I've never used anything other than food baits for deer so I'd like to know what are some "real" lures that have worked for y'all in the past. It seems like most of the stuff for sale is lure for the hunter above all else. I've seen so many "buck bombs" and similar that it's hard to separate science from marketing. Will anyone share some legit recommendations? I do appreciate it.
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Used Special Golden Estrous all wknd and sat basically 2 full days. Not a single deer blew and actually saw the most deer I have ever seen in a sit. This is in East Tx and that should say a lot. Big target buck came in to the scent wick. Never got a shot but I say it worked!
Killed a mature 8pt 4 yrs ago with a buck bomb. Sprayed my boots walking in and he came in with his head down on the walk in trail.
I think the scents work if used at the right time. Just don’t use Tinks or anything with his name on it.
Buck Bomb buck
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Originally posted by Native Texan View PostIf you or anyone on your lease shoots a deer, cut off the tarsals...the tufts of hair on the back legs. Put them in a ziploc sandwich bag and freeze them for future use.
Hang them head high in a tree near your stand. Best "lure" I have found.
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I’ve seen the buck bombs work on occasion.Put one out and walked up to my stand and dang if I didn’t have a big ten all over it we I turned around he must have been laid up close. I made my first mock scrape a week ago wit synthetic urine and I have activity on it already.But mainly corn soybean salt lick rye grass and alfalfa hay when it’s cold and bare.
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Originally posted by Native Texan View PostIf you or anyone on your lease shoots a deer, cut off the tarsals...the tufts of hair on the back legs. Put them in a ziploc sandwich bag and freeze them for future use.
Hang them head high in a tree near your stand. Best "lure" I have found.
This. Corn works really well too.
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I’ve had some success with buck bombs sprayed directly on trees before a rattling session. All honesty the best scent I’ve found that works is human **** in particular female. Anytime I’m out and have to pee I go pee by my stand. If a female is around and she needs to pee she goes pop a squat at whatever stand I want to hunt.
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I have had success making my own mock scrapes. I'll paw out some ground with the heel of my boot, making sure to pick a spot that has overhanging branches low enough so the bucks can lift up their heads and mess with them, then I pee in them.
Human urine loses its distinctive 'human' scent identifier in around a minute. Then its just urine and the bucks think a rival buck is doing it. Works great.
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