Scent pads and heater to distribute hunting scent
A hunting scent distribution pad is used with a scent distribution device to distribute an aromatic hunting scent. The scent can be configured to attract game, to cover the hunter's scent, or to create a barrier to discourage game for moving into a particular area. The scent distribution device includes a heater than heats the pad to distribute the scent. The pad is made by freeze drying urine to a powder material and mixing it dry or slightly wet with a carrier material such as propylene glycol or vegetable glycerin that will not burn when subjected to the heat of the scent distribution device. The carrier material preserves the urine materials and freezes at a lower temperature than water.
1 . A method of making a hunting scent distribution pad comprising the steps of:
freeze drying urine to create a powdered urine material;
mixing the powdered urine material with at least one of a propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin to provide a scent material; and
placing the scent material on an absorbent pad until the scent material is absorbed by the pad.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of adding water to the powdered urine material before the step of mixing.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising the step of mixing, by volume, one part water to four parts powdered urine.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent pad has a first volume and further comprising the step of absorbing a second volume of scent material into the pad; the second volume being about seventy-five percent of the first volume.
5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising the step of absorbing the scent material into a paper-based pad.
6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising the step of absorbing the scent material into a pad made from a paperboard.
7 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising the step of absorbing the scent material into a paper-based pad having a thickness from one-sixteenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch.
8 . A method of making a hunting scent distribution pad comprising the steps of:
mixing a urine material with at least one of a propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin to provide a scent material wherein the urine material includes at least one of a natural urine and a synthetic urine; and
placing the scent material in contact with an absorbent pad until the scent material is absorbed by the pad.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of freeze drying the urine material to create a powdered scent material before the urine material is mixed to provide the scent material.
10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising the step of adding water to the powdered scent material before the step of mixing.
11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising the step of mixing, by volume, one part water to four parts powdered scent material.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the absorbent pad has a first volume and further comprising the step of absorbing a second volume of scent material into the pad; the second volume being about seventy-five percent of the first volume.
13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of absorbing the scent material into a paper-based pad.
14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of absorbing the scent material into a pad made from a paperboard.
15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of absorbing the scent material into a paper-based pad having a thickness from one-sixteenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch.