Tarsal glands not legal in wisconsin
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Hello I have seen a lot of talk on here about using tarsal glands off of a deer as a scent attractant. I emailed the dnr about this and asked If it was legal to use them. There answer was no it is not per page 29 of the baiting and feeding regs ( scent is any material except animal parts or byproducts used to attract wild animals solely by its odor) I am not saying I agree with this but I thought I would let you guys know what they told me before somebody on here gets fined for using them.
That's why you need to use my method of adding water to the tarsal glands in a ziplock. Slosh it around until water is discolored brown, filter through a coffee filter into a bottle, and keep frozen between uses to avoid it going rancid.
They are thawing now. I'll use your method Pete. Now, to my original question, when should I start using it and is it smarter to hang it over a scrape with a small pinhole in my container so it slowly drips out or put it in one of my doe pee bottles and just spray it like I would the estrus? There is a nice buck in my spot down by me and I'm thinking if I use it over the scrape he will feel challenged and frequent that location more. Does that make sense or is it foolish?
If I remember correctly, your buck was harvested last season during the rut, yes?
If so, I'd wait until the end of October, and use it on the bottom of my boots or a drag rag as you walk in. Don't be surprised if a deer walk the same trail you walk in on. Remember that this deer scent will be unrecognized by the deer in your woods, and even if it acts as a curiosity scent, it can also scare deer not in the mood to cross paths with another buck. I like to use it aspirated from a spray bottle, and use it on or near my decoy to hide the unnatural scent that a plastic decoy can give off. I wouldn't waste it on a scrape. In my opinion, scrapes are most often doctored up in the dark, and most deer scent check them from a good distance downwind...making them tough to hunt. I like to use it more as a cover/curiosity scent to cover my smell. I promise it works, but like anything, it doesn't work every time, and send deer running. As you know, it will certainly be natural, as you know where it came from.
Good luck!
Can we pull up the how to thread on this some how...I have tarsals in the freezer as well and want to give it a go!
"except animal parts or byproducts used to attract wild animals"... pretty vague. Isn't almost every over the counter deer scent a "byproduct" of a deer?
Does not include liquid scent. Urine or watered down tarsal gland is a liquid scent.
Hardly worth the effort to bother with.
South Farm, I have five minutes of free time. In my opinion, well worth the miniscule effort. That store bought crap from a game farm that may or may not be urine is certainly inferior to what I've seen first hand using both. Give it a whirl, you may change your tune?
Pete, I'm going to try it during my vacation first week of November. I've never had luck with scents before(dominant buck and doe estrus of different brands). I'll document my firsthand results.
Pete, I have changed my tune. This will be my 38th. deer season and in that time I've tried everything from rattling, grunting, decoying, scents, sleeping out overnight in the woods, pushes, baiting, food plot, tarsal glands, hell I even hung used tampons out one year much to my girlfriend's dismay (she left me, lol!) and I can honestly say nothing, NOTHING, no gimmick or trick has ever worked better than picking a good spot and being patient. Nothing. That's why I say it's not worth the bother...not that it couldn't work once, maybe twice, but that it doesn't work as consistently as picking a good location, minimizing your presence, and wait them out.
South Farm, I practice the same philosophy essentially. 95% of what I do, is walking in clean, playing the wind, and sitting long hours.
I will use this natural scent on the bottom of my feet, and on my decoy. It does work, and like anything else, it doesn't work always. I don't use it every time. I will use it however at the end of October through the rut.
I've always said ass-time is likely what gets you the most deer. You can't kill them where they're not. You can kill them using the gimmicks. You must be proficient and confident in everything you do. I've rattled and decoyed too many deer to say it isn't effective, at the same time, I would not deny that those same interactions may have happened without using that technique, and was simply sitting in a tree instead. The more you carry out in the woods, the more you have to carry out, and walking in with the bare minimum is much easier.
Best of luck in your new approach.
Point taken, Pete, but I thought of something else...I'm getting lazy...don't like carrying all the extra "stuff"...so maybe that's the driving force behind my simplistic approach. lol!
I despise commercial deer scent. But I will be using pete-pec's tarsal recipe this year. I have a decent amount mixed up and ready to go in the freezer.