i hunt public land and i've had deer pratically jump out of their skin when they caught a wiff of estrous scent. i always buy cheep stuff. Knight-n-Hall, buck fever synthetic, active scrape and i believe i bought browning scent this year to. public land deer i think are way more causous of everything due to pressure. I also think the older deer are harder to reel in, youngins just fly into the area it seems. but as the season gets later i think older bucks get a little more relaxed. it's cold, there moving alot more, theres less hunters cause of the weather or they've already tagged a deer. estrous scent is a two edged sword. i sometmes look at all the gizzmos we use today to bag deer and think they got to be getting smarter about this stuff. i remember and old timer, think it was on this site, saying how back in the day a deer almost never looked up into a tree. now a days deer seem to always be scanning the canopy because they know death comes from above. but i'll still buy scent, still hang it and hope, stillspray scrapes to keepthem active and deer in area.


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