7783808
03/24/20 06:08 PM
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HuntnFly67
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Re: Favorite Deer Attractant
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#7820574
04/27/20 03:11 AM
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David7912
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Warm weather ,Red mineral blocks (bought at local feed store) corn rest of the time.
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