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How to Make a Homemade Deer Scent

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By TS Kellett
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Make a Homemade Deer Scent
Make a Homemade Deer Scent

Artificial deer scents don't generally work. Using urine from real deer is best, and it is simple to harvest the urine from your latest kill. If you're allowed more that one deer a season, you might get it made in time for your next hunt. But it also keeps well for next season. Using local deer helps, as other deer are likely already familiar with the scent and will not be as cautious.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Harvested deer carcass
  • Knife
  • Rubber gloves
  • Large jar
  • 2-3 small dark glass jars with lids
  • 2 quart sauce pan that you will no longer need for cooking food
  • Outdoor gas grill or camp stove
  • Paper towel
  1. Step 1

    Harvest fresh urine from the bladder of a freshly killed deer. To do this, put on your rubber gloves and pinch the cord running to the bladder and cut it 4 inches above the bladder. Tie a not in it and do the same thing with the cord running away from the bladder.

  2. Step 2

    Hold the bladder above the quart jar and either re-cut the lower cord or untie it allowing the urine to spill into the jar. You can mix urine from does together but never mix buck urine with either doe or other buck urine. Put a lid on the jar and keep refrigerated until you are done collecting.

  3. Step 3

    Get your outdoor grill or camp stove ready. Pour the urine into the 2 quart pan and heat until boiling. Reduce heat to a gentle boil and cook until urine is reduced by 3/4. This generally takes about 1 hour. This substance will be thick and smelly, so be sure to do this outside.

  4. Step 4

    Set your reduced urine aside to cool completely. Cover it with a paper towel to keep bugs and debris out.

  5. Step 5

    Pour the urine into the small dark glass bottles. Label them according to which type of urine they are. If it's from a 6 point buck, label it as such. This mixture will keep well stored in a cool, dark place for years.

Tips & Warnings
  • Buck urine reduced from this year's kill will be familiar to bucks the following year and they are more likely to come in for a fight.
  • Bucks become very aggressive during the rut. Never wear this lure on you body or clothing. You could be attacked. Never use the pot or jars used to process urine for cooking food later.

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