Gusto is a powerful lure for trapping, mostly skunk essence, spill one drop in your vehicle and your likely to trade it quick lolWhat is hellfire? Or gusto?
Some people call them long distance call lures because they have an overpowering amount of skunk essence in them. Many canine lures have a hardly noticeable level of skunk essence on them. Gusto is more of a liquid lure made by the Cavens of Minnesota and Hellfire is a red smearable and is made by Jeff Dunlap out of Michigan. My booth I was at last weekend was sandwiched between both of those two, luckily nobody opened either of those.What is hellfire? Or gusto?
You ever go to the Herkimer NYS trappers convention around Labor Day each year?Some people call them long distance call lures because they have an overpowering amount of skunk essence in them. Many canine lures have a hardly noticeable level of skunk essence on them. Gusto is more of a liquid lure made by the Cavens of Minnesota and Hellfire is a red smearable and is made by Jeff Dunlap out of Michigan. My booth I was at last weekend was sandwiched between both of those two, luckily nobody opened either of those.
^THIS. I've said it elsewhere, but a good beagle can smell a 5-foot section of a rabbit track and tell which direction the rabbit was running because the scent is tenths of a second fresher--you ain't keeping that deer from smelling you no matter what you wear/spray/cover with. That said, maybe some of these products can reduce your odor enough to buy you a couple extra seconds while the deer is processing how close you are, and that might be the difference between getting a shot off vs. not. I use scent-free detergent and will occasionally spray my boots (or pits) in the early season for that reason. That minor difference is why I wear camo clothes. Sure, the deer can see my movement with or without camo, and they're unlikely to see me if I'm still (comparable to deer smelling you if downwind or missing you if upwind), but the camo might tilt the scales just a touch in my favor, which I'll take all day.My brother and I have raised and trained big game hounds our entire life, a good cat hound can take a track 12-24 hours old in -20 degree temps buried under 6” of snow, I haven’t watched the above video yet but I will, and I assume it will confirm my opinion on this subject. It’s super hard for us humans to grasp the power of some of these animals noses, a good strike dog will and can wind a track 8’ in the air while tied to the back of a dog box in a moving truck at 30 mph. What chance does a hunter have perched in a tree at 20’ fresh off of eating a bag of Doritos, none, zero.. Can scent be minimized, maybe, and that’s a big maybe, eliminated not a chance. Hunt the wind and most importantly plan your approach better, the 2 things we can somewhat control.
I'm skeptical that most of the "wind guys" don't truly understand how complex wind patters really are. Patterns certainly are not static, meaning its not consistent across the landscape in relation to the prevailing wind.Or do as much scent control wise as possible and play the wind. Not sure where the anti-scent control people hunt but I've never hunted somewhere that the wind blows the same direction for the duration of a hunt. Why would you not do both?
Trapping lures, believe they have skunk essence in them so they’re pretty strong smellingWhat is hellfire? Or gusto?
... sometimes the bear gets you. Things don't always work as as planned or anticipated and you can't cover all eventualitiesSo what do you “just hunt the wind” people do after a deer passes you? How do you always know exactly where the deer is coming from in order to always be downwind. Also please explain, if I’m hunting the wind, then the deer would have to be walking with the wind, otherwise he is already downwind of me.
So what do you “just hunt the wind” people do after a deer passes you? How do you always know exactly where the deer is coming from in order to always be downwind. Also please explain, if I’m hunting the wind, then the deer would have to be walking with the wind, otherwise he is already downwind of me.
Yeah my wife and kids complain everytime I open the garage door. Caven's Gusto's is strong. There's another guy that's making a dynamite fisher call lure out of PA or OH and man that stuff has got to be almost pure quill.I think Hellfire is a bit louder
keep shooting at it until its dead.So what do you “just hunt the wind” people do after a deer passes you? How do you always know exactly where the deer is coming from in order to always be downwind. Also please explain, if I’m hunting the wind, then the deer would have to be walking with the wind, otherwise he is already downwind of me.