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Attracting
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12/12/11 02:06 AM
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countryboydman
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I need some help finding some stuff that attracts deer. Whats some good cheap stuff that will bring in the nice ones?
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Re: Attracting
[Re: BuckRage]
#2828915
12/12/11 02:11 AM
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countryboydman
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Ive had this tripod feeder out since august and been feeding. ive put pairs and doe p out also. i have a few doe but nothing big
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Re: Attracting
[Re: countryboydman]
#2828918
12/12/11 02:13 AM
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wrknonit
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I've tried the various scents and calls with really mixed results. I've noticed that the wrong scent can alarm them more than attract. For example, dominant buck scent will alarm the bejeezus out of some bucks and does. Try putting out some piles of sweet horse feed. The cheapest stuff works fine. Something about that smell of molasses really gets their attention. It's really a way attracting MORE deer to an area, not necessarily bigger ones, but you never know as they can smell it for miles. By the way, I had never seen Axis deer on my lease until the very morning after I poured some sweet feed out near my feeders. My cameras caught them there that next morning for the first time. It works.
always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: countryboydman]
#2828948
12/12/11 02:22 AM
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wrknonit
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Definitely. Just ask the man for the cheapest bag of sweet horse feed they have. Take it out the day before you hunt, if possible, and pour it into piles near, not under, within the range of the corn it spits out, your feeder. If not, take a bucket of said feed with you on your way to the stand and dump it out as close to the feed area as you can without disturbing the area too much. Do not try to run it through your feeder as the sticky molasses will really gum stuff up. With a little peace and quiet and a little breeze, critters from a good ways off will smell it and come looking for it.
Last edited by wrknonit; 12/12/11 02:29 AM.
always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2828956
12/12/11 02:24 AM
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countryboydman
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Alright thanks. Ive been hunting a lot and havnt seen anything. i have gotten pics of a few do but thats it
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2828962
12/12/11 02:25 AM
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LandPirate
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Well according to some on here you should try, and not in any particular order or combination: Indian Corn Buck Crack C'mere Deer Buck Bomb
I'm sure there's others that I'm leaving out but I'm also sure that someone will chime in with other gimmicks that you must try.
Me personally, I just use regular ol' corn. Works everytime.
Mike Buda, Tx Hunt near Freer
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2828966
12/12/11 02:26 AM
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BuckMasterTX
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Corn, and molasses, used both.
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Re: Attracting
[Re: BuckMasterTX]
#2828985
12/12/11 02:31 AM
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wrknonit
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There you go boyd, 2 that say molasses in some form or the other. Write us back and tell us what and how you do. By the way, Sweet horse feed runs about 13 buck a bag for the cheaper stuff. Thats not much more than corn.
always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: BuckMasterTX]
#2828990
12/12/11 02:32 AM
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countryboydman
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Yeah i wont stop giving them corn. They stay a good 10 ft away from the feeder. they dont go up to it. my camera cant even take good pics at night because they are so far away
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Re: Attracting
[Re: countryboydman]
#2829011
12/12/11 02:37 AM
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wrknonit
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Really? There might be something about the feeder spooking them, or is the feeder a new experience to them? I've always got deer standing dang near on top of mine and waiting for it to go off.
always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2829102
12/12/11 03:00 AM
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countryboydman
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Well i just moved it to this new place i august so they arent used to it i dont guess... and thats amazing how they are under your feeder when it goes off.
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Re: Attracting
[Re: countryboydman]
#2829118
12/12/11 03:05 AM
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wrknonit
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always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2829153
12/12/11 03:15 AM
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countryboydman
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Yeah before i moved the feeder they came up to it like that... and your camera takes good night pics. mine dont take them like that.
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2829172
12/12/11 03:20 AM
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ethunter86
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awesome thanks im going to use that to the fullest i just saw my first doe and buck yesterday morning but I put out some buck p the night before and the doe and buck didn't go nowhere near it. but I was going to get some c'mere deer but I know it can be expensive but we go some all stock feed were feeding the lamb its sticky and full of molassas. so im going to try that
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Re: Attracting
[Re: countryboydman]
#2829187
12/12/11 03:27 AM
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wrknonit
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Model n2 from wildgame innovations. not top of the line but works good for 59 dollars at wal mart. gonna go get me some more of em when I get some extra cash.
always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: ethunter86]
#2829198
12/12/11 03:29 AM
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wrknonit
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always happy to help.
always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2829229
12/12/11 03:37 AM
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countryboydman
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mine takes great pics during the day but at night you can barely see
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Re: Attracting
[Re: countryboydman]
#2829302
12/12/11 04:05 AM
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wrknonit
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always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2831277
12/12/11 09:52 PM
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countryboydman
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tHATS NICE MAN. you have any bigbucks running through
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Re: Attracting
[Re: countryboydman]
#2831652
12/13/11 12:01 AM
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wrknonit
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Been a lean year. I have tons of does, some young boys like that one, and quite a few young spikes. I'm just not seeing anything older. all young this year.
Last edited by wrknonit; 12/13/11 12:02 AM.
always room for another buddy!
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Re: Attracting
[Re: wrknonit]
#2831683
12/13/11 12:10 AM
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countryboydman
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Yeah. Do you think it has to do with the drought?
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Re: Attracting
[Re: countryboydman]
#2838119
12/14/11 07:37 PM
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jashle
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what kind of "sweet horse feed" are you getting and where from? I usually get my feed from Mumme's.
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