How to Use Cherry Bomb Deer Attractant to Draw Big Bucks

As summer wanes, it’s time to sight in on deer hunting season and sort out your strategies for fall. It’s also time to stock up on Redmond Cherry Bomb or Apple Bomb long-range deer attractant and start feeding it to your herd before the hunts begin.

If you’ve used Bomb in the past to tag a whitetail buck, you know it's one of the best deer attractants out there. In this blog, you'll get more tips to help you get even more out of the product. If you haven’t tried Bomb yet, it’s time to grab a bag and bring your big-game skills to the next level! Let’s review the facts on Bomb  and how hunters can use it to attract deer pre-rut, post-rut, and during the height of the hunts.

What is Apple and Cherry Bomb Fortified Attractants?

Cherry and Apple Bomb are Redmond Hunt’s super effective long-range attractants for deer. Bomb is a granular product with an enticing scent that pulls deer from afar. It's also a fortified deer mineral supplement with a high nutritional value you can feel good about giving the herd.

Bomb has a proprietary blend of palatable protein ingredients, vitamins, and Trophy Rock minerals. (Find ingredient analyses here: Cherry Bomb, Apple Bomb.) It helps you bend deer to your will and lure them to places you choose to scout out your herd, get awesome trail cam pics, or take the perfect shot. 

How to Feed Deer Cherry or Apple Bomb

Putting out Bomb is simple. Just select a deer mineral site on your property where you want deer to visit. (Get pointers on setting up a mineral site.) Once you’ve selected a location, you can put out Bomb in a few different ways. Choose what works best for you and the deer on your property.

• Clear a small area and spread it evenly on the ground for deer to eat. Avoid heaping it in a pile; this allows Bomb to dry out if it gets rained on.  
• Bomb also works well in deer feeders. We recommend a gravity feeder over broadcast or spin models, as Bomb has fine particles deer can’t find when scattered. Using a deer feeder also keeps Bomb dry and keeps it from molding on the ground.
• You can also mix Bomb 50/50 with corn to prolong use and add some extra enticement for deer. 
• Pair Bomb with a natural Trophy Rock deer mineral lick at your site for optimal supplementation.

Replenish Bomb at your site as desired or needed. Just be aware—deer love Apple and Cherry Bomb flavored attractants! If you free-feed it, they’ll probably gobble it up faster than you can replenish it. Instead, try using Bomb as a teaser, not a straight feed, to attract deer into specific locations where you are hunting or have trail cams set up.

6 Hunting Tips—How to Attract Deer Using Bomb

Late summer is the time to start working out your game plan to bag that alpha male you’ve had your eye on all year—and Cherry or Apple Bomb should be a key player in your strategy before the rut season and beyond. Check out the deer hunting tips below to learn how to use Bomb to your best advantage when bringing in that hard-to-hunt buck.  

1. Put it Out Early

Bomb fortified attractant and Trophy Rock mineral licks are the perfect pair for year-round deer mineral supplements. (Learn more here about how to use Trophy Rock.) Deer will hit Trophy Rock hard from January to August then leave the Rock at the end of summer. That’s the time to switch to Cherry or Apple Bomb to keep deer visiting your mineral site.

We recommend introducing Bomb around July 4th to get deer used to it—don't throw it out the day of your hunt! Put out a small amount at your site about two months before hunting season, then gradually increase the amount. This will avoid alarming deer with a sudden change. Check out the Beyond the Rock video below for more info on transitioning from Trophy Rock to Bomb attractant at your site.

2. Set Up a Camera

If you’re using Bomb, you’re gonna want a trail camera nearby. You'll not only get great photos to share, but also videos and pics to help you inventory deer and silently stalk the one you’ll be targeting come fall. Bomb is also useful for attracting deer to conduct trail camera surveys. 

3. Save Your Spot

Hunting is all about location—and keeping that location free from too much human traffic. This is why you'll want deer to get used to Bomb somewhere besides your tree stand or the prime spot you intend to hunt. When you eventually do hunt and put out your long-range attractant in that area, deer will know the smell, won’t be skittish about it, and will follow their nose to your hunting site. 

4. Pick Your Angle

Put Bomb in a spot where the yardage and angles are right for minimal movement to aim and shoot your deer. 

5. Work with Wind

Place Bomb in an optimal location for the scent to carry down into deer bedding areas or to bring deer in the direction for best viewing or hunting. Learn more about hunting the wind in this blog.

6. Be Scent Conscious

If you put Bomb in a hunting spot where the wind is carrying the smell into a bedding area, your scent is also blowing down and alerting deer. Use Bomb Spray (also in Cherry or Apple scent), our handy field spray, to cover up your smell. Just one or two squirts on your stand or tree every hour will mask your scent and entice deer in.

Why is Bomb the Best Deer Attractant?

There are some pretty good deer attractants out there, so what makes Cherry and Apple Bomb better? The expansive natural trace minerals are really what set our mix apart. While most deer mineral attractants have 6-7 added minerals, Bomb is powered with 60+ Trophy Rock minerals sourced from our Redmond mine in Utah, USA. It’s a high-quality mix that outperforms every other long-range deer attractant we’ve tried—and we’re confident you’ll find success too. Bomb not only attracts deer, it also nourishes for healthier herds, bigger bucks, and better antler growth.

Cherry and Apple Bomb are available almost anywhere, and come in 6- and 20-pound bags. It’s available at most large retailers, including Cabela’s, Tractor Supply, and Bass Pro Shops. (Click here for a complete list of retailers.) Before buying Bomb, however, check local regulations to see if baiting and feeding are legal in your area. If you're ready to purchase Bomb now, we’ve got you covered! Just click below to visit the Redmond Hunt store and purchase your favorite Bomb attractant or Bomb/Bomb Spray cover scent combo today and rock your hunt.