I had used several different cover scents in the fall with much success. One I particularly liked was an idea I picked up somewhere? Boiled and strained off the liquid of leaves that were dominant in the area I am hunting. This "homebrew" worked great prior to freeze, but recently a deer winded me. I guess the deer figure something is up when they are smelling all this foliage when all the leaves have sinced dropped. (Deer smarter than I, case in point). Anybody got any other ideas for homemade cover scent concoctions? People have mentioned "pine" or "apple" & others, but I'm from central KS...and we are short on those types of trees. I would guess Deer would be suspicious of those non-native smells too, right? Yea, I know go buy some you tightwad! It's funny the spousal unit thinks nothing of dropping $75 on a couple ounces of her scent of choice, and here I'm looking for ways to avoid shelling out $10. Sad state of affairs huh?