ORIGINAL: TJF
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
I try not to use scents but occassionally experiment as well.
2 of my more memorable scent success's busted me before I was ready.
The first, in my early to mid years on a Monday morning I made a mock scrape and added doe estrous urine scents. I hunted that day and stayed away Tuesday. I figured I'd hunt that scrape Wednesday morning and as I was installing my treestand on my tree I heard rustling. I turned and a gorgeous buck stood on the scrape with his nose to the ground. I was caught dumbfounded and he looked right at me, turned and said bye bye.
The second, I was headed into a stand location in mid afternoon. I had a drag rag on my ankle and had traveled some 200 yards through the woods when again I heard rustling but behind me. I turned to see another gorgeous buck, nose to the ground trailing me. Of course I froze, he spotted me and said bye bye.
I have other minimal success's with scents but I watched more does turn inside out to flee scents than I've had success's with bucks coming in.
I try NOT to use any but still experiment to this day.
I've never had much luck with scents other then young bucks and doescoming in. I did shoot a doewho followed my drag line a few years ago.
I've had does cross my drag line or come upto where I placed it... none have ever spooked from it though. Some were a bit leary but got bored with it and walked away.
I also placeitto keep their attentionaway from me.
Tim
I've had success with drag lines also. What I do is get to my stand, get everything ready, then I apply scent to my drag rag and walk AWAY from my stand from a spot where I want to take a shot. This is the spot where I leave a scent bomb also, at the end of the trail!
My idea is that I think that a buck scent trails a doe by following the scent in the direction where the scent gets stronger. I want the strongest scent to be closest to my stand where I plan on taking the shot.