January 08, 2015
By Bowhunting Online Staff
While we all have our own favorite go-to's when it comes to attractants, calls and decoys, there are plenty of new products to get excited about in 2015.
With exclusive coverage from the Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show in Indianapolis, Ind., we're here to introduce you to the best new attractants, calls and decoys for 2015.
Hunter's Specialties | 180 Day Estrus While some deer scents are formulated to work during a small window of the hunting season, Hunter's Specialties takes a different approach with
180 Day Estrus scent. An all-natural product, 180 Day Estrus consists of premium whitetail doe urine collected during peak cycle, along with other key ingredients to ensure the scent's stability.
The scent can be used any time from September through February and is effective in a variety of applications, including for scent drags or applied to real or mock scrapes. Each bottle comes with four Spike Wicks.
Price: $9.99
Primos | Bottleneck Grunt Better doesn't have to be bigger. With its compact, single-reed design, the new Primos
Bottleneck grunt call can produce lifelike midtone deep grunts despite its diminutive size.
The call's soft, flexible, bottleneck design helps contribute to the realistic tones while also making for a handy, pocket-sized package. The call comes with a lanyard for easy carrying and quick accessibility during the hunt.
Price: $14.99
Tink's | Power Scrape All-Season Scrape Kit Hunters seeking an edge in building the perfect buck-attracting scrape setup don't need to look beyond the new Power Scrape All-Season Scrape Kit from
Tink's . The kit comes complete with all the ingredients needed to spice up a scrape site that big bucks won't be able to resist.
The foundation is Tink's legendary Power Scrape Starter, which can be used for up to a month prior to ramping up of the rut. Then it's time to switch to the all-new Power Scrape Finisher, which is specially formulated with the original Power Scrape formula enhanced with Tink's #69 Doe-in-Rut estrous and buck secretions to mimic natural scrapes closer to the rutting season. The delivery mechanism is Tink's trusted and effective Scrape Bomb Dripper.
Price: $19.99
Ozonics | HR-200 The Ozonics
HR-200 already is well known for using its unique GameChanger technology to mask a hunter's scent by changing ordinary oxygen molecules into ozone molecules.
Now, the company is targeting game's eyesight as well, offering the unit in two camo patterns — Mossy Oak Treestand and Mathews Lost Camo. The units continue to employ the technology that has earned legions of converts who appreciate the odor-eliminating performance of the safe-to-use HR-200.
Price: $449.99
Evolved Harvest | 7-Card Stud With seven different plant types,
7-Card Stud , from Evolved Harvest, is the most adaptive food plot blend on the market, providing deer with a wide variety of protein-rich forage. Included in the 7-Card Stud mix are forage oats, forage triticale, forage turnips, winter peas, crimson clover, Daikon radish and forage chicory.
The variety ensures that the plots will be able to offer at least one deer-attracting option at all times. The seed mix is available in a 10-pound bag that covers a quarter of an acre.
Price: $19.99
Moultrie | Camera Candy Legions of hunters have come to understand the value of using scouting cameras to monitor game on their hunting grounds. Capturing great images requires not only quality cameras but also a way to attract animals into the camera's area.
With its new Camera Candy,
Moultrie has produced a deer attractant that is specifically formulated to attract deer and keep them in the area while game cameras fire away. Camera Candy is a four-pound, hard-cooked block attractant that comes with a special strap — the CamStrap — that allows the block to be perfectly positioned to get a trophy buck's head in the center of the frame.
Price: $19.99
Montana Decoy | Miss Purr-fect Montana Decoy is known for its line of ultra-
realistic, two-dimensional decoys created from actual photos of game in the field. The company uses that same photo realism with an additional dimension in its new
Miss Purr-fect turkey decoy, part of the company's exciting 3-D decoy line up.
Though Miss Purr-fect pops into a 3-D shape, the decoy folds almost flat for easy transport. Folded, the decoy is just 9x13 inches and weighs just 1 pound, 6 ounces. Perfect Pose technology allows hunters to finely tune the decoy's head position, and two leg-pole positions allow for setup in either feeder or looker poses.
Price: $49.99
Cabela's | Trophy Series Deer Mineral Mineral supplements need to not only offer vital ingredients to promote deer health and antler growth but also need to be palatable so the animals are attracted to them.
Cabela's
Trophy Series Deer Mineral is specially designed to enhance body growth and antler development and contribute to better breeding and reproductive performance. The granular mineral, which comes in a six-pound bag, is weatherized to stand up to environmental conditions.
