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Would appreciate some input from experienced lure makers - home use formulators and commercial makers alike, not to the exclusion of other applicable orientations.
In your opinions, what is the significant difference between genuine China Star pure anise extract, and the cut/tinctured version of the extract as a simple lure ingredient? Does anyone know what the average oil dilution ratio for the tinctured form is in rough percentages? The price differential between the pure and tinctured is about threefold.
I am considering purchasing some for the first time to experiment with a "sweet" formulation attractant as a curiosity lure for red and grey fox in an attempt to duplicate a sweet lure as close to the caliber of that given to me (without a formula) by my fox trapping mentor in 1954. Mark was a professional predator trapper then, and every dirt hole set he ever made for fox had a small gob of it in the hole in combination with a few drops of gland lure on the top edge of the hole.
Over the years I have sniffed several sweet commercial lures designed for raccoons, but nothing close to his homemade stuff. My interest in this is just one of those deliberate, stubborn curiosity energies. There is a touch of anise in Mark's original lure. All that I have left from that original lure is an empty quart Ball canning jar with dried up black residue from it occupying the bottom of it.
For those of you who may use a similar sweet/gland lure combination, is there a commercial sweet lure you might recommend?
I meandered off on a bit of a tangent, but my digression was related to the sweet odor of anise oil.
Your comments and considerations will be most appreciated. Thank you.
Jonathan
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