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Strongest scented food/feed for deer? #3616791 09/29/12 08:36 PM
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What do you guys feel is the strongest scented food/feed that deer will eat? I have heard sweet feed can be smelled at a better distance, but I wasn't sure if there was something else out there that you thought gave off a odor that deer can smell from farther away then other stuff.

Does peanut butter give off a big odor for deer, or does it make them jittery I wonder with an uncommon smell like that in the area?

Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: spoon33] #3616812 09/29/12 08:42 PM
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Sorry, just saw the thread below. Looks pretty similar to my question, unless somebody has an answer for something I can buy and throw out to catch the deer's attention.

Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: spoon33] #3617529 09/30/12 01:25 AM
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roasted soy bean..alfalfa hay..

Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: n-all] #3617701 09/30/12 02:19 AM
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Sweet feed is good. Golden deer nuggets smells pretty good too .

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Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: dlrz71] #3618095 09/30/12 06:06 AM
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Alfalfa or peanut hay if peanuts are native to your area


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Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: wlldraper] #3618266 09/30/12 01:30 PM
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Liquid molasses always worked well .

Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: n-all] #3618290 09/30/12 01:48 PM
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Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: Kelly223] #3618488 09/30/12 03:11 PM
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Mumme's Apple Scented Corn


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Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: LandPirate] #3618545 09/30/12 03:36 PM
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I used apples and it seemed to bring them in. I went to a produce store and asked if they had some cull apples they wanted to get rid of. They brought out 4 five pound bags of apples and charged me $5. Most were good apples just had a few that were over ripe.

Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: BLUERIBBONS] #3618930 09/30/12 06:16 PM
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I like to throw in some Strawberry Jell-O into my sack of corn and shake it up. It worked last year.

Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: Enter Standman] #3619169 09/30/12 08:04 PM
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hog wild in my feeders work well

Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: spartanhunter] #3619327 09/30/12 08:55 PM
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X2 on the mumme's corn


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Re: Strongest scented food/feed for deer? [Re: wintertexan] #3619708 09/30/12 11:25 PM
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