Want to try making your own lure?
Genuine Tonquin Musk, a rare and exotic scent from the
orient. Centuries ago, Tonquin Musk was carried to the known
world on the spice route from China. It's just about as hard to
find today. Ours comes from Blackie's Blend and is 100%
authentic material. Deer find the scent very alluring. A
powerful attractant that can be added to virtually any lure,
urine, or gland scent to increase its effectiveness. Calling
in a nice buck with a lure you made yourself is very satisfying. If
you have a "do-it-yourself" streak running through you, give the
following recipe a try.
orient. Centuries ago, Tonquin Musk was carried to the known
world on the spice route from China. It's just about as hard to
find today. Ours comes from Blackie's Blend and is 100%
authentic material. Deer find the scent very alluring. A
powerful attractant that can be added to virtually any lure,
urine, or gland scent to increase its effectiveness. Calling
in a nice buck with a lure you made yourself is very satisfying. If
you have a "do-it-yourself" streak running through you, give the
following recipe a try.
Here's a simple recipe using tarsal glands. The first step is to select the tarsal glands. You can use doe or buck glands
depending on what is available and the lure you wish to make. It's a lot easier to find tarsal glands from a buck that are full of
rut scent than it is a doe because does are in heat for such a short time. If I were making a buck tarsal gland lure, I would
select glands from a mature buck that are as full of musky, rut smell as possible. To select doe tarsal glands, be sure to take
them from a doe in heat. It's easy to tell when a doe is in or is coming into season just from her tarsal glands. If you notice
the tarsal glands of most does that you see, they are white. However, as a doe is coming into heat, she will pee down her
back legs and onto her tarsal glands. As she does this, the glands become dark and smelly and the doe then leaves her
scent signal through out the woods as she travels. As soon as she has been bred, she will lick her tarsal glands clean and
white again. If you or a buddy takes a doe with dark tarsal glands, take advantage of your good fortune and make some of
your own lure! If you can't find what you want that way, try checking out the deer waiting to be processed at the local
butcher. Ask nicely, and they'll likely let you help yourself to a gland or two.
depending on what is available and the lure you wish to make. It's a lot easier to find tarsal glands from a buck that are full of
rut scent than it is a doe because does are in heat for such a short time. If I were making a buck tarsal gland lure, I would
select glands from a mature buck that are as full of musky, rut smell as possible. To select doe tarsal glands, be sure to take
them from a doe in heat. It's easy to tell when a doe is in or is coming into season just from her tarsal glands. If you notice
the tarsal glands of most does that you see, they are white. However, as a doe is coming into heat, she will pee down her
back legs and onto her tarsal glands. As she does this, the glands become dark and smelly and the doe then leaves her
scent signal through out the woods as she travels. As soon as she has been bred, she will lick her tarsal glands clean and
white again. If you or a buddy takes a doe with dark tarsal glands, take advantage of your good fortune and make some of
your own lure! If you can't find what you want that way, try checking out the deer waiting to be processed at the local
butcher. Ask nicely, and they'll likely let you help yourself to a gland or two.
As soon as possible after the kill, remove and
protect the tarsal glands by freezing them until
your ready to start making the lure. Cut through the
skin around the tarsal gland in a circle about the size
of a silver dollar. Then free the tarsal gland by slicing
through the membranes and such below the skin.
Do not touch the tarsal glands with your bare
hands. Use rubber gloves throughout the
process so you do not contaminate your lure
with human scent.
Put the tarsal glands in a super clean glass jar and add
enough high proof vodka to cover them and seal it
up good. It should take 4 to 6 ounces of alcohol for
two tarsal glands.
protect the tarsal glands by freezing them until
your ready to start making the lure. Cut through the
skin around the tarsal gland in a circle about the size
of a silver dollar. Then free the tarsal gland by slicing
through the membranes and such below the skin.
Do not touch the tarsal glands with your bare
hands. Use rubber gloves throughout the
process so you do not contaminate your lure
with human scent.
Put the tarsal glands in a super clean glass jar and add
enough high proof vodka to cover them and seal it
up good. It should take 4 to 6 ounces of alcohol for
two tarsal glands.
