Does vanilla attract deer?

Vanilla Extract will attract deer. Peanut Butter works too, atleast in the SC woods I hunt in.
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Do deer like smell of vanilla?

Vanilla is a food scent choice that's hard to beat for hunters from Kansas all the way down south in Texas.
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What scent attracts deer the most?

Doe urine in the liquid form is probably the most common attractant scent used by deer hunters. It is good for calming deer's nerves and piquing their curiosity, since it simulates a new deer in the area. Since it is a common smell in the woods, it very seldom scares deer—bucks or does.
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What smells do deer love?

Deer are attracted to the smell of soil as is, but if you want to up the attraction factor, pour some buck or doe urine, or scrape starter into it.
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What food is irresistible to deer?

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Plants that typically attract deer include red clover, chicory, and orchard grass. Certain high-protein crops, such as peas, soybeans, turnips, alfalfa, sorghum, kale, or corn, are also attractants that the animals enjoy feeding on.
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What is a deer's favorite flavor?

Apple-flavored attractants have been around for years, and many long-time hunters say deer still love them over anything else. A variety of apple-flavored products have been created throughout the years including apple-scented corn, apple-scented liquids, and apple-scented blocks.
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What attracts deer more than corn?

Peanut butter has physical properties that will help deer hang around in front of your trail cameras better than corn. It tends to leave a longer-lasting residue than corn, so whitetails stick around wherever you smear it.
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Is vanilla extract a good cover scent for deer?

Add a few teaspoons of vanilla extract to a spray bottle filled with distilled water to create a very effective and easy scent-covering spray. Coat your boots in the spray before entering the woods and climbing into your stand. Deer often exhibit curiosity, not fear, when they encounter vanilla-based cover scents.
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What is the best thing to attract deer?

By far the most popular and widely used bait for attracting whitetails is corn. Not only is deer corn highly consumed and well received by whitetails in almost every habitat across the continent, but it's also one of the cheapest options for hunters.
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Does peanut butter attract deer?

Deer love peanut butter, so it is an excellent bait. You can use peanut butter alone or in a mixture to lure deer into an area for hunting or just to enjoy watching them. Peanut butter is much cheaper than most commercial deer attractants and works as well or better.
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What is the number 1 deer attractant?

Big & J BB2 is the best deer food attractant that we use, but it is more than that. It is not very often that you get to support a company that you can truly be proud to do business with. Big & J is one of those companies.
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What food smells do deer like?

For example, some stores sell scented deer corn, such as orange-flavored corn. Products flavored with apples, such as corn, liquids and other attractants are known to draw deer, who love apple scent.
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How do you attract big bucks to your stand?

For variety and winter cover, you can mix in a few pines or cedars.
  1. Provide minerals. Maybe you're fortunate enough to have a natural mineral site on your property. ...
  2. Add water. ...
  3. Create or enhance staging areas. ...
  4. Add shrubs and vines. ...
  5. Build big buck bedding cover. ...
  6. Create a thermal refuge. ...
  7. Plant oaks. ...
  8. Give them fruit.
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What is a deer's favorite food?

They love pecans, hickory nuts and beechnuts acorns in addition to acorns. A couple of favorite fruits are apples, blueberries, blackberries and persimmons. Deer occasionally enter yards to get their mouths on flowers, vegetables and ornamental trees -- quite often to the surprise of the homeowners.
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Will deer eat honey?

Both the sweetness of the honey and the protein and fat of the peanut butter are irresistible to deer. You shouldn't feed deer honey and peanut butter every day, but it definitely makes for a good deer lure or an occasional treat.
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How do you make homemade scent Killer spray?

Dissolve one-eighth cup of baking soda in it. Mix in 8 ounces of peroxide (3% formula), and add a teaspoon of unscented soap. Stir, don't shake, to minimize suds. This will yield a pint of spray.
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How do you mix vanilla extract for deer?

It works. I mix about 1 oz. of extract with 8 oz. of water and about 0.2 oz of canola oil.
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Does sugar attract deer?

They like apples and there are other deer attractives that have sugar in them. Give it a try if you are allowed to bait deer in your area but you might also attract some ants also!
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What is the cheapest thing to feed deer?

An inexpensive way to feed deer is with corn. Deer love corn and many hunters rely on it for supplemental feeding. That being said, corn is not an excellent source of protein, which is essential for antler growth and the nursing of fawns.
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Do used tampons attract deer?

Not only do tampons make great absorbents for your drag rag, they also make exceptional scent wicks. They are sterile, come unscented and can hold a considerable amount of deer urine. Simply apply the scent or deer urine to the tampon and use it's handy-dandy string to tie it in place.
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Can deer see blue jeans?

Deer eyes lack the ultraviolet light filter that human and other longer-lived animals have, which means they see blues and other short-wavelength colors about twenty times better than we do. “Blue jeans are much more vivid to a deer than blaze orange,” said Murphy.
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What time of day are most big bucks killed?

Most of them are specifically between 9:00 and 10:00 in the morning to be exact. It's a proven time, and it could have a lot to do with the common perception among deer hunters that things slow down once early morning is through.
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