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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #100 on: October 26, 2013, 10:50:00 AM »
Finally got to freshen the Qtip and pull the card.  84 pics in 11 days.  Mostly doe and 4 lesser bucks until last night, then a decent 8 point was checking it out at 7:10pm.  Going to put a new card back in the camera this afternoon.  It definitely attracts 'em and I might keep it freshened the whole season with a trail cam to see how they react all season long.  Might just have to take a doe from the spot after I fill my buck tag or after the rut!
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #101 on: October 15, 2017, 04:23:00 PM »
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #102 on: October 24, 2017, 03:48:00 AM »
thanks for pulling this up terry now I got something else to play with    :D
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #103 on: September 26, 2018, 06:37:01 PM »
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #104 on: May 15, 2019, 09:23:37 AM »
Doing a little research of my own after watching the new OUT AND ABOUT vid....thought some others may enjoy as well.....
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #105 on: May 20, 2019, 03:54:01 PM »
Enjoyed much success using wicked wicks last season.

Installed this morning the 3rd of five to six wicked wick sets...will also be utilizing three to four T-post scrapes and two horizontal rub sets.
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #106 on: June 25, 2019, 01:45:41 PM »
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #107 on: June 25, 2019, 05:26:04 PM »
Great info. Thank you for bringing this TTT

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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #108 on: June 30, 2019, 08:34:23 AM »
Just moved and refreshed mine yesterday and set cameras
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #109 on: June 30, 2019, 03:36:37 PM »
The first year years ago I tried the Smokey's Pre Orbital with great success. Then the next year less and less.  Like someone mentioned earlier I don't think your going to pull deer into it to some where they don't want to go, but more of having in a yearly scraped area that deer constantly visit or pass as your just trying to get good pics of a static object. But for whatever reason it didn't work FOR me as well as it did when I first bought some. The price just kept getting higher.

With all that said I don't use it anymore. I buy the tiny hard tac candy intense flavor oil. Usually find it our local pharmacy I have no clue why they stock it in the pharmacy when you think it would be in the grocery cooking section.  I heat up some Vaseline in bowl in the microwave just to the point I can dump in a whole bottle of one ounce of the flavoring oil and mix it up good. As it cools it becomes tacky again. I put it a old 35mm film canister. Showing my age here.

Now when I approach camera location, I pick up a small stick before arriving. I use the stick to apply to a low hanging branch. It lasts very well in rain etc and usually they take it over and I only touch it up once in awhile. I've had great luck with everything from butterscotch, maple, cherry to vanilla. Your mileage may vary.
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #110 on: July 01, 2019, 02:36:52 PM »
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Approx. how much Vaseline do you use and do you use the 1 dram or 1 ounce bottles.
Thanks.

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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #111 on: July 01, 2019, 02:45:48 PM »
I tried it as well with out much luck. I had a small buck sniff it once and it spooked him. Not sure if put to much or maybe he smelled me. Might give it another try just to see what happens.
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« Reply #112 on: July 01, 2019, 04:00:52 PM »
Judd, I don't measure but in a 35mm film canister I probably only have it filled up about 1/4th way. The hard tact candy flavored oil is extremely concentrated and comes in tiny 1 oz bottles. I use the entire 1 oz. This stuff lasts a LONG time and a little goes along way. I actually have so good luck with it I toyed with the idea of coming up with like a lip stick like container to apply and market it. BUT with little research I found several companies that already beat me to it! lol But I don't know how well there product works I just know my homebrew works great.  Like I said I've used everything from butterscotch, cherry, maple to vanilla with great results.
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #113 on: July 02, 2019, 08:58:22 PM »
I've had pretty good luck transporting a real licking branch to a more desired location. Clip off a small section of an authentic scrape branch and zip tie it to a new branch in the location you want.
You are transporting the real deal. It has every odor on it that a real branch has because it IS the real thing.
Once bucks discover it, they will start to use it and it is no longer a mock scrape, it's now a real scrape.
I have not experimented with tying a real lick branch to a rope, but it's worth trying. It might be just the thing to get a finicky buck to accept it. Once they start using it because of the real buck odors, they will most likely continue utilizing it as just the rope. Transporting a clipped licking branch is a short term deal IME. The clipped branch tends to not be super durable and it gets torn down. But at that point, the anchor branch (or rope) will have become the new branch.
Obviously, handle the clipped branch with rubber gloves. I try to choose a branch to clip from the same property so I don't have to transport it in a vehicle. Not sure if it matters, but I really try to not contaminate it. I have transported them in garbage bags.
I sometimes take a little sample of scrape dirt, too.
Basically, I transport a scrape from a useless location to a desired location.
Once they use it, it then becomes the real thing.

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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #114 on: October 25, 2021, 01:46:20 PM »
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Just wanted to tease a little... This post was mentioned in our latest podcast episode with Terry Green (coming out tomorrow, October 25, 2021)! So, I had to come here and check it out. Anybody still using this stuff?!
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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #115 on: October 25, 2021, 05:01:12 PM »
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Just wanted to tease a little... This post was mentioned in our latest podcast episode with Terry Green (coming out tomorrow, October 25, 2021)! So, I had to come here and check it out. Anybody still using this stuff?!

Do you have a link to the podcast?

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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #116 on: November 01, 2021, 06:01:23 PM »
Blaze out your own trail.

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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #117 on: November 01, 2021, 06:20:21 PM »
If used as intended, in the right local, they work flawlessly. If they don't work for you, learn a little more as you are doing something wrong.

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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #118 on: November 02, 2021, 08:57:14 PM »
Treated this branch with Smokey’s preorbital and hung a camera. I going to hunt this scrape all day Saturday. Hope he slips up!

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Re: wicked wicks?
« Reply #119 on: September 09, 2022, 11:53:52 AM »
Time to get the mock scrapes going!

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