If deer smell so good...why even use a cover scent?
OK, Ill admit as someone from the " Old School" I have used cover scents at time. BUT, I read this question in a post a while back and it got me thinking...I have read that the deer' s scense of smell is legendary and uncomprehensible to man and we cannot ever imagine how good it really is. If we smell the stew cooking, the deer can smell the carrots, potatoes, celery, meat, the gravy and everything else that goes into that pot. Well if that is the case, and we go inot the woods wearing cover scent, can' t the deer smell me and my cover scent....The deer must say.. Oh, there' s goes Jimmy, I can smell some of his gun oil, his sweaty socks, his coffee breath and his fox urine cover scent. And I do believe that. So what am I missing? Can we really fool a deer' s strongest scent by putting a little cover scent on out nasty human body!