Peanut Butter as an Attractant?

[hereford]

An older co-worker was telling yesterday about how he used to lure a lot of deer in to his area with peanut butter back when he hunted all the time. He would fill it in to a sock and cut a small hole in the bottom and then hang it from a tree about level with a deer's nose.

Anyone ever heard of this or am I pretty gullible?

[C.Read]

Yes sir. My FIL uses it. He buys the cheapest PB he can find, says the more oil in it the better. Takes the cap off, screws it to a tree about head high to a deer, then screws the jar of PB back on to the cap and cuts the bottom out of the jar.

[HELLRAZOR]

It works, I put some on 1 inch PVC and hang on trees it's works also stick corn or apples to peanut butter they love it!... But use durning cold weather cuz the heat will make it slide off! Lol

[Thundervee]

Deer love some peanut butter, we have taken the lid and screwed it to a tree and cut the bottom of the jar out

[wabmd7]

Yes sir. My FIL uses it. He buys the cheapest PB he can find, says the more oil in it the better. Takes the cap off, screws it to a tree about head high to a deer, then screws the bottle of PB back on to the cap and cuts the bottom out of the bottle.

for sure on this^^^. there a lot of youtube videos on how to create a peanut butter deer feeder. got a 50acre plot in east Tx I am looking to get out to and try it out myself

[billfromtx]

I've been using jars of peanut butter for years and it works.

I take a whole jar and cut about a 3rd of the bottom out. I take the lid and screw it into a tree or fence post use 2 screws so it doesn't spin. Then I simply screw the jar back on to the secured lid. The deer can lick out the peanut butter, out of the hole in the bottom. I've watched them do it. At my place a jar doesn't last more than a week of so. I buy the cheap stuff and hang it high enough so hogs cant get to it.

SSSHHHHHHH!..Dont tell anyone its a well kept secret!

[Silent Assassin]

Sweet. Ima try this next time I'm out there!

[tmurray]

I posted this exact same thread almost exactly 2 years ago, I forgot all about it!

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171881

[Bayouboy]

Coons and ants love it too.

[txlawdog]

Darn coons will stand on their head to get to it. I have seen many a fight on my cameras between coons trying to get to the jar. Going to try it at my new place in Leakey. It does work and the cheaper the better.

[Texas Huntin']

I'm have to try this, this weekend...

[tiny's taxiderm]

Took about 30 min for my ol pet doe to taste it... every sin e then I haven't been able to keep up with it... almost gettin as expensive as protien lol. I buy the biggest jars they have at dollar general.

[Sparzo]

May just have to give this a try.

[LosCuernosRanch]

I'm going to try it myself.

[CaptTank]

I didn't believe it till I tried it. Took em a couple of days, but then once they got the taste of it a jar will last about 2-3 days. The first time they hit it there was a deep tongue mark right in the middle of it. Looked funny.