In his book, Roy Kuykendall has a couple handfuls of lure/scent formulas for coyotes. Just wondering if anyone has made them and tried them??

I've tried Andy's version of one and liked it.

Roys formulas work, but back then ingrediants and todays ingrediants arent the same so its a toss up. If you make his formulas ,keep strict records and testing, use what works....there isnt any shortcuts. Good luck.

Whats the name of Andy’s version?

Tainted love. Made some myself last year.

Yes, that and a 'calf rib bone'. . .

Gonna try and revive this thread. Andy's tainted love jad become a fav on my line and I'm wondering where I can get the original formula. Which one of Roy's books has these recipes and does anyone know where to get the book?

-Ken

Seal oil = might be hard to come by? LOL!

Ken the Book title is, Fur Harvesting and Predator Control copyright 1975. Page # 44 has his #1 Passion Scent formula.

Apparently seal oil is sold in Canada but I wonder what would be a good substitute. Or if any kind of quality oil would do. Obviously the seal oil isn't the main attraction with all of the other stuff in it.

Also where would one find this white musk?

White musk is musk xylol and is available at many trapping supply dealers. I even carry it - https://trapperman.com/oils.html

Ok that's good to know thank you Paul

Now as to the issue with Seal oil, can another oil that is attractive to k9s and cats be used with equal effectiveness?

I would think sea lion oil would be equally effective.

Seriously though, you'll just have to make a small batch with whatever oil and test it to find out.

Friend of mine got a hold of some seal oil. He tested it against some good fish oil and found the fish to be more attractive.

You might try some Beaver Tail Oil also?

I was hoping this would come up as a possible substitute. I have a pint of it waiting on me to use it. I already plan to make a bobcat gland/rub lure with it.

I have a bunch of freezer burned empy oil sacs and was thinking it would make a really good medium to hold scent in a lure, ground u to powder ya know

I've got everything but the white musk and will substitute with BTO.

I'm making a coyote and cat version. Might have enough for 4 gallons of the coyote, and 1 gallon of the cat.

Tracy I'll send you a jar of both to test next season once it's done

Only add the droppings to a small portion of ur batch. You might like it better without them in it. They made my batch go south in a bad way after several months. There's some unproductive bacteria in that stuff it seems from my experience.

Yeah that's a good idea. The way I read it was to add scat to the little jar that is used daily after it's been half used or something. So I don't think Roy intended to add scat to the whole batch. It becomes a yeast formula once you add the scat to the little jar, but the batch remains yeast free till it hits the daily use jar.