I know there are some pretty unconventional methods for attracting bucks,but I have trouble believing this one......My neighbor stops one day during archery season with a bag of doe droppings,which he produces.Then he says[ to attract bucks] he mixes it with water and making a shit stew,for lack of a better term.Which he then places around his tree stand. I don't believe I could do this even if it did work.I was just wondering if there was any truth to it......Can you guys give me any answers?
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Wally Dog
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Just thinking about it makes my lip curl.
noharleyyet
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Never heard of the "stew" method. Falling asleep usually works best for me. But hey, I'm from Texas...so naturally I don't know shit. 
shoots-straight
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My wife bought me some chocolate covered raisins, I didn't like em though, tasted like shit.
Hunt2921
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Theres to much shit talking going on in this thread. I do know that the first guy's buddy is full of shit.
Ultrahunter
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"shit stew" that's funny. Isn't it wierd how almost all topics eventually come back to a good poo joke.
Dangerous Dave
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I might catch it from some of you folks, but from what I've noticed - there is no discernable method of knowing if a pile of droppings came from either a doe or a buck, and at different times of the year, their droppings look identical ... even the big clumps everyone calls buck turds. I've learned this from investigating where I've seen a doe deficate and from what biologists have told me. Then again, if you find a monster pile ...it came from a big deer and it might even be a buck. At least that still holds true.
Winman, what I'm saying is that your buddy would have to actually have seen an actual doe taking a dump and collected her droppings to be sure of his "stew" concoction for attracting a buck. The important thing is the fact that your buddy believes in his 'stew brew' theroy ...and the fact that he thinks it works for him. I haven't yet seen a buck (either blacktail or muley) show any intrest in scenting droppings -or anyone using them as an attractant. Doe estrous urine is an entirely different matter.
But I'll tell you what I sometimes use - the tarsal gland and hide off of the rear legs of any rutting buck that is shot. (I freeze them and make sure they are fresh) Sometimes I have 3 or 4 of them cross-wind from my spy-tree. I think it works, but my brother thinks I'm nuts, saying: "You're probably only stinking up the area with something lousy-smelling." If there is a teritorial buck around, he won't stand having any other buck crusing his area. Sooner or later I'll see him if I put in enough time. DD
Winman, what I'm saying is that your buddy would have to actually have seen an actual doe taking a dump and collected her droppings to be sure of his "stew" concoction for attracting a buck. The important thing is the fact that your buddy believes in his 'stew brew' theroy ...and the fact that he thinks it works for him. I haven't yet seen a buck (either blacktail or muley) show any intrest in scenting droppings -or anyone using them as an attractant. Doe estrous urine is an entirely different matter.
But I'll tell you what I sometimes use - the tarsal gland and hide off of the rear legs of any rutting buck that is shot. (I freeze them and make sure they are fresh) Sometimes I have 3 or 4 of them cross-wind from my spy-tree. I think it works, but my brother thinks I'm nuts, saying: "You're probably only stinking up the area with something lousy-smelling." If there is a teritorial buck around, he won't stand having any other buck crusing his area. Sooner or later I'll see him if I put in enough time. DD
Ten Bears
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Interesting shit going on in here.
Dangerous Dave
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Winman, good point about the tracks ...definately a difference there. I want to put a disclaimer on my buck tarsal gland scent lure. My brother hates my idea and is concerned that a live buck might be smart enough to be able to tell the difference between a live buck invading his area -and a dead hunk of gland and hide. He actually has a point, but I think any mature buck with rutting on his mind is going to become bold and inquisitive if he catches even a whiff of another buck challenging his mating opportunities or his core area.
I'm lucky in the fact that our blacktails on the coast here usually start rutting off and on during the last three weeks of the season. I'm under the impression that hanging sets of tarsal glands both up and downwind from my ambush spot tends to make local bucks just a little less shy. I've only hunted muleys in mid-November once, so I don't know how well tarsal scent would work. DD
I'm lucky in the fact that our blacktails on the coast here usually start rutting off and on during the last three weeks of the season. I'm under the impression that hanging sets of tarsal glands both up and downwind from my ambush spot tends to make local bucks just a little less shy. I've only hunted muleys in mid-November once, so I don't know how well tarsal scent would work. DD
