Homemade cover scent?
03-31-2006, 12:51 PM
#1
Typical Buck
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Homemade cover scent?
I have heard of people boiling leaves, sticks, moss, etc from there hunting area to make cover scent. Does this actually work? if anyone knows a "recipe" for this could you let me know what it is, such as boiling time and water to "ingredient" ratio.
03-31-2006, 02:56 PM
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RE: Homemade cover scent?
Actually after i was my clothes in scent eliminater i put them in a plastic bag filled with fir boughs and cedar chips it works grat for me
I do this about a month before season opens
I do this about a month before season opens
03-31-2006, 03:29 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Bennettsville, SC
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RE: Homemade cover scent?
ORIGINAL: hunt genious
Actually after i was my clothes in scent eliminater i put them in a plastic bag filled with fir boughs and cedar chips it works grat for me
I do this about a month before season opens
Actually after i was my clothes in scent eliminater i put them in a plastic bag filled with fir boughs and cedar chips it works grat for me
I do this about a month before season opens
As far as "cover" scents. I like to go scent free. If the deer can't smell you, you don't take the chance of whatever "cover" scent you have on spooking him.
03-31-2006, 08:45 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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Location: Kansas
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RE: Homemade cover scent?
I pick about 100 of those berry looking things you see on ever green trees. I smash them all up and boil them for just a couple of minutes and then let it set there until it cools. I usually make about 2 quarts. After it cools pour it thru a coffee filter and then place in your pump sprayer. If you got evergreens in your woods this is an awsome natural cover.
03-31-2006, 11:00 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Flora, IL
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RE: Homemade cover scent?
I have a buddy who has a rubbermade containerhe puts a little dirt, leaves, acorns and sticks that are decomposing in. Stores his camo in it when he isnt in the woods. He kills 2 nice deer a year.
04-01-2006, 04:07 AM
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Dominant Buck
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Location: Ramsey , Indiana
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RE: Homemade cover scent?
Pick a quart or two of leaves , bark , ground duff , and soil from the area you intend to hunt , put it in a big pot with enough water to cover , set it on a burner (preferably outdoors) , simmer for 30 minutes and then cool and strain through coffee filters . It won't fool a whitetail but at least you got some excercise that day ... 
The best cover scent that I've ever used was Deer Dander , it really does work as a curiosity lure and also makes a dandy wife repellent .
The best cover scent that I've ever used was Deer Dander , it really does work as a curiosity lure and also makes a dandy wife repellent .
04-01-2006, 08:29 AM
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RE: Homemade cover scent?
My thoughts are, if you hunt the wind like you are supposed to, you don't need a cover scent. All I use is a scent elimination spray to cut down the odor, and hunt the right stands according to wind.
04-02-2006, 11:06 AM
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RE: Homemade cover scent?
ORIGINAL: longrifle1000
My thoughts are, if you hunt the wind like you are supposed to, you don't need a cover scent. All I use is a scent elimination spray to cut down the odor, and hunt the right stands according to wind.
My thoughts are, if you hunt the wind like you are supposed to, you don't need a cover scent. All I use is a scent elimination spray to cut down the odor, and hunt the right stands according to wind.