Vanilla?

[Bob B.]

After doing a search for vanilla as an attractant/cover scent I am curious, is anyone planning on using it this season?

Bob.

[owlbait]

Yes.

[Onestringer]

its the original cover up scent..........

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

I once came across a 18 wheeler that had crashed and it was full of vanilla waffle cone mix, going to a big ice cream vendor.... each case had 5 5lb bags.  The driver said it was gonna just be disposed of anyway so I took as many unbroken cases as my truck could fit.

The critters love this stuff. I usually just dump it on the ground like rice bran. Plus it makes awesome waffles.

[Bernie B.]

I use it also.  Never had a problem with it.

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

[frassettor]

I just used it sat on some trials to see if it peaks their curiosity enough to walk past the trail camera. I will let u know how it works out

[hardtimes]

Are we talking about liquid vanilla flavoring or something different?

[katie]

I mix extract with water in a spray bottle.  Put it on my boots. I have had them follow me in licking the trail.

[huntin_sparty]

I always get it mixed up too.  Is it pure vanilla or vanilla extract to use?

[Bob B.]

I was talking about vanilla extract, I have used it in the past and found deer to be calm and curuious about it, I have never found them to be nervous or avoidant.  That said, I have not used it much.  As I was thinking about vanilla again I did a trad gang search on it and my curiosity grew -  hence my post.  I believe folks use both, I have had best luck with pure vanilla but find it more difficult to get however.

Bob.

[rick7]

used it for years and on occasion mixed it with walnut food flavoring   both seem to work well for me

[jcar315]

The "real" vanilla extract has worked very well over the years as a "curiousity" type scent for deer.

One year while setting up pre-season cameras we used some VE on the ground in front of the camera and before we were out of eye-shot a buck was already nosing around the ground.

As with most things, your results may vary though.

[ericmerg]

i plan on using it in extreme excess im going to set up  a camera watching a spot that i have filled with it to see if it attracts any bears haha

[OBXarcher]

I have used the extract with very good results. Have had deer follow my trail right to the tree. Problem is if I spray it on my boots and sit there smelling it I get hungry as heck.

[Craig Schoneberg]

I've used vanilla extract in the early season - not as an attractant/cover scent - but used it on my face/neck and hands to avoid gnat bites.  Like OBXarcher said - smelling it does make you kind of hungry . . .

[Mongo]

Used it in a drip bottle as a hog attractant, worked great.

[Slickhead]

I had a doe walk right in front of where I drug a rag with it on it.nose to ground

I missed the doe at an embarassing distance.
 

I plan on using it again.I dont plan on missing again (but you never know)

[Dirtybird]

There are some products out there with vanilla in it.  I heard that it peaks curiosity and calms deer.  I don't know of any scientific proof but it does smell good.   :p

[wooddamon1]

I'm gonna try it in the late season when it's too cold out to melt my ice cream.    

Seriously though, I've heard about it for years, I gotta try it now...

[Ulysseys]

I've had younger deer come in to it, one time actually had a spike come in full run and stop at the bush I sprayed it all over, he was licking and smelling like crazy and I was still heading up the tree in my climber.