Anybody here using vanilla for cover/attractant?

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  1. JasonOhio2018

    JasonOhio2018 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Does anybody remember Dan Fitzgerald and vanilla killa?

    Let's hear how you use it and does it work for you.
     
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  3. JasonOhio2018

    JasonOhio2018 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Really? Nobody?
     
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    Never heard of that product. When I was a new bow hunter I used to soak 1/4 wood dowels in vanilla and stick them in the ground at yardage intervals to be an on the ground range finder. Never saw a deer pay any attention to them. As far as it's successful usage on a hunting show, well I don't want to sound like some kind of kook that would deny the moon landing, but deer usually don't just go to a food based attractant unless they have been conditioned to go to appealing smells where food is always available. This is better achieved in a controlled fenced in area, so if you see it on camera you might want to be just a little bit skeptical.
     
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    My wife rubs me down with coconut oil every....oh wait, for hunting....err no, I use Dead Down Wind.
     
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    I just threw up in my mouth, just a little.
     
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    I've used Nosejammer a few times. Got some for free at the ATA show last year so figured it was worth a try being free and all....

    Haven't had any real reactions positive or negative definitively. I was just spraying a bit on my pack or a nearby tree when elk hunting earlier this month, figured it couldn't hurt with all the sweating I was doing. I did have some very close encounters with both elk and mule deer and never got busted FWIW
     
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    I must admit I am a little taken back by what you said.
     
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    Why so?
     
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    I know, coconut oil doesn't smell that great.
     
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    I hate coconut, I can detect it in the ppm range if it is in food.
     
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    If you are referring to plain ole vanilla in a bottle.
    Yes. I have used it in the past. I just put it on a scent wick then hung it in a tree. Never seen any deer scared of it at all. Most would walk up and lick the wick.
    Honestly I had forgotten about using it.
     
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    Yes. Like vanilla extract. I remembered years ago using vanilla based products and I was wondering if anyone still uses it today.
     
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    Try this..i use this Anis smell for roe deer and is awesome...red deer and hogs love it also..you can buy concetrate anis oil on ebay and put few drops on water in spray bottle and use on hunting clothing..work best for me when i waiting deer and is cheap...i never buying scent free product...also use anis salt paste..just spread on on the tree and deer allways come back lick salt. deer can smell anis hundreds yards..

    http://www.bushwear.co.uk/concentrated-aniseed-oil-100ml.html
     
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    I have tried it. Never had much luck. I might have over used it some also, if anything I felt like I seen less. They might have caught on that smell = hunter. Im sure if used in moderation it can be good though. I was experimenting and when I didn't see results I increased when I probably should have decreased.
     
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    I use anise a lot when trapping.... ^^
     
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    I do not believe cover scents work for whitetail. If humans can differentiate between different odors at the same time, so can they... to a much higher degree.
     
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    I agree
     
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    I'm going to have to give it a whirl again this year.
    Let me know if you have any luck with it.
     
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