Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Thought I'd share this with ya'll,It works wonderfull and is all natural!

I 'm shure most of you have some sort of ceader trees around your area,if not some sort of pine.
Take the tips of the pine or ceader (needles or leaves)around 4 cups full.boil them in water for around 20 min or so,or untill the water turns a redish brown.Turn off and let cool,then take a old rinsed out coffee can and put a filter over the open top,use a rubber band to hold in place( make shure you leave a little dip in the center of thefilter)then strain your brew through!
then put your "tea" in a pump spray bottle(you can get these from Walmart
or KMart for $1 or so!

This works so good!
Most bucks rub on these type of trees and don't find it offencive
and actualy find it to be obtrusive!!
See they think another buck has been rubbing onTHEIR trees when they smell this!
It's worked very good for me, even with does!
I once had a doe wind me, and sprayed my ceader tea justin the air
in her direction,she quit blowing and came on in !

Try it, it don't cost anything but a empty bottle!;)

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Sounds feasible and very inexpensive but does it actually work? I look forward to hearing of your experiences with it come this archery season.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Like I said
"It's worked very good for me even with does!
I once had a doe wind me, and sprayed my ceader tea in the air
in her direction,she quit blowing and came on in ! "

I've also used my ceader teafor the last 2 years,and last year I took the biggest buck I've taken yet along with Tinks Smokin Scents!

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Ever try cherry cough drops?

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

I try not to use anthing that is not found in the woods I hunt in.
Cherry trees nor apple are not common around here.
White oak acorns,Corn fields are common,even cow patties!
(stomp all through them when they are common in your hunting area!
deer don't worrie about cows)

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

you can do the same with dog fennel if you have it around....i did it for years but recently started huntin' with the theory of being totally sent free...or at least as scent free as possible.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Good one!:D

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Yeah, but Vic's vapo rub seems to work better. I don't know why, maybe it's the vapor action.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

I focused on ceader,bucks love to rub on ceader!
It's an old Indian hunting secret,The making it into a "tea"
was mine.You can spray it when a deer is comming in down wind
and it will over power your scent for the most part.
I've done this with does and it worked!!
Also if you take some ceader and rub it onto you clothes
while stalk hunting it will cover your scent,and the heavy smell
of fresh rubbed ceader will tell a buck that maybe their is another buck close by rubbing HIS rubbed trees.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Hey, worth a try

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

I will give it a try!

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

You can't cover your scent. Plain and simple. Keep clean and play the wind.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

That's like Barney from Mayberry with only one bullett
in his gun, I like to carry a fully loaded gun with a few bulletts
in my pocket even,just in case!;)
Keep clean ,play the wind....Absolutely!
But....you CAN cover or mask your scent...It works!!
But then again maybe some people just can't cover their scent no matter what they use.[:'(]

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

No you can notcover or mask your scent. Just ask the officers who use drug sniffing dogs. Drug smugglers use all kind of things to cover the scent but fail. The dogs can even smell drugs put in gasoline. Dogs are also used to find a drowning victim under water. The molecule do not mix or get covered up. A deer can smell one part per million. If cover scent worked then a deer would never be able to pick up on the scent of another deer or person on the ground. The smell of the dirt and grass would cover up the very small amount of scent left on the ground by the other deer or person. So don't think a couple of squirts of scent can overpower a deers nose.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

AHHH,we have so many Chemistry pro's
and Biologists in these forums.

I've seen it work,so you can't convince my different.

Like I stated above"Keep clean ,play the wind....Absolutely! "
Try to be scent free,while over powering what scent is left,with a stronger scent!!!!!!

KYBUCKHUNTER said:
" dogs can even smell drugs put in gasoline. Dogs are also used to find a drowning victim under water. The molecule do not mix or get covered up. A deer can smell one part per million."

first.."dogs can even smell drugs put in gasoline"
Get you facts right,they can smell small traces(not molecules)around the openings of gas tanks and such,
NOT in gasoline!(I have a very close friend that is a K9 officer thatI called and checked with)

second.. "Dogs are also used to find a drowning victim under water"

Now that's a stretch!! your talking parts per billion!!

