How to use Butternut:
Always pre-treat cloth and store in bag one day prior to use.
If your deer is going to react to butternut, it is going to be doing what deer do when they are in the mood to browse. Think about every deer you have seen that is moving through an area....can you see it? Deer move their heads up and down, they view an area and they browse....they move and they stop and all the time, the head goes up and down. The degree of down is what you need to determine before placing your scent pad. Look at the area where you are and where the browse is:A simplistic view: Is there green on the ground?....how much?
Is there mostly green waist high brush and nothing on the ground, or a combination of both?.Put your scent pad where the bulk of the browse is. If browse is in combination, hang two pads. Don't hang pads in relation to a deer's height unless that also relates to the browse height.
If food does not exist where the scent originates, the scent becomes an alarm rather than an attractant.Never allow Butternut to touch the ground or brush where you plan to hunt the following day or for that matter the rest of that season if you are not using bait. Deer will remember a scent and if that scent means nothing, they will not respond to it again. If you leave the scent of butternut behind, any deer that comes to that scent will find nothing and disregard it in the future.
If you accidentally spill Butternut or somehow get it on something that cannot be removed when you leave, then leave something positive for the animal that comes, after you have left the area.
Drop an apple or leave some peanuts very close to that area and you will be good to go the next time you sit this area with butternut.
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Late Season tip:
Since Butternut is 100% oil, it is going to suffer the effects of low outdoor temperatures.
To remedy this, use a scent heater.
Our lures work better than any other out there because our lures are nearly 100% oil.
Oil will hold longer and put out stronger than water base or partial oil lures and scents.
In cold windy conditions, just add more lure or scent and turn up the heat.
Don't worry about the deer seeing the heater...it can be a good visual attractant for the deer that is trying to find the source of that scent.
We have been working on a few different types of heaters and will be bringing a new cold weather system to the market within the year.
Until then, we recommend the Code Blue Temptations
The Code Blue system will warm and keep warm with 4 AA batteries and will last a few days on normal sets that average 3-4 time.
The code blue temptations will not put out for great range but works well for deer within 20 yards when outside temperature are above 30 degrees.
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Pre Season scouting with Butternut:
Any successful hunter knows that the season starts when the season ends and part of successful preparation means bringing butternut along on those scouting trips.
Now is the time to leave butternut behind in your hunt area.
Winter eliminates the majority of a deers regular season diet and deer are on the hunt for food.
Butternut will work overtime during this time of year, when used as prescribed and where legal to do so.
Each month of every winter, there are usually a minimum of three warm days.
This is when you want to be out there with your butternut and a handful of corn, apple chips, in shell peanuts or others organic treats.
Using the drip dispenser that is shipped with Butternut, put a drop of butternut on a low bush or on a small sapling trunk, a foot off the ground or less.
Deer that find these treats will associate the scent of Butternut with special food....food that only exists where the Butternut exists.
Remember that we have to have food for the deer if we leave butternut behind.Summer time and pre season is a great time to scout with butternut.
Hot weather and a breeze can be very beneficial when using Butternut due to the fact that it is oil based.
The Oily property of Butternut will act to keep the scent going out long after you have left and re-application every few days should be all that is needed.
Don't worry about rain!, Butternut wont dissipate with water.
Use Butternut for your trail camera's too.
Butternut can help show you what has been walking behind the camera by giving that deer a reason to move to where that sweet aroma is coming from.
Squirrels respond to butternut and will steal all the food, so make sure there is evidence of food even if the food is gone. Peanuts in the shell leave evidence behind that deer will recognize as food.
When you put out corn, keep in mind that the squirrels will also be eating it.
Make sure you put out enough! An apple that is driven through a broken limb so that it can only be chewed on and not dislodged by a squirrel will leave at least a core behind. Use your imagination and be sure to follow the rules. If you do, you will see that Butternut will work to draw deer to exactly where you want them.
Do I need to use Boost with Butternut ?
Here is the story with boost.....
We perfected butternut a little over two years ago and spent last year testing.
What I found was that the deer would come in readily enough but they would seemingly always be tense...which lead to string jumping by too many.
Also, all the deer came in with their heads up.
The deer were looking for the source....which was always in the air and not on the ground.
(Butternut is a lure and not a scent and therefore does not work well on the ground.)
The obvious need to get the deers heads down was what lead us to find and perfect the Boost scents.
Boost is a scent and is made to be laid on the ground.
It is stronger than butternut and does not have the key ingredients which are in butternut.
(Butternut is an airborne attractant)
Therefore, Boost is a very good compliment to Butternut for hunters who work in close quarters...such as bowhunters.
*For rifle, Boost is not needed.
The butternut will bring them out where you can see them and thats about all you need when using a gun.
Hope this helps to clear up the boost / Butternut questions
Thanks for your support and best of luck out there!
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