Gold Hunter

After killing a doe which fulfills my NJ earn a buck obligations, I am now hunting a big 8 point or better in a small set of woods surrounded by partially cut bean fields. Tonight, I decided to place Tinks #69 in a good place near my stand. The wind was blowing toward a known bedding area and in the direction a big buck came from prior to me being allowed by NJ Regulations to be able to shoot. Anyway, tonight, I had about 7-8 does walking from the bedding area, right towards my treestand. The lead doe, clearly the one in charge of this mixed age group, seemed to get spooked a bit by the Doe in Heat formula. I practice very good scent control and regularly have deer right under my stand, so I don' t believe she was smelling me.

Has anyone else had doe get bothered or spooked by Doe-in-heat scents you placed in the woods?

Thanks

6pt125lbs

No i never have had any spooking deer with scents you might just try some plain doe urine and wait about 2 weeks and use the doe in heat.



Nice bow

Kyle3

I have never had that kind of problem. I had a doe on Saturday evening lick my scent wick in which I had code blue on. The bucks should come running in Jersey to tinks that is if they aren' t holed up with a doe already, the rut is really on.

BOWFANATIC

I' ve never had doe get spooked by it , but I' ve had big bucks high tail it off! I dont touch the crap anymore.

Kyle3

I think you have to be very careful in how much you use as well. Five to Six drops can go a long way. That stuff is very potent so make sure you use it in the right dosage. I am sure others agree.

jvjbadger

Is it possible that you might have had some human scent on your scent bomb.
I' m not sure how you put your Tinks out. But you really have to be careful on how
you handle it and dispurse the scent.
Good Luck J.J.

onehornjimmy

I tagged a dandy 10 pt. 2 years ago using Tinks 69, but in an unorthodox, and admittingly not recommened way. It was the last day off rifle season, and I usually throw my excess botte(s) of scents away, so I dumped the remander of my Tinks out. About around sunset a doe appeared in front of me, and went almost right to the spot I dumped the Tinks out at. I got scared thinking she was going to catch where I walked in and placed the scent...ironically she seemed miffed by it, walking around it, smelling it, and acting weird by always looking behind her for about 10 minutes. I figured there would be another doe, she was always with... I Little did I know there was a dandy buck following her. I caught him, a 10 point as he snuck within 40 yards in front of me grunting heavily after her. I dropped him in his tracks as the doe watched from Tinks 69 dump site. Weird, but true story!

PABowhntr

Actually, I have heard several folks say that using any doe-in-estrous scent can and does have the tendency to spook does especially if the rut is not in full swing at that time...

Gold Hunter

Thanks everyone. There are plenty of deer in my woods, I think I' ll just let the does come in naturally, and hope big daddy buck follows them into my area.

superrman77

A lot of folks are complaining about tink' s 69. I don' t use it that much. So I really can;t say that it is junk. But Code blue is awesome. I dumped a whole bottle around my stand yesterday and the bucks that were coming by went straight to it. This stuff is great.
good luck