By my ordering more 33-pt, you can see I definitely think there’s something to it. Here in Ala we don’t have any rut to speak of until late January (to early Feb…i.e., after the season ends Jan 31st), so I haven’t tried to use Doe-n-Heat or the other buck lure yet. Yesterday, however, out of 5 hunters, I was the only one using any scent cover/attractant. No one saw anything of any merit in the afternoon…except for me. Conditions were virtually no wind…not too ideal. Nevertheless, I had 5 (3 doe, 2 fawns) come out from the woods 10 yds away from me w/i 10 min of getting into the stand and spraying the initial 60-second cover scent. They got w/i 15 feet and spent at least 20-30 min eating so close to me I could’ve spit on them. Every time they looked like they’d bust me, I’d spray about 5-8 seconds…and they’d go right back to eating. When I concluded I was wasting 33-pt on a group of non-shooters, I quit spraying. Within 5-8 min, they busted me and took off. I sprayed it again about 20 min later…and 3 of the same deer came back! It was kinda fun playing the “Turn it on and watch ‘em come in, turn it off and watch them leave” game. Meanwhile, 7 more (again, does and fawns) came out from across the field about 60 yds away. Don’t know if my scent (or the 33-pt) had gotten over there w/the no-wind situation, but they generally stayed over there. Finally, shortly before sundown, what looked like a large doe came running directly twds me from the far side of the field stopping about 15 yds short of the stand. Turned out to be a 1-1/2 yr buck with 8-10” spikes. He had absolutely no reason for coming to me (rape and other things were planted equally around the field) other than possibly the 33-pt. I sprayed off and on for the next 20 min before running out of spray.* While doing so, he came w/i spitting distance frequently raising his nose to smell. Within 7-8 min of me running out of the spray, he busted me. Harvest? Nothing b/c we have an 8-pt or better rule on this property. That said, I was the only one who saw any substantive activity—a total of 15-20 deer in a 2-hr period—and I tend to think it was related to the 33-pt. Looking fwd to trying more as it gets colder here…and the ![]( "=\"http://deerspace.com/account/submit/add-blog/design/images/themes/blue-fade.jpg\"") bucks start doing their scrape/rub activity. Again, thanks. Joe
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