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Wool vs. deer hide #8131809
05/01/24 10:04 PM
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Has anyone used deer hide scraps to shove down a dirt hole instead of using wool and if you did was the results favorable.

Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8131861
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Never tried deer hide scraps. But sheep wool has a very strong odor and deer hide scraps don't .


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Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8131867
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I was thinking like using it to squirt lure on it and push into the hole instead of a stick for eye appeal. I have a endless supply of it and maybe selling it as another option besides wool.

Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8131910
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I have never used sheep’s wool or deer hide in a dirt hole. I do use whole mice as a lure holder and eye appeal. I catch a lot of them at my camp every time I am up there. I freeze them in Ziploc bags and by the time the next trapping season rolls around I usually have several dozen. My supply runs out quickly during trapping season and then I have to switch back to using sticks as lure holders.

I put a dab of lure on the mouse somewhere and shove it down the hole.


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Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Lugnut] #8131960
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Originally Posted by Lugnut
I have never used sheep’s wool or deer hide in a dirt hole. I do use whole mice as a lure holder and eye appeal. I catch a lot of them at my camp every time I am up there. I freeze them in Ziploc bags and by the time the next trapping season rolls around I usually have several dozen. My supply runs out quickly during trapping season and then I have to switch back to using sticks as lure holders.

I put a dab of lure on the mouse somewhere and shove it down the hole.

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Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8131964
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I do the same as Lugnut!


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Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8131968
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I like a piece of antelope scrap.

Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8132042
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I like to stake a piece of hide sometimes and put some lure or bait on or under it. Deer hide would work good I imagine

Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8132044
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Wool attracts mice like crazy. Chew it up and scatter it from H-ll to breakfast.

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Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8132047
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The thing about sheep's wool Is It never goes bad. And I have a unlimited supply. And uncleaned wool has a very strong odor
and It's water proof and It doesn't freeze. But I have used pieces of beaver hide and that worked as eye appeal and a lure holder. So any type of hide or fur should work.


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Re: Wool vs. deer hide [Re: Rwgrobe] #8132176
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I haven’t trapped in years and now that I’m retired I’m thinking about trapping again. I do taxidermy on the side and have tanned scrap trimmings after I mount a deer head, I’m thinking a 2X2 square would probably work.

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