Vanilla Extract?? Also When Is Estrus Old??

[endless]

I heard people hunters use this just curious for what, why, and when?? Also I was trying to find out if I should toss out my doe estrus from last year I had for Hoosier trapper and supply??? I heard hunters replace each year should I or us it neccesary??

[MDBowHunter]

The vanilla is used as a cover scent/ attractant. Play the winds and the vanilla is worthless, now as far as the doe pee. That I toss out at the end of each season, try taking a new bottle and give it a sniff next to the old one and you'll see why I say this..

[jhoffman]

Ive tried scents thousands of times, I can think of three times when I know it did something. 2 of those 3 reactions happened before archery became popular.

 

If every time you walked into your house and you smelled popcorn someone took a shot at you what would you do after a while when you smelled popcorn walkn through the door? You would be anticipating and looking for someone to shoot at you.

 

I hunt with the theory the less you can let them know theyre being hunted the better. The army doesnt call up bagdad and say... Just wanted to let you know were gonna fly in today and drop a couple precision missiles into hq, you better get out.

 

I once took 6 different kinds of scents including no scent and made a scrape line in a travel cooridor then monitored them with trail cams. My most productive was pure 99 cent amonia off the shelf followed by pure dirt with no induced scent and third was human urine. The deer scents didnt even get noticed and neither did car air freshner.

 

I have to wonder if some bottles get just the right combo of secretions from all the glands. If they dont rub when they urinate theyre missing a piece of the puzzle in the scent as those tarsal glands have all kinds of bacteria signals in them. Know this, Id bet my left one that if you get a bottle that works, refrigerate it and it will work until you run out, your next hundred, probably wont even elicit a reaction.

 

On more than one occasion I have seen everything from mature bucks step right over drag lines I created in the rut to walk down wind of where I placed scent and never even change their posture or vary a step off course. Ive tried them all from extracted from the deer with a hose to elevated refrigerated floors poured into one bottle.

 

Its probably a billion dollar industry.

[MDBowHunter]

Jhoffman I agree with pretty much everything you said, but during the rut Code Blue doe in estrus has always been a winner winner venison dinner for me...

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I hear great things about code blue but last year had luck with the estrus from Hoosier trapper. It drawn in a nice 6 point buck but my location for it wasn't great. He was behind a tree and brush so couldn't make him out til he went up on top the hill. Sadly I missed placing my shot.

Wildgame golden scrape worked for me too.