Price: $15
Heartland Wildlife | Brush Country Buffet The often harsh climate of places such as the Texas Brush Country and other dry areas of the Deep South can create challenges when it comes to establishing lush food plots. The new
Brush Country Buffet seed mix from Heartland Wildlife is specifically formulated to thrive in areas where regular seed mixes just won't cut the mustard.
Brush Country Buffet provides a mix of nutritious clovers, ryes, turnips, brassicas and other attractants that not only grow well in tough conditions but will attract deer in droves. Each 20-pound bag will plant half an acre.
Price: $45.95
Wildgame Innovations | Scrape Blaster Scrape Blaster from Wildgame Innovations doesn't attract big bucks with its aroma alone. The new scent is the first aerosol-powered spray that is UV enhanced so bucks can actually see it. Scrape Blaster combines pre-orbital gland scents and various deer urine scents with Wildgame Innovations' Glo-Coat technology, which makes the aerosol foam reflect ultra-violet light so deer can see it. One eight-ounce can will cover several scrapes.
Price: $9.99
Duel Game Calls | HB III Friction Series With their innovative designs and high-grade construction,
Duel's pot calls represent some of the finest friction calls available to hunters. The calls are constructed of CNC-machined, warp-resistant laminated hardwood, producing not only a striking appearance but also laying the foundation for spectacular tones.
With a dual-chamber sounding board and one-piece pillar construction, the calls generate 40 percent better sound resonance than the average pot call. The 4-inch diameter also creates the capability of louder call volumes.
The calls are available in a Tough Country Slate version featuring ocean slate over borosilicate pure crystal, a Legacy Glass version made with the borosilicate pure crystal and a Precious Metal Aluminum with an aluminum sounding board over borosilicate pure crystal.
Price: $99.99
ScentBlocker | NoseBlocker Scent-eliminating gear such as clothing from
ScentBlocker can help hunters avoid detection in the field by super-sniffing game. Now, ScentBlocker's new NoseBlocker scents offer another level of protection.
NoseBlocker uses a proprietary formula with a unique and powerful natural root extract to create an aroma that extensive field-testing has shown to relax wild deer. NoseBlocker is available in two versions: Drowsy Cherry Vanilla and Drowsy Apple. The scents both attract and relax deer that catch a whiff of the intoxicating aroma, so be sure to give yourself a much-needed advantage.
Price: $14.99
ICOtech Predator Calls | GC500 The new
GC500 electronic call from ICOtech Predator Calls pulls together key features all hunters appreciate: flexibility, functionality and affordability.
The unit offers super simple operation, with just one button needed to activate the call. Once the call sequence plays, the unit pauses for 30 seconds before re-playing the sequence. Calls are loaded and played from a standard SD memory card, and the GC500 can play any audio file saved in the .mp3 or .wav formats (16 bit or less). The remote control has a range of up to 300 yards, with no line of sight required, helping hunters avoid detection by keen-eyed predators.
Price: $185.99
Extreme Hunting Solutions | Stick-N-Lick Deer Pop Jr. Weighing in at just over a pound, the
Stick-N-Lick Deer Pop Jr. is a pint-sized deer attractant from Extreme Hunting Solutions. But the little bucket boasts big performance, lasting up to two months. Like the original Stick-N-Lick, which comes in a five-pound bucket, the junior version features a unique blend of hard cooked molasses, whole kernel corn and apple flavoring. The patented Weather Shield polymer packaging includes a sturdy lag bolt for mounting to any wooden surface.
Price: $10.99
Flambeau Outdoors | MAD TreeCoy Decoys typically mimic animals, but leave it to 'MAD scientist ' Mark Drury to take decoying deer in a new direction.
MAD's new TreeCoy is an artificial tree trunk and base. Hunters simply place the decoy in a strategic spot and then clip a few limbs from nearby trees and place them into the holes on the trunk, creating a licking branch and scrape setup that bucks won't be able to resist. Easy portability allows hunters to place the TreeCoy in the best spots, and even to set up the limbs so that bucks checking out the TreeCoy will present the ideal quartering-away angle from the hunter's stand location.
Assembled, the TreeCoy is approximately nine feet tall, but it breaks down to a package that's barely three feet long.
Price: $99.99
Primos | Donkey Butter Primos has expanded its popular Swamp Donkey line to include a concentrated deer paste attractant formulated for use in a wide range of field applications.
Donkey Butter is sticky paste that can be used at bait sites, or applied in shooting lanes to stop bucks.
It's available in Molasses or Peanut Butter flavors and comes in disposable tubes or bottles for easy application. The 3.5-ounce tube is designed for a single use, while the 24-ounce squeeze bottle contains enough Donkey Butter for approximately seven field uses.
