I am positive I asked this years ago on Tman, but for the life of me, I can't find it. Had a discussion with a buddy the other night and this came up. He claimed he never buys lures from luremakers far away from our state.

How many trappers purposely buy lures from lure makers in their own "region" or geographic area ? Reason being, they feel a lure with a recipe crafted for one areas critters may not work for another areas. Warm climate critters would not be as effective for northern cold weather or open country out west vs dense forest/swamp.

Glands are for the most part, glands, but things animals eat, scents they are accustomed to vary. I understand a change up, long call additive or curiosity scent should work with regularity, but go-to gland lures or all call lures, does it matter to you?

We are all suckers for cool names and promises of secret rare ingredients for the "Best lure for ____ on the market", but does the location of the lure maker matter to you?

To me and these southern critters it doesn't matter.

More worried about what lures are heavily used in the region than where they were made. Ie... Most of my beaver work is nuisance work and if I know everyone and their brother is using Backbreaker and failing somehow... I'm using something else. Sorry Paul

That's been my experience here in MI. It was an interesting discussion though, which is why I asked.





I feel this is true 100%, seem to lose some of the head turning ability if it becomes a standard scent or the area is carpetbombed with lure. My trapping partner and I almost never use the same lures when running a line or trapping an area together.

My buddy had a few head scratcher points though. How's a Michigan animal know what a alligator smells like or snake base. Or a Arizona critter what mink glands smell like.

And I understand certain odors have an effect whether they have ever smelled it before or not, but it was worth pondering.

I like using lures that I find locally because I like supporting those businesses and I do feel they have an edge in my area. All of the local guys use these baits and lures here, and they know what works here.

Don't twist my words, I think the big name lures are still great, but I think there's something to be said for supporting your local guys.

Most of the time a conversation with these guys at a convention or demo will yield far more than a click of a mouse on a computer to order lure.

Whether its information or advice on trapping techniques, a higher catch rate, or just simply supporting local business, I think baits and lures from your region make you a more effective trapper.

I've tested a lot of lure ingredients on coyotes and I promise u a coyote doesn't have to have smelled an ingredient before or "know what it is" for it to be highly addictive to them.

This is where I am at. I always have a few bigger name lures in my pack that I have luck with, but I always give a local guy set up at the conventions a whirl too. Many times it seems they have dialed in a recipe based on local use/feedback.

Exactly.

Happy Birthday too!

The best lures triggers a reaction. How many coyotes even come across a beaver to know what castor us supposed to do to them? There's just chemical triggers they can't control.

I like to use the lesser known lures due to other trappers in the area are less likely to use those.

Imo I I try to stay away from heavy castor in coyote lure as it seem so many out there and skunk is a nother ingredient over use.
In the right amounts they work great but do not want those smells first out the bottle.
A good lure is a good lure no matter what part of country you live.

I wouldn't argue with any of those points

A good formula is good no matter were its from. I've been honored to test lures from makers from across our country. Curiosity trumps all! besides location of coarse. Not many coyotes from Michigan have ever smelled an aged rattlesnake but boy does it make them dig.. the underlying odors too. There's a lot more going on in a coyotes brain than we'll ever know!

Got to agree with Gary as I tested a Mississippi based snake bait a few seasons back and it created some craters dug up by the predators. The innate curiosity that those odors can create some interesting information....and catches. Kind of like bobcat urine/gland in areas with no bobcats....different smell that they have got to check out.

Paul's thread on Backbreaker supply issues / North vs South castor kind of lines up with this. Weird ...

I have a beaver colony that feed on sassafras , it's way different than the colonies that feed on willow and poplar.

IDK but I use a lure for New Mexico that has rattlesnake in it that our fox like. We don't have rattlers in my normal trapping area.
I'm just the opposite, I like using western lures.
But might be something to it for certain ingredients.