Eggs for lure

[Toenailer]

I have some eggs that were left out and was wondering how to prepare them for use in lure.  Can anyone help?

Thanks,

[Asa Lenon]

A popular fox lure in the 1920's and 30's was a base of rotten eggs with something sweet added such as anise oil or honey.  I'm sure a train load of fur was harvested with that simple concoction but two trainloads could probably have been shipped by using a better lure.  Better lures is why several professional commercial lure makers have been able to stay in business year in and year out, a few of them from 35 to 75 years.  Also, eggs are notorious for calling skunks and possum for long distances, so if either of these inhabit your trapping area you may harvest a trainload of them all by yourself.  Ace   :grin:

[RdFx]

You can use eggs thoroughly fermented to where they become a thick mass as a call agent.  You can put it  so it will call your canines or like Asa said skunks, possums ect to area you are trapping.  I have used it to call canines from an area i didnt have permission to trap over to my set area.   I DIDNT USE IT AT SET.    I basically used urine post sets and flat sets  to pick up canines that were drawn to area by fermented eggs.  Skunk essance will do the same job .  NOW when skunks and possums are denned up then you could use the fermented egg in a dirt hole to catch canines.  It is up to you on how you use  it  with the info we have provided .  Good luck.

[Asa Lenon]

Thats a good idea RdFx, using the rotten eggs as a call station and making sets some distance away from the station  using  lures less attractive to skunks and 'possums. Ace

[rancid]

Asa and rdfx. What would be the best way to ferment eggs for bait or call lure.I just happened to find 4 dozen in my dog coup.(no they are'nt dog eggs)  The chickens just like his place better.thanks Rancid

[Toenailer]

Thanks for replying, guys.

Rancid, I found four dozen, too.  They were in the floor of my truck but the chickens didn't lay them there.  They came from the grocery store last night and didn't get taken in to the fridge.

I saw that book about possum trapping the other day.  Maybe there's going to be a big demand for possum lure! lol

[Wackyquacker]

Two more new posters on the forum :grin:  say hey.

Now down to buisness.  I've never used eggs but I have chickens (feathered hogs).  If you leave them eggs at room temp until you need them, they will be ripe.  You may want to soak them in some water for a day or so to keep them from drying completey on the inside (I don't know if this is needed but it may help).

Oh yeh DON"T store them in the fridg...you'll be sleeping in your respective dog house or truck seat after the misses cracks the first one into her cake mix :eek:

[wormbobskey]

I may be out of line, and most likely am, but whats wrong with catching SKUNKS? I mean I know that when we set for Canines we want to catch canines, but skunk scent is one of the best attracters there is. When you take into account that you might get 3 or 4 dollars for a hide( hopefully) and 9 or 10 dollars an oz ( again"hopefully") for the skunk essense, why wouldn't you want to catch a skunk? And think of the remake possibilities.  You could  p!&& all over the set and not worry about scent contamination.Of course I have a wife and I don't think she would continue to be my wife if I kept catching skunks all the time. But than again she always has her hand out when the fur buyer stops over to buy furs. And yes I actually have a fur buyer that makes house calls.  THANKS JIM! The skunk used to be a high dollar item and still is if used properly. So I say to you "Whats wrong with catching a skunk?  

[foxtail]

Nothing wrong with catching skunks.
I don't want to get 10 a day, but a few is kinda nice.
(a few of the land owners would like to see me kill 10 a day though)

[Asa Lenon]

Theres nothing wrong with catching skunks incidentally or targeting skunks for their fur and essence for that matter.  Regardless of the attractor used, even plain urine, one will catch skunks in their canine sets.  The problem is, i've been in areas where I would make say six sets in a farm field for fox and have 4 to 6 skunks the next morning.  An appropriate lure will keep this number down to 1 or 2 skunks each morning instead of 4 to 6.  In experiments i've done with lures which contain rotten eggs or SFE (Synthetic Fermented Egg), the skunk numbers in canine sets literally doubled or more.  I just wanted to point this out to anyone making a lure usine eggs so they could make their own decisions about that.   :grin: Ace

[wormbobskey]

Hope I didn't step on any toes with my reply. I guess I'm just a young trapper at heart and was always happy to catch any kind of fur. One of the main reasons I don't mind catching skunks is the visual appeal as well as the scent appeal that a skunk leaves behind. Fox and coyotes just seem more willing to investigate a remake after a skunk has been caught. If the fur isn' that good on the skunk I will use part of it to bait the set with. No need to re-lure as the skunk has put all of the call lure there for you. Sorry if I P!&&*$ anyone off with my earlier reply. Thanks, Worm. :lol:

[Asa Lenon]

Worm:  You don't need any apologies as any legetimate  question or pertinent comment on here is always welcome.  Your opinion is as good as anyone elses.  Ace

[rancid]

Ok,I'll try this a differant way.
Would putting the eggs in a jar and aging them like a meat bait be the best way to use eggs?Break'em or leav'em whole?Add anything to stop rotting process?Any anti freeze?Cheese cloth and loose lid or buried?Add something for thickening?Thanks for any replies. Rancid
P.S. Asa are you going to be in Marquette Sat.?

[Asa Lenon]

Rancid:
Like has been mentioned above, one could just leave the eggs whole until they wanted to use them.  However, although i'm only guessing because I haven'tactually did this, if one wants to break them into a jar they would treat the eggs just like any meat or fish.  One would have to rot them down with a cheese cloth covering or whatever to allow the gasses to escape while rotting.  Once the eggs were rotted sufficiently they would have to add at lease 8 ozs of sodium benzoate per gallon to settle them down.  I suspect that maybe eggs would require double the amount of preservative to ensure they didn't continue to work a little after preserving anyway and blow up the jar.  What is so stinky about eggs is the hydorgen sulfide gas that is being emitted by the rotting process.  I suspect that once one put the preservative into the jar and stopped the rotting process, that there would not be a great deal of odor once the gasses were not forming.  Therefore, I think leaving them whole until needed would probably be best if one was seeking a long distance calling station substance.

Yes Rancid, i'm heading for Marquette to the convention this morning, expect to be there about noon. I get to see 'ol bogmaster, RdFx and trapper friends again and hope to meet some of the guys from these forums that I haven't met before.  I know rob220swift lives in Negaunee so hope to get a chance to say hello.  Are you going to be there?  Ace

[rancid]

Thanks Asa.I enjoy trappin skunks as much as coon so I guess I gotta givem a try.
 I'm taken a scotter ride Sat. mornin so I'll be in Marquette.I just hope I can find the place.Talk to ya there.Rancid