Price: $15.95 (24-ounce bottle)
Hunter's Specialties | Field Champion Box Call Hunter's Specialties is harkening back to the good ol' days with its Retro Series Calls. The
Field Champion Box call is among the offerings, giving hunters who don't have an original in their arsenal the chance to take advantage of the call's realistic tone and far-reaching volume.
The Field Champion is well-suited not only for reproducing hen calls but also super-realistic gobbles. The call features a moisture-resistant green camo finish and the Silencer Plus feature to lock the lid in place for quiet transport.
Price: $34.99
Extreme Hunting Solutions | Kandy Korn with Apple Aroma Kids at Halloween aren't the only fans of candy corn. The new
Kandy Korn with Apple Aroma from Extreme Hunting Solutions is a sweet treat that will draw in the big ones. Kandy Korn is more than an attractant. With a proprietary mix that includes oats, corn, roasted soybeans, chelated minerals and vitamins, it's a nutritious food source.
Available in six- or 40-pound bags, it can be used on its own or to supplement other feed. For example, a single bag of Kandy Korn will treat up to 300 pounds of whole or cracked corn.
Price: $16.99 (6-pound bag)
Apparition Scents | Undertaker Scrape Starter With its new
Undertaker scrape starter, Apparition Scents has eliminated the need for a scrape dripper by combining a liquid deer lure with
another key element of any natural scrape: real dirt. The combination of the proven Apparition Scents lure with soil makes it easy to establish a mock scrape or enhance an existing scrape to keep bucks coming back daily.
It's 100 percent waterproof, too, so will keep on working even after a deluge. In fact, the Undertaker will work up to two months,
ensuring scrapes remain attractive during the entire rut.
Price: $11.99
CarboMask | CarboMask Facepaint Infused with activated carbon,
CarboMask face paint offers bowhunters a scent-free option for covering up game-spooking bare skin. The water-based paint uses natural clays for smooth, easy application and is not greasy. Because of the clay base, the paint is drab and doesn't create any glare. It's also easy to remove. The paint comes in color-
specific, disc-top delivery tubes (1.5 ounces) with handy paracord loops.
Price: $6.99
Moultrie | Dinner Plate Gravity Series The new Dinner Plate Gravity Series of game feeders from
Moultrie addresses a longtime concern for hunters who use electric feeders: keeping the feed coming. Dinner Plate feeders dispense food on demand, without the need for batteries or an electronic timer.
The Dinner Plate Feeder Kit, which can be retrofitted to existing feeders, can accommodate corn or protein-type feeds up to 2.25 inches long and a quarter-inch in diameter. The 30-gallon Dinner Plate feeder is less than 6 feet tall, making for easy filling. The 55-gallon model has a 400-pound capacity.
Price: $109.99 (30 gallon);
$ 199.99 (55 gallon);
$ 39.99 (kit)
Evolved Harvest | Buck'd Up Hunter's Plot Seed Mix New for 2015, Buck'd Up Hunter's Plot seed mix from
Evolved Harvest includes a mix of seeds that provides for year-round plots that are both attractive and nutritious to deer. The mixture includes winter grains, clover and brassicas. The highly palatable blend also contains quick-starting oats and winter wheat. The brassicas are critical because the plants' sugars concentrate in the leaves with the onset of cold weather, providing excellent forage during a time when other greens are not thriving. A 4.5-pound bag of Buck'd Up Hunters Plot will cover a quarter of an acre.
Price: $12.99
Hunter's Specialties | Penny Snood Feeder Hen Decoy Lightweight and ultra-realistic, the
Penny Snood Feeder Hen Decoy from Hunter's Specialties is the kind of decoy that puts both hens and gobblers at ease as they approach a hunter's set. The inflatable decoy is constructed of durable, crease- and dent-resistant rubber and features a built-in air valve, which allows for quick deployment. The no-flake paint will remain vivid season after season and the self-balancing stake tube allows for easy placement even in the dark.
Price: $79.99
Primos | Osceola Edition Second in line in a four-year limited edition run, the Osceola Edition is the newest addition to the
Heartbreaker Grand Slam Series of box calls from Primos. The call features single-billet box construction for crisp yelps and cuts.
Each call is individually numbered and personally signed by Will Primos, and all feature a 3-D, laser-engraved scene depicting the Osceola wild turkey. Also new from Primos is the Bamboozled Box Call, which features a super dense bamboo paddle for extremely loud, crisp yelps and cuts.
Price: $24.95 (Bamboozled);
$ 69.95 (Osceola Heartbreaker)
