****Almost steamin update****

I hunted the stand over my mock scrapes on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Prior to the Almost steamin I had a lot of activity in my buck fever synthtic scrapes but when I arrived on Saturday it was obvious that the Almost Steamin had had a negative effect on the does that were useing the mock scrapes. I had a pair of fresh tracks in the newly fallen leaves that crossed under the still steamin dripper but the BF scrapes were void of activity. I though Saturday may have been a fluke so I hunted it on Sunday afternoon. NHBuck and I got together and hit the woods about 1:00pm. I had him set up on a heavily used run where I've seen a few does cross hopeing that he'd get an arrow into a doe at least but it wasn't to be. For the first time this year I was skunked from this stand two days in a row. The only thing that differs these two hunts from the rest of my season was the almost steamin.

Last night I set up in a staging area near a road crossing. The weather was alot more condusive to good hunting then on Saturday and Sunday. The weather was in the 30's and before the skys turned black as night fell there were snow flakes adrift in the air. Needless to say a perfect evening for hunting. This night I was working the almost steamin scent out of a spray bottle into the wind that carried along the heavily traveled edge of a swamp. The wind was swirling out near the swamp with the occasional gust over in the direction of some pretty thick narly crap the deer like to bed in. NOTHING! It may have just been one of those nights but I was pretty optimistic with the perfect weather and set up in a heavily used location but it just wasn't meant to be.

So I can only offer this advise.
Don't use the Almost steaning for extended periods of time out of a dripper. It appears to chase the does off and IMO does are key to rut hunting.
Don't use it out of your prime stand if you are planning on taking does.
Don't get it on you, it smels like crap and is almost impossible to get off

If you're seeing good rutting activity it would be a good time to mist the air with a spray bottle. If not I'd personally pass on using it. I've personally seen in my area a much better responce to the BF Synthetic line. I'd definately recommend the BF to anyone looking for a good scent that dosn't spook deer.

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