kevin1

Deer on public land , especially heavily pressured properties , get to smell just about every luring scent that gets produced . For this reason it can be prudent to leave the scents at home and just try to reduce your own the best that you can . When I hunt pressured publics about the only scent I take along is Deer Dander™ to cover myself , then I pattern the other hunters who will surely be using Tinks or some other scent and set up 50-100 yards from where they are on the downwind side . If the deer suspect a set up and circles downwind to sniff them out they sometimes wander right into your sights . The only other scent I normally consider taking is fresh persimmon pulp , which I warm up on a hand warmer . It draws every doe for hundreds of yards , and they bring the boys with them . Persimmon is a normal scent for most areas at this time of year , so they don't usually smell a rat .