- Put the jar in a cool, dark place and let them
soak for at least two months. - When enough time has past, put on rubber
gloves, remove the glands and squeeze out as
much fluid as you can back into the jar. - Just discard the tarsal glands as you have
sucked as much of the scent out as possible
already.
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You now have a tarsal gland tincture.
You can use this lure straight but most lure makers wouldn't consider
tarsal gland tincture to be the final product but rather more of an
ingredient in a more complex or matrix lure. I suggest mixing a half
ounce of your tarsal gland tincture, a half ounce of a quality buck
urine, a pinch of salt, and a teaspoon of tonquin musk. Other
common lure ingredients are:
ingredients. Keep it simple. Don't use up your whole batch of tincture
on one lure. Just make small batches of an ounce or two. If you're
going to add urine to your lure, it's a good idea to throw in a pinch of
salt to help preserve it. The salt won't affect the odor.
- Add an equal amount of glycerin by volume to your tincture.
The glycerin will hold and bind the scent and will allow you to
add other ingredients. The scent will improve as it ages until
next season. - Keep your lure cool and dark and the alcohol will preserve it
indefinitely.
You can use this lure straight but most lure makers wouldn't consider
tarsal gland tincture to be the final product but rather more of an
ingredient in a more complex or matrix lure. I suggest mixing a half
ounce of your tarsal gland tincture, a half ounce of a quality buck
urine, a pinch of salt, and a teaspoon of tonquin musk. Other
common lure ingredients are:
- your favorite doe or buck urine
- other gland tinctures - see below
- scents like anise, tobacco, vanilla, beaver castor, etc.
ingredients. Keep it simple. Don't use up your whole batch of tincture
on one lure. Just make small batches of an ounce or two. If you're
going to add urine to your lure, it's a good idea to throw in a pinch of
salt to help preserve it. The salt won't affect the odor.
There are a number of glands on a deer that can be used to make excellent tinctures that you can use on
their own or as an ingredient in a lure. For example:
Inter-digital gland: This is a gland from between deer's hooves. It secretes a musky scent that deer use to identify and
track each other. One batch of this tincture will probably last you the rest of your life because you use so little of it at once.
It is thought that a large amount of this scent is perceived as a warning by deer and will spook them off so, just use a few
drops in an ounce of lure. This is a good ingredient to include in a scent you're going to use to make scent trails. To get to
this gland you cut off the leg of the deer at its first knuckle. Stand the leg end so the hoof is pointed up.
ingredient is the dark patch of fur on top of a buck's head. That fur is full of oils and scent and bucks rub it on branches to
leave their scent signature behind.
buck's sack and discard the sack.
their own or as an ingredient in a lure. For example:
Inter-digital gland: This is a gland from between deer's hooves. It secretes a musky scent that deer use to identify and
track each other. One batch of this tincture will probably last you the rest of your life because you use so little of it at once.
It is thought that a large amount of this scent is perceived as a warning by deer and will spook them off so, just use a few
drops in an ounce of lure. This is a good ingredient to include in a scent you're going to use to make scent trails. To get to
this gland you cut off the leg of the deer at its first knuckle. Stand the leg end so the hoof is pointed up.
- Put a big, heavy knife between the two hooves, push down and split the leg in two halves. Just above the
hoof, you'll see a small gland with a paste like substance in it that you have cut in half. Scrape out the paste
from both halves with a clean knife. Don't get any blood or fat or any other crap in it. Repeat for all the legs.
Place the bits of paste in a super clean jar and cover with alcohol. - When the mixture has aged for a couple of months in a cool dark place, add an equal amount of glycerin.
ingredient is the dark patch of fur on top of a buck's head. That fur is full of oils and scent and bucks rub it on branches to
leave their scent signature behind.
- Cut around the dark patch and skin off the top of the buck's head. You can just use this part or add in the pre-
orbital glands that are found in the corner of their eyes and/or the saliva glands which lay on either side of the
buck's neck just below the jaw bone. The pre-orbital and saliva glands should be cut into a few pieces. - Just as with the other formulas above, be super clean, cover the glands with alcohol and store in a cool dark
place for two or three months. When it's done, take out the glands, squeeze out as much of the alcohol as
you can and discard the glands. - Add an equal amount of glycerin and age till next season.
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.
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