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Now is the time to start using it along field edges (even when bucks are in velvet), perimeter activity will start soon and scrapes will tend to open up earlier. Mike
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last year was first year using his product...it will not be my last. ordered the preorbital from him...there was an issue with his computer and he was late getting it out to me so he threw in a bottle of the interdigital free. I had a mock scrape loaded with both and trail cam on the scrape.....in one week I had 18 different bucks visit the scrape!!! I will be using it exclusively this year! PaLongshank
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This year will be the test . And Barry since I changed back to wood arrows years back I've been fortunate to have a collection of blunts . It's not that I'm a good shot I just shoot alot . And Mike that's an older Silvertip that I took out of retirement again , shoots better than myself . Biggest advantage I have found with Smokies lure is that it really seems to calm the deer down , which in turn calms me down . Fred
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To answer hardwaymike's question a bottle of the preorbital could easily last you several years. Now if you are running as many cameras as Gene and Barry are you are going to use more. If you are running maybe two cameras a bottle could last you 5 or 6 years?? I just dip the tip of the branch in until it touches the preorbital. I do this on three or four branch tips and you are done. Smokey lives like 10 miles from me. I was trying to talk him into making a short video to explain the procedure some more.
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Well, I have started mock scrapes last week. I put preorbital on the mock licking branches, and interdigital in the mock scrape. 7 days later, the velvet is off, trees are getting rubbed and I have recorded about 10 different bucks, some are shooters. That is a huge deal it has been so worthless to hunt my land as pressure form others is so high. I have started a few mock rubs and put some preorbital on them, and also put a very few drops of tarsal gland in the scrapes. It will be interesting to see what happens next.
Bob.
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Seems pretty early for the tarsal. They might paw around a little bit though. That preoritial will draw them all in. Bucks, does and the young ones too.
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I am going to try the preorbital this year and need to get started. I was thinking of ordering the interdigital at the same time. Would you recommend doe or buck interdigital for use in scrapes/mock scrapes?
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Update... Gene and I checked some set cameras yesterday. We had one set with pre-orbital that had five different bucks on it in one frame. Within 25 yds. we found the first three scrapes of the year and they were already dug deeply into the ground, not just half-hearted scrapes. The buck that did it was a beautiful, very symmetrical 4x4 that would go right at 140" but needs another year ot two. Then last week I cut down a juniper tree that was about 5" in diameter, then dug a 2 ft. hole in the corner of a hidden field. Sunk the tree then poured some cement in to keep it in place. Yesterday afternoon I "rubbed" the mock rub with my saw, then trimmed up two of the overhanging limbs, made a scrape under each limb, put Smokey's pre-orbital on the limbs and a couple drops of buck inter-digital in each scrape. THIS MORNING we checked the camera and had two different bucks already hit the scrapes with a photo of the one doing the overhead branch thing. I'm telling you guys, the stuff works great. By the way... this is NOT a paid endorsement! Best of luck. BW
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Never had much luck with scents but I just placed an order for some Pre-Orbital & Inter-digital lure from Smokey's. We'll see how the deer here in NY like it.
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yup ordered some today as well , will let yall know how it goes. Drew
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Well I been watchin this thread and been havin a hard time payin over $10 tax and shipping on a $21 order(1.5 oz.), but if 1/4 away,Nathan and drew are going to try it here in N.Y. , well jiminy crickets , so am I.
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