ive heard several times to take tarsal glands off deer and use them as scent, but never tried it before. step 1 complete: i got a buck and the tarsal glands are pretty smelly and saved in a bag. im well aware that in this case its supposed to be an intruder buck, but where do you hang them and has anyone had success with this? im guessing hang em over scrapes but wondering if anyone else has any input.
I’ve heard just hang em up,not at any certain spot. If your rattling,grunting just remember a old smart buck will come in down wind so make sure your scent isnt blowing towards them
I used to hunt with a few guys that attached them to their rifle slings and boot straps - smelly, but they swore by them.
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Man am I glad I’ve got some good hunting ground. Ohio, my family would have to be starving before I would consider using tarsal glands. yuck. You bow hunting?
Just finished sighting in my neighbors .243 and 30 min later he took a 155lb 6 pt standing with 3 does, 20 yards from the target. I honestly believe year round feeding, frequenting the area and occasionally peeing near the food plot does wonders for spooky bucks. No question on the does.
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Fred the peeing does work I have seen it. My Granddad always used to say you need to pee before you get in your stand. He would just pee anywheres and I watched deer go right where he had just peed and sniff and just walk around never really got spooked.
This is from a deer hunting myth site
"5. Peeing From Your Stand Will Scare Deer Off: The old wives tale has it that if you do not bring along a pee bottle to your stand and answer natures call on the ground below, you may as well head for the house and find a new spot to. Research has shown, however, that the smell of human urine does not noticeably affect deer, if it affects them at all. One research project with penned deer had the researchers spraying all sorts of things into scrapes to see which deer liked best. In one case they used four thingsbuck urine, doe-in-estrous urine, human urine and car air freshener. Results? With bucks, doe-in-estrous was the most popular, followed by human urine, then car air freshener, then buck urine.
Stay as scent free as possible, and dont turn the ground near your stand into a public urinal, but if you have to go, just go, and keep hunting."
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