vanilla extract as cover scent?

whdahel · Post by **whdahel** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:38 am

Any one ever hear of using vanilla extract as cover scent? Ever try it? I read it in my outdoor life last year, how well does it work?

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:45 am

they already make it for cover scents.. it smells very good and always tend sto make me hungry LOL..

I used the stuff when I was about 15-16 years old. The problem was, deer smell it and will come to it. They are on alert when they do come in. I had 8 or 9 doe come up the first time using it and never could draw my bow back since they were on full alert looking for that smell.

does it cover your scent.. yes it does... but the problem is it gives the deer another scent to focus in on and look for

vanilla killer was the name of what I tried and they still make it believe

bkisel · Post by **bkisel** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:12 am

Hi,

I use it but not by itself. I make a cover scent of approximately 1/2 doe urine, 1/2 raccoon urine and a splash of vanilla extract. I've had deer come in and bust me, deer come in alert, deer come in relaxed and asking me to shoot them. Who knows if it really works or not? Maybe its more of a placebo for this old hunter than it is an attractant for deer?

Take care...

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:54 am

when i used it, i just wanted to go home and make homemade icecream LOL

it definitely will attract deer.. it makes them curious

scratcherky · Post by **scratcherky** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:27 pm

Vanilla extract smells like acorns. That is the reason it attracts deer. I have used it as adrag to my tree and have had deer trail me in before I could get in my stand.

Undertaker · Post by **Undertaker** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:48 pm

I like attractants, and sometimes they do scare deer. My favorite is a tarsal gland on a fence that seperates two territories. But.....none are replacements for being clean and fresh yourself and downwind. Deer will smell vanilla AND hunter, even if all YOU smell is ice cream..

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:01 pm

Vanilla flavored cigars & coffee brewing in the ground blind has worked more than once for me.

A couple years ago I had a button buck that came in from downwind many times when I lit up a vanilla flavored cigar and put the coffee pot on the alcohol stove - I believe he actually was attracted to the scent. But then he didn't fear human scent to begin with. I've walked within 30 yards of him when he was at the feeder and he wouldn't leave. Just look up then go back to eating.

One evening he watched me climb up in the ladder stand and 10 minutes later was munching acorns under the stand.

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:04 pm

Undertaker wrote:I like attractants, and sometimes they do scare deer. My favorite is a tarsal gland on a fence that seperates two territories. But.....none are replacements for being clean and fresh yourself and downwind. Deer will smell vanilla AND hunter, even if all YOU smell is ice cream..

onething ill add is.. ive never had a buck bigger than a spike come to it.. mature deer always avoided it but that was with my experience and I only used it one year. I have much better luck with just using scent away and hunting downwind

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:10 pm

I've used those tiny bubble maker thingies you get at weddings to check wind direction - great to see what the wind does as they travel. I add a bit of vanilla to the bubble solution - never noticed that it did anything but I figured it wouldn't hurt.

whdahel · Post by **whdahel** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:38 pm

thats a good easy Idea... thanks

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:08 am

I use an attractant product produced and bottled by forum member Hoss called O'de Redneck.

I didn't have much luck bringing in deer, but Larry the Cable Guy did appear under my climber the second morning I tried it out.

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:38 am

Mike P wrote:I use an attractant product produced and bottled by forum member Hoss called O'de Redneck.

I didn't have much luck bringing in deer, but Larry the Cable Guy did appear under my climber the second morning I tried it out.

Was he carrying a rope to lasso a deer?

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:15 pm

Hey Now what the F. Boo I resemble that remark. Its a very compilcated reduced and multiplied scent derived from rope burn extract. For some reason it turned out smellin like budwieser ? go figure..

On the serious side ...deer being curious creatures almost any scent will pull in the young deer. Very hard to pull in a mature buck with any scent that does not belong in the woods according to him..

During the rut is the best time to full Mr mature with doe pee, tarsal etc. They are not thinking right during that time..lol