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Offline Pete112288

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Using a dripper for predators?
« on: December 11, 2013, 06:56:18 PM »
I have a dripper that I had used a summer or two ago with a store bought bear attractant to get a couple trail cam pics of bears. It worked ok. I was curious though. Do you think that if I took blood, say elk or beef blood, and put it in the dripper would it be enough scent to pull in a variety of predators (cougar, bear, coyote, bobcat...) to the trail cam? I would really like to see if I can pull some cougar into my cam. I have seen cougar urine scent at the store marketed to keep deer out of the garden but on it is a huge waring "may attract cougars" would that be effective to bring cougars to the camera? I have heard that using scent for cougars can be unreliable unless they come right by it. Can anyone back this up or dispute it?

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Re: Using a dripper for predators?
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2013, 07:22:50 PM »
I have a dripper that I had used a summer or two ago with a store bought bear attractant to get a couple trail cam pics of bears. It worked ok. I was curious though. Do you think that if I took blood, say elk or beef blood, and put it in the dripper would it be enough scent to pull in a variety of predators (cougar, bear, coyote, bobcat...) to the trail cam? I would really like to see if I can pull some cougar into my cam. I have seen cougar urine scent at the store marketed to keep deer out of the garden but on it is a huge waring "may attract cougars" would that be effective to bring cougars to the camera? I have heard that using scent for cougars can be unreliable unless they come right by it. Can anyone back this up or dispute it?

Would that be considered baiting? 

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Re: Using a dripper for predators?
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2013, 07:38:12 PM »
sounds like it would be worth a try.  But would you want cougar in heat scent to bring in random toms, or tom scent to try to get a big territorial cat fight going?

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Re: Using a dripper for predators?
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2013, 08:12:11 PM »
I would probably go with the cougar in heat scent. I just want to get pics of them. I have yet to see more than one or two random cat tracks let alone an actual animal in the area but I know they are there.

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Re: Using a dripper for predators?
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2013, 04:30:15 AM »
Not sure if the "in heat" scent would help any.  It's the female that goes looking for the tom when she's in heat.   :twocents:

 


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