Homemade deer lure

[jh45gun]

Saw this on a Outdoors show. How to make your own deer lure

Take a pair of deer testicles and cut them open and inside them it is like a paste. Scrape this paste out of both and put in a jar. add to that jar about 4 ounces of Vodka and let set for a couple of months in cool dark place. Then add an equal amount of glycerine 4 ounces. shake it up and add several drops of Tonquin musk. Let sit for at least two months or longer. The longer is sits the better it is. I did not know what the Tonquin musk was so I read up on it on the net. Trappers use it for their fox and other lures. Here is what it said: Tonquin Musk Authentic - Derived from Siberian Deer Musk. Highly Concentrated Oil giving off a sharp penetrating odor. One of the true secrets of old time Fox, Coyote, and Wolf trappers. An excellent ingredient in the formation of lure, also used straight. Popular in better Deer Lure formulas, known as the "Secret" Ingredient.

I suppose you can buy this Tonquin musk at trappers supply places and I would bet a small bottle would last a long while. I saw prices from 4 dollars a ounce bottle and up to 14 so I guess it would pay to shop around. They make a synthetic Tonquin musk too the ads say it is as good. I do not know maybe that is the cheaper stuff.

Here is a other version. Testicles: This is a good ingredient in lures but it also works well on its own. Cut the balls out
of the buck's sack and discard the sack. Cut the balls into a few small pieces, cover with
alcohol and store in a cool dark place for two months or so. When they've soaked long
enough, pull out and discard the pieces of testicle that remain. Add an equal amount of
glycerin and around a teaspoon of tonquin musk.

I suppose you could buy deer lure for the price of the Tonquin musk but the guy claimed this worked very well and it would give you a pretty good supply of lure that is sure.
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[KyFlintlock]

Wrap the jar with a label that says "Peanut Butter" and stick it in the cabinet and wait for screams from the kids! :haha:

My buddies dad makes his own lure, he is a trapper from way back and he has 3 deer over 150 using this stuff. He is a great source of info, if you catch him in the "sharing" mood.

Good luck and thanks for the tip!
wess

 

[jbg]

I love to hunt. I like the taste of venison. But man, there just ain't no way I am doing something like that.

 

[walley]

Here's is something I use. It's not so much as a lure as it is a cover sent but it is homemade. When in season, I gather up a few white oak acorns (a common food source where I hunt) and pop the caps off. Then I mash them up with a wood mallet or whatever wood is handy, don't use anything steel for mashing. I then place them in an old clean boiler (nothing I will be eating out of) cover them with water to about 1" to 1-1/2" partly covering the pot with a lid so the sent from the acorns doesn't steam away. Boil them at a low boil for awhile then pour up the liquor in a jar and let cool. Store in a cool place and shake well before use. Put in a small spray bottle or on pieces of cloth in a zip-lock bag and warm by the truck heater/defroster on the way to the woods. This won't draw deer like flies, but it won't send them screaming away either. You can substitute the acorns for whatever is a natural food source in your hunting location.

 

[jh45gun]

Yea I have heard of soaking pine branches in alcohol for a cover scent too. (What ever is local in your neck of the woods)

 

[Wigamajig]

I love to hunt. I like the taste of venison. But man, there just ain't no way I am doing something like that.

I agree! If I need lure, I will buy it in the store and hope it works. I haven't needed it yet.

 

[rebel727]

Just get some creamy peanut butter and smear it on a limb. may take'em a week or so to find it but when they do they'll lick the bark off the limb. Or cut a hole in the bottom of a jar and hang it where they can get to it. :thumbsup: I'm not advocating baiting but get them used to coming for it and they'll still look for it after it's gone.