Woodline, I have 20 plus archery seasons under my belt. I've used drag rags off and on for those seasons. I only have one success story to tell and the success goes to the buck.

I had a tinks 69 soaked rag tied to my ankle while I walked towards my evening stand......All of a sudden I hear this ruckus behind me and I turn to see a nice buck, nose to the ground, trailing me....problem is, he see's me almost as quickly and I get the see ya later white flag waving at me....

Problem is, deer don't always trail the right direction....nature dictates, like a beagle trailing a rabbit, that you trail in the direction the scent is the strongest which should be the direction of travel. When you soak a rag, your strongest scent is wear you started and disipates as the rag is drug so in many cases, you might be doing more harm than good and a buck that crosses your trail could go the wrong way....


The more I learn about scents and their use in the woods, the more I do without them. I have had limited success with scents. I have never taken an animal using scents.....I've taken all but 1 of my bucks using a grunt tube.

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