Deer and Cigarette Smoke
#3
RE: Deer and Cigarette Smoke
Sure they can. I am a smoker and go to great lengths to conceal that fact from the deer)). I do not smoke in the house, wife would kill me!!! I do not smoke after I shower for a hunt. My hunting clothes are always washed and kept in sealed bags.
Deer can smell human body odor so why would you think they can not smell cigarette smoke? It gets on your clothes and smells bad. IMHO cigarette smoke is a foreign odor to them. I can not remember the last time I saw a buck walk by with a Marlboro sticking out of his mouth)))) LoL
Dave
Deer can smell human body odor so why would you think they can not smell cigarette smoke? It gets on your clothes and smells bad. IMHO cigarette smoke is a foreign odor to them. I can not remember the last time I saw a buck walk by with a Marlboro sticking out of his mouth)))) LoL
Dave
#4
RE: Deer and Cigarette Smoke
I am sure they can smell it.
I wouldalmost guaranteeit would have a negative impact on your hunting success although I can't tell you howmany success stories I have heard over the years that start with..."so there I was, sitting inmy stand...steaming thermos of coffee between my legs and a cigarette in my mouth when all of a sudden there he was...."
I wouldalmost guaranteeit would have a negative impact on your hunting success although I can't tell you howmany success stories I have heard over the years that start with..."so there I was, sitting inmy stand...steaming thermos of coffee between my legs and a cigarette in my mouth when all of a sudden there he was...."
#5
RE: Deer and Cigarette Smoke
ORIGINAL: ydduit
I am sure they can smell it but I am not sure of the effect that it would have on them as I am a non smoker.
But i don know I have heard many success stories that start with..."so there I was, sitting inmy stand...thermos of coffee between my legs and a cigarette in my mouth when all of a sudden there he was...."
I am sure they can smell it but I am not sure of the effect that it would have on them as I am a non smoker.
But i don know I have heard many success stories that start with..."so there I was, sitting inmy stand...thermos of coffee between my legs and a cigarette in my mouth when all of a sudden there he was...."
#6
RE: Deer and Cigarette Smoke
Maybe they can, but if Im not dipping my cig smoke mixes in with the airplane fuel Im so high up in a tree!
I have smoked in a tree before and shot a deer 10 yrds away. One trait a deer has is curiosity. If its not human it wont spook them, just like many things to a deer, they are more curious than anything..IMHO.
I have smoked in a tree before and shot a deer 10 yrds away. One trait a deer has is curiosity. If its not human it wont spook them, just like many things to a deer, they are more curious than anything..IMHO.
#10
RE: Deer and Cigarette Smoke
IMHO Cigarette smoke will clear a field of deer faster than Philip Fulmer can clear a football stadium. I know, because I have experienced it. I was on a paid hunt in TX and had already killed my animal, was just sitting to hopefully get a hog. There were a half dozen deer at the feeder, and I lit a cigarette to see what would happen. As soon as the deer got a whiff, they bolted, blew, and ran to the next county, I didn't see any other animals that day. So, don't smoke unless you are 100% certain that you are upwind and there won't be any swirling wind. I have noticed that in the a.m. hunts, when I am high in a tree (20ft or better), that the air currents usually rise, so you might get away with a smoke, but, you had better have a way to hide the butt and ashes.