There are a lot of good scent killer products out there that work well, but looking to add food-based attractant to the mix. Anyway, I was wondering if anybody had used or considered using those apple scented air fresheners that look like a pine tree and if so how well they worked out? Baiting is not legal where I hunt. link to photo of the product: http://www.amazon.com/Car-Freshner-Air-Freshener-Green/dp/B0006O2P2Q It would be cool if they did work, because they are dirt cheap and not designed to attract deer. Maybe a test is in order at the local forest preserve.
One day I was driving home from a hard day's work and nodded off at the wheel. When I opened my eyes, I saw a tree right in the middle of the windshield. Well I swerved to miss it. Then I realized it was the car fresher hanging off the mirror. Freaked me right out. I never thought about using one in the woods. A person did tell me that he takes an apple and rubs it on the side of the trees and throws the apple on the ground in front of his stand. He said that works.
you can always try it, but i have never had any luck with sents. if it wasn't there yesterday, the old buck will notice that its not right. thats just me thought and experience.
I've done some reading up on deer noses. The say that a deer, or animals in general smell things deifferently than we do. we smell a composition and animals can smell each individual constituant in the composition, or so they say. so going off that I'd think the deer could smell a chemical mixture and Know that something aint right.
You are right on Boognish. The best approach is to eliminate as much scent as possible. That is why ScentLok is some of the best gear out there. Then adding natural smells back to help cover up is ok. Breaking a pine branch, cracking open an apple, or even using the farmers horse dung. Anything that is a natural product and a normal smell for that specific location.
I agree... While working K-9's, we were told that when we smell hamburgers on a grill across the street, the dog smells salt, pepper, A1, garlic, seasoning, charcoal, lighter fluid, the soap used to wash the grill, the cologne he is wearing, the beer on his breath, ........ You get my point.... They can really break it down... And I agree, we hunt on a working cattle farm.. We step in a big pile when we go in the woods... Man, what a natural cover scent.. You just get used to the smell !! LOL... And the fresh ones will cover you all morning.. Ha Ha Ha...
I tried taking a container and put corn in it and then dumped apple juice on top it and put it by the feeder. First deer went right for it and cleaned it out. As far as I know there are not any apple trees around here. They also like cantaloupe but don’t care about water melon. Try it out and see what happens.
Thanks df883....sounds like a good idea, but not legal in the county I hunt. Went to Bass pro to pick up my license yesterday and bought Tinks all purpose deer attractant sticks. They look like punk sticks and are designed to be burned under a bucket with breathing holes. Will report if they work.
Honestly, I have the best success hunting travel trails along feeding/bedding areas. I do sometimes toss out a cotton ball with a little vanilla on it for a curious deer to stop and sniff (and sometimes try to eat) but too much seems to alert them. Unless you feed corn with flavor on it during the closed season if that is legal and create an association with that smell, I'd be careful. Vanilla works here because deer love Honey Locust beans and they taste like vanilla. I collect those when I run across them and freeze them and use vanilla when I can't find or run out of locust beans. I also gather persimmons when I run across a tree full of ripe ones and relocate them to a huntable treestand location nearby.