Third.."A deer can smell one part per million"

I'll give you that! but....part means particales, not molecules.

deer can also tell how strong the scent is , likeif you are close by or
a few days ago,what triggers the alarm system in the deer isby how strong your scent is,I've personaly watched a deer walk the same path a Bobcat walked the day before!
It doesn't mean he didn't smell him,he just didn't smell enough of him to find it a threat.
So.....The Idea is to get as close to scent free,and mask what scent is left is all i'm saying.
So try my homemade cover scent for yourself,or go troll elsewhere!

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

I cooked up a batch with pine needles last night. What the heck.........it can't hurt. It's not as strong a smell as I thought it would be. I've rubbed pine needles on my hunting gear for years. It makes me feel better if nothing else.;):D:)

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS






AJ
Just one trained search and rescue dog is as effective as ten trained human searchers. Their value is indisputable.

Search and Rescue dogs are trained to find missing people and save lives. These truly heroic dogs rely on their powerful scenting ability and physical endurance in their work on search and rescue missions.
Trained to locate lost or missing persons in a specific area. SAR dogs track human scent - microscopic particles that are carried by the wind for considerable distances. Every person has a unique scent, like fingerprints, and SAR dogs are able to discriminate and sniff out an individual person in a highly populated area. All they need is a sample of that person's particular scent.

The Search and Rescue dog works day or night, rain or shine. They are especially effective where human sight is most limited - in the dark, in dense woods, in heavy brush, in disaster debris, and under water.

Rigorous training exercises prepare the SAR dog for future missions where they may have to search for people amidst chaotic conditions, such as after a flood or earthquake. Above all, these dogs are trained to stay focused while trailing a scent in stressful situations. At least one year of training twice a week is needed before a dog can be evaluated and deemed "mission-ready".



Search and Rescue dogs can be any breed or mix of dog that has the desire to work. The dog must have an excellent scenting ability and be large and strong enough to handle a very physical job. They must have lots of stamina, a sound temperament, and be able to work well with other dogs and people.

Petro
Sporting dogs like the Labrador Retriever or the Golden Retriever are often SAR dogs. Working and Herding breeds like German Shepherds, Bloodhounds, Newfoundlands, Dobermans and Rottweilers are highly motivated "workers", and also make good SAR dogs.

Search and Rescue dogs are trained for a variety of specific situations. Categories of specialized SAR dogs are:

Wilderness Search

These dogs search out a missing person who has gone lost in the woods. They are given a scent sample of the missing person, and assigned a specific area to cover.

Water Search

The Water Search dog works to find drowning victims, sniffing out human scent which rises to the surface. Newfoundlands and Labradors, both excellent swimmers, often specialize in Water Search.

Urban Search

These dogs are trained to follow an individual human scent within highly populated areas, blocking out the distractions of the city.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

A Dog's Nose Knows

If there's a scent to be found, a dog's nose knows!
The canine species has an incredible sense of smell. Historically, humans teamed up with certain specially bred dogs so they could follow the scent of the targeted animal in hunting forays. Even though people think primarily of modern dogs as being family companions rather than hunting dogs, the canine species has not lost its superb sense of smell.
There are many sniffer dogs that devote their lives to serious work like tracking down escaped criminals, or missing (or drowned) persons for the police force. Dogs can effectively identify bombs, firearms and drugs by sniffing for tiny odour traces at international borders and in airports. They are loyal crime fighting partners, performing tough tasks as only our best friends can! Firefighters even call in dogs for criminal investigations of fires where arson is suspected, because dogs can pick up scents that are left behind. The oil and gas industry employs dogs to identify pipe leaks up to twenty feet underground! And if that isn't enough, dogs have even been known to accurately identify cancer lesions on people. Though the mechanism by which some dogs can identify cancers, including human melanoma (a skin cancer) is still poorly understood, it could be their acute sense of smell working once again for our benefit!
In Canada, trