To be honest with you I don' t think chewing will cause you to spook deer with the sent. I always have a dip of copenhagen in my lip, and have never had a deer spook from it. I practice sent free hunting myself and don' t have aa issue with chew as long as you don' t spit. The reason the deer licked your spit was leaf tobacco(beech nut, red man etc.) are very sweet and sugary.