Re: Anise Oil
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06/10/08 10:51 PM
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I have had good luck with Anise on Weasel, Marten, Fisher,Mink and Coon. Even Bobcats seem to be fond of it !
MTP sells some top end Anise oil. I also have used Durkee - Anise extract right off the grocery store shelf. Look for it in the spice isle next to the Vanilla.
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/10/08 11:07 PM
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I agree Jonathan a little goes a long ways. A 4oz bottle is one heck of a bunch of sets.
Not worth the trouble involved trying to extract it yourself ! !
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/10/08 11:12 PM
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you can take the seeds and make a decent tincture put your seeds through a coffee mill or high speed mega blender ... or you could just add them as is ... then add whatever you choose as your medium ... glycerine, vodka, glycol here is a couple pics of ground Anise in glycerin ![](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/possum-skinner/baits%20and%20lures/anise2.jpg) ![](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/possum-skinner/baits%20and%20lures/anise1.jpg)
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/10/08 11:26 PM
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Looks lke a shot I did this weekend... I mix my beaver meat in Ainse. Cats,marten,fisher. Love it. Good for Black Bears also.
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/10/08 11:45 PM
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Ed, That is slick! I just learned another valuable lesson from you.
How would you rate the strength of the odor from that tincture compared to the spice rack oil? Are the seeds cheaper to warrant your extra effort for an acceptable equivalent?
I made an educated guess saying, "The odor would be weak compared to the oil concentrate," based on my only experiences with the China Star version.
Have you by chance used that same method with fennel seeds?
Jonathan
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/11/08 12:19 AM
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Jim Wallner
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I use it both ways. But I like to pour it over my bait straight. For bears and, fisher,marten, and cats.
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/11/08 12:47 AM
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I use the store bought kind. I mix mine with karo syrup, heat the syrup up in the microwave to thin it up,and a few drops anise in it stir it up. When it cools it gets thick again. I use it for beaver, coon and rats. It helps if you can put it in small squeeze bottle because it can get sticky. Thats why I like this mixture,it sticks and doesn't soak into the ground. I also have heard of people mixing it with vaseline so it doesn't wash away at sets. Thats my 2$$.............
With dogs or traps you cant get them all.
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/11/08 12:48 AM
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the odor is sufficently comparable
price of the seeds is cheap ... only paid like .48 cents or so for them ... add the glycern or whatever and you're still in the couple dollar range for a pint ... that works for me
this mixed with smoked fish chunks and couple other ingredients works pretty good
beavers and rats like it too
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/11/08 12:48 AM
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I usually pick up a small bottle of anise at the supermarket. You can find it in the same spot where they keep the vanilla and rootbeer extracts. Most Bear baiters use alot of anise and i experimented using it this year on my fisher sets along with the skunky LDC. The one thing I noticed was when it got bitterly cold and everything was freezing you could still smell the anise long after you would stop smelling the skunk. All my fisher sets are on slightly leaning trees and I noticed this year after the early snow we got that my sets with anise seemed to get visited more often by canines. I'm going to experiment alot more with it in late november and into december this year with all the critters.
"My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my traps for what I said I paid for them."
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/11/08 01:06 AM
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Ed, As a kindergarten, hobby lure maker for five decades, your lessons were most informative. Thank you for the enlightenment from this class!
Jonathan
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/11/08 08:52 AM
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I also have heard of people mixing it with vaseline so it doesn't wash away at sets. Thats my 2$$............. I suspend quite a few oils in Vaseline. Makes it very easy to apply at a set. Blackberry, Almond, Anise, Cinnamon This is a batch Wheelers cooked up for me prior to last season. The man mixes up a Marten lure that melts the bark off the trees ! ![](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/2poor/secondgroupofpictures104.jpg)
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Re: Anise Oil
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06/11/08 01:07 PM
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The LDC I use is a vaseline base that probably explains the decrease in smell when it hits freezing temps. The anis was actually in the a liquid bear lure made by cronks. I still like the vaseline, all I do when i check the set is give it a little stir with a stick and wala, skunk is back in action. Do you find the same affects with your other odors in a vaseline base when it hits freezing?
"My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my traps for what I said I paid for them."
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