[quote]ORIGINAL: WesternMdHardwoods
ORIGINAL: LebeauHunter
Nobody answered my earlier query.
I'm really curious if anybody has an opinion on it.
Earth scent definitely counts b/c most of the times it does not smell like that little piece of the earth you are hunting. If you can smell it then a deer can definitely smell it. I don't use earth scent, but I have rubbed real "earth" on me before.
Lebeau... im not sure what kind of area youhunt but iusually hunt hardwoods full of oaks,maple,etc... and i use fall blend as a cover spray as well as hang fresh earth scent wafers off of my hat and bag! Now if i was to hunt in a pine thicket i would lay off of the fall blend because its common sense although i do know people that do it and have no problems! I would however spray and use my earth wafers because it smells like DIRT!!
I also have to agree\disagree with everyone on the scents thing!
Yes it makes complete sense to just leave the area as clean as possible!
I commented earlier that i use buck snort gel because simply it is a CURIOSITY scent and everyone knows curiosity killed the deer ha!
As far as my experience with the gel do i use it all the time..NO.. do i carry it with me evertime i go in the woods..Yes.. Why? Because it works!
A friend and I went on a Canadian Bear hunt a few years ago. My friend had sat 2 nights without seeing a bear while I was seeing 3+ Bears a night. The Outfitter (whom I had hunted with several times) confronted me about a musky order he smelled on one of us. He said it smelled like molded or soured clothes. Turns out my friend was using some sort of Earth scent. Next day washed clothes No scent seen 4 Bears and killed a Nice Cinnamon Bear. Coincidence? Maybe, but I still prefer to smell like nothing rather than take a chanve on smelling like something out of place
