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Hodag Licking Stick?

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bigbuck247

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Anyone use one? What results did you have? Have heard really good things about them but just a limited number of people. Any other mock scrape setups work better than others for y’all?
 
I bought the kit, put it out and stuck a cut sapling in there and poured the juice all over it like they show. I have had deer all around it eating acorns as there were before I put it there. Not ONE single pic of a deer sticking it’s nose to it or interacting with it in the slightest way.
 
I just cut a 4 or 5 foot long sapling and hang it waist high. Have had bucks and does hit it within a couple of days. You don't need any scent on it. Check out Jeff Sturgis on you tube. He has a bunch of videos how he does it.
 
So, this is based on a buddy’s tip to create a spot for deer to scent check in my very open 2ac food plot. I sunk a pvc pipe in the middle and stuck some stag horn sumac in it (my idea) since I knew they like to rub it. I have replaced the sumac 3 times in a month and as of yesterday a maple branch in its place. I had 439 pictures of deer messing with the sumac over the last week and a half. No added scent.

I think the plot is so open they can’t help but check it out. I have to finish welding up my own spring setup so the bucks quit destroying the tree.

Here was the last culprit:

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