Scent Control ................ here is my take on it


Does it help or is it a waste of money that companies have exploited just to help lighten our wallets.

I feel that scent control is a good thing, but there is also a point that you can cross the line and it just becomes a waste of money. Who is to say that all of your precautions will stop the deer from smelling you ......... can anyone actually say what or how much a deer can smell or cannot smell ....... I know that I do not know that.

I have a scent loc suit and have even tested it with my late beagle. It did work to some extent, but he was still able to find me from downwind, just not as fast as he would normally do.

Generally deer are a very inquestive animal ........ if they smell a new strange odor, they will investigate to find out what it is, to see if they should be scared of it or not. Light a smudge fire up wind of where some deer are bedded, more away and see what happens. The deer will come to investigate. Just like all these new scent attratants, once a deer knows what most of them are, they usually will not bother with them (I did take part in some scent testing for a company).

So I will say, do what you can to help lower your scent (since deer assoicate human scent as danger) but I would not go over board. Use scent attractants (smoke sticks, vinella, estrus, ect) and vary them to keep things different.

Just my two scents (which by the way is worth more now because the CDN dollar is worth more )