Author Topic: Trailing scent and bait (Read 433 times)

Ohiotrapper · « **on:** May 27, 2003, 07:07:09 AM »

I read that you can make trailing scent to bring an animal in of 1 gallon vegetable oil to 1 oz (or more) of shellfish oil. Has anyone tried this? Would it work in place of fish oil as far as trailing scent?

Also has anyone tried making coon bait with left over frying grease mixed with a bait of your choice (shellfish oil, fish, etc.)? Does it have any disadvantages? How does it hold in weather?

foxtail · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2003, 08:01:03 PM »

Last year, I bought some HY-VEE brand veggie oil on sale and when you cooked with it, it reeked so bad that I mixed about 1 pint of oil from all of the sardines I had eaten that summer to about 1/2 gallon of the veg oil. It worked as well as anything else I used.
You could also mix procoon with it. Trappnman has the stuff if you are interested.
One thing with shellfish oil is that if you smell the stuff full strength, your mouth will taste like blood for about an hour. At least that is what happens to me.

Asa Lenon · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2003, 05:19:13 AM »

Maybe i'm bogged down in old fashioned thinking but i've been trapping for 50+ years and have yet to find a need for a trailing scent. In my opinion, if one wants to trap at a maximum harvest, they had better do some pre-season work and scout out places that show evidence that the animal persued has visited, frequented or passed by very near. When one sets on proper LOCATION they are ensured a maximum harvest as LOCATION is the #1 key to success. Ace

foxtail · « **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2003, 08:38:55 AM »

I should have stated that I was using it as the actual lure, not as a trailing scent. As Asa said, location is paramount.