Scent Recommendations?

[The_Dinkmaster]

Looking at ordering some scent attractants for this season, specifically ones that are able to be diffused.

I hunt in mountainous terrain, so scent is a major part of the game and could potentially attract a deer from hundreds of yards, maybe even up to a mile (or more).

Im looking into Wyndscent because they have a product which is a pad that can be put into a Thermacell and will diffuse out for several hours. I also know there are several other companies out there that have similar products. They are somewhat expensive, so looking for anyone here that may have used some with good results, or perhaps any other companies that you would recommend which have a similar product?

 

[AlwaysChasinTailNHorns]

Not sure about any diffusing scents but I’ve used raw frozen scents for about 2 years now and it’s resulted in dead bucks I’ve never seen anything like it. Use a drag and put it in a scrape or just under your tree and they will come in fast and stay there for a solid couple minutes had a basket rack in Illinois who stayed under my tree for 7 minutes trying to figure out where this “hot” doe came from and went. Keep it in the freezer and I take it out morning of the hunts and just keep it in my pocket it natural thaws out by the time I’m to my spot.

 

[The_Dinkmaster]

Not sure about any diffusing scents but I’ve used raw frozen scents for about 2 years now and it’s resulted in dead bucks I’ve never seen anything like it. Use a drag and put it in a scrape or just under your tree and they will come in fast and stay there for a solid couple minutes had a basket rack in Illinois who stayed under my tree for 7 minutes trying to figure out where this “hot” doe came from and went. Keep it in the freezer and I take it out morning of the hunts and just keep it in my pocket it natural thaws out by the time I’m to my spot.

What product do you use? Was looking into this recently but I heard that shipping is very expensive because they have to be shipped frozen?

 

[AlwaysChasinTailNHorns]

What product do you use? Was looking into this recently but I heard that shipping is very expensive because they have to be shipped frozen?

Peak estrus, calming spray, and the scrape lure all which work phenomenal I’ve seen it first hand and yes the shipping is a touch pricey due to it being shipped frozen but they run deals and it pays off when you buy a whole package instead of paying for individual items and some of their packages will last you well through a year. I use that scrape lure on trail cams and it seems to be irresistible, I use the peak estrus pre and all through the rut and it’s resulted in a dead buck since I started using it, and the calming scent I spray on my tree once I’m in my stand and it lasts a whole day sit you can smell it when the wind picks up and starts to carry it and it seems to me that the doe I’ve seen come in when using the calming scent don’t seem up in arms if they walk into my downwind scent so that’s a huge bonus. Now granted it’a not the answer to everything but I promise first hand from my experiences this stuff works and it works great if used in the correct locations and timing.

 

[The_Dinkmaster]

Good to know. Do you happen to know what brand of scents you’ve used?

 

[MacGyver]

I hunt in mountainous terrain, so scent is a major part of the game and could potentially attract a deer from hundreds of yards, maybe even up to a mile (or more).

I cannot believe scent could travel that far and be strong enough for a animal to smell it. Unless the scent was at the bottom of a hill and the wind was going up wind.

Animals don't smell scent that is upwind only the scent that going downwind. They will also smell you. Do you really want that?

 

[AlwaysChasinTailNHorns]

Animals don't smell scent that is upwind only the scent that going downwind. They will also smell you. Do you really want that?

This isn’t necessarily accurate, deer have a phenomenal sense of smell plenty of studies show this and corroborate the fact that they don’t ONLY smell things downwind, now if you have a really strong wind sure but we don’t get to choose what wind we get only what we do with that information. Also you can put your scent in one spot and setup off that scent 20-40 yards to give yourself a better advantage of being detected downwind of a buck. Lastly during the rut bucks slip up and aren’t as cautious as they are when they’re on their early season patterns so when the wind carries the scent molecules and they attach to things such as forages as they flow through the air it creates a broader range of that specific attractant so not all of your bucks during the rut will come upwind or downwind again its the rut where a lot of things happen and mixing in hot doe estrus is only going to help during the rut keep the bucks mind off your human scent IF it’s detected by him. Lastly the wind changes all the time Mother Nature usually doesn’t just give us a 100% consistent wind so understanding this paired with where you’re gonna put your “attractant” and then deciding on those two factors where you need to place your stand setup is also key.