wafers, do you use them

[jlane]

i know some of you use the fresh earth wafers, but do you use the doe in estrus wafers, and have you had any luck with them

 

[bowhunter1023]

I did one time way back when. Haven't since. Can't say they really worked.

 

[Diablo54]

Fresh earth

 

[Jamie]

I shot a buck in WV over a "Buckrut" flavored one back in 1999 or 2000, which is the only time I ever had a deer come running to scent wafer. I put that wafer up, climbed into my stand, and saw him coming fast and on a string before I even got my bow pulled up. he trotted right to the damn thing, put his nose up to it and I shot him bare fingered at 7 yards. I used them a few times in conjunction with rattling/calling with my decoy, too. pretty sure the deer that I could tell actually smelled them seldom paid them any more attention that just simple curiosity. waste of time and money, imo.

 

[Mustang51js]

This year is the first time I'm going to try nothing but scent control. I used the scent wafers past years and never seemed to help,some say the deer still get alarmed because of the stronger scent

 

[ohio mossy oak]

Only wafer I use are the cookie ones to eat.Usually on a all day sit.I wash my gear scent free,air dry and as of this year roll on some hardwood smoke.

 

[teej89]

nope but used to use a doe tail and a wafer sprayed w/ doe in heat and hung it from a tree. Shot my first buck over it. With a gentle wind it makes the tail wave and he came right up to it.