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By Brian Fortenbaugh, Assistant Editor
These products will put your does -- or bucks -- right where you want 'em.
1) Tink's Trail Pack Combo comes with a Drag Rag, a Boot Pad, and a Scent Bomb. The Drag attaches to your belt loop and stretches far behind you for continuous scent contact with the ground. The wide Boot Pad holds more scent and won't slip off. Pour some scent into the plastic Scent Bomb, place it near your stand, and get ready for action (Tink's, 1-800-624-5988, www.tinks69.com).
2) Wildlife Research Center's Quik-Wik makes little scent goes a long way. Dip its felt wick in your favorite liquid scent until saturated, let it fall back into the plastic container, and then screw on the airtight cap. When you reach your hunting location, unscrew the cap and attach it to the Velcro dot on the front, let the wick drop down, and hang the unit about 5 feet off the ground. When the hunt is over, reverse the process and the Quik-Wik is preloaded for your next hunt (Wildlife Research Center, Inc., 763-427-3350, www.wildlife.com).
3) Buck Bomb, Inc.'s Buck Bomb is an aerosol fogger containing 1 ounce of whitetail urine and 2 ounces of CO2. When activated, the urine is turned into a gas that will cover a huge area and sticks to everything it touches for hours. It's available in five whitetail-attracting scents (Buck Bomb, Inc., 1-866-850-6653, www.buckbomb.com).
4) Pine Ridge's Wick Stik is a 4-in-1 scent system for transporting and dispensing liquid scents. Once filled with scent, you can drag it with its 6-foot drag cord, hang it, stake it, and even use it as a yardage marker. It has o-ring seals in every threaded fitting to prevent leaks while in use or in storage (Pine Ridge Archery Products, 1-877-746-7434; www.pineridgearchery.com).
5) Hunter's Specialties Retract-A-Drag is a self-storing, retractable drag that also doubles as a scent post. Simply pour liquid scent on the absorbent drag head, attach it to your belt, and start walking. When you reach your honey hole, just reel the drag head back into its container and snap the airtight lid closed. It comes with three replacement heads (Hunter's Specialties, Inc., 319-395-0321, www.hunterspec.com).
6) Mrs. Doe Pee's Powder Puff is a powder wind checker with a twist. Each 2-ounce bottle contains unscented wind-direction powder and freeze-dried whitetail doe estrus urine. Squeezing the bottle dispenses the powder mix into the air where it will tell you wind direction while drawing bucks to your stand. You can also use it to lay a long-lasting scent trail (Mrs. Doe Pee's Buck Lures, 319-385-3875, www.mrsdoepee.com).
7) Code Blue's Double Drag System consists of two drag rags attached to the same drag cord. By pouring estrous doe urine on the rag closest to you, and buck urine on the second rag, you can put down a buck-following-a-hot-doe scent trail no rutting buck can resist. Then, hang it in a shooting lane to stop him for a shot (Code Blue/Pradco Outdoor Brands, 479-782-8971, www.codebluescents.com).
8) Buck Stop's Scent Pump is a 2-ounce spray pump bottle that turns your trusted liquid scents into a fine mist for greater coverage. Use it to spray scent wicks, drags, scrapes, boot pads, and even foliage. Also look for this company's Gel Patch; a pre-measured patch that holds 40-50 drops of liquid scent for long-lasting attraction (Buck Stop Lure Company, Inc., 1-800-477-2368, www.buckstopscents.com).
9) ThermaCELL's ThermaSCENT Scent Dispenser gets your favorite hunting scent into the air fast. Pour 1/2 ounce of scent on one of the supplied mats, insert the mat in the unit, and turn it on to begin heating the scent-soaked mat. It comes with one butane cartridge and three mats for up to 12 hours of use (ThermaCELL, 1-866-753-3837, www.thermacell.com).
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