I'm wanting to make myself a simple castor lure and wondered if mineral oil can be used in place of glycerin with the ground castor? Would it have any antifreeze properties like glycerin?

Anyone have an answer or at least a discussion for me?

Look in archives, I have to believe you can find your answer there. I am not experienced I. Lure making enough to give a definitive answer.

I did look there and only found one post mentioning it. Just looking for more opinions I guess. Thanks.

I bought glycerine because that is what I was told worked. Don't know if other things will work.

I know my dad used it years ago. I've never used anything but sac oil with castor to make a beaver lure. It doesn't freeze hard enough to stop it from smelling a good ways. If it is freezing in the bottle so you can't get it out you can always carry it in a shirt pocket. Personally I usually just mix up a little at a time and chop the the castors up with a pocket knife. Not as fine as ground up, but they seem to have plenty of air space between them in the bottle and I've never had a problem getting a little out of the bottle to lure a set with.

Here is one that I found in a pile of formulas that I acquired. Never made it.
4 ounces mineral oil
1/2 ounce beaver castor
1 tsp. bergamot oil
mix well, use 8-12 drops per set

there are about a dozen more using mineral oil.

I would use mineral oil if i had no glycerine.

There are a lot of old lure recipes using paraffin oil. Which sounds like it was mineral oil.


"I think, there are may be a slight differences between mineral oil and paraffin oil. Actually, paraffin oil is a kind of mineral oil in broad scene. There are three basic classes of refined mineral oils:"

I got that when I searched paraffin oil

Thanks everyone. I will try it and see how it works. I saw an earlier posts where someone uses a capful of peppermint schnapps and I might try a batch with that added. Should work for beaver and bobcats.

Mineral oil is excellent for beaver lure. I don’t use a “lot” when I use it, but I do use it in pretty much every castor lure that I’ve made. I like to see the sheen when using it at a set after I splash the water

I have made very effective beaver castor lure using mineral oil as a base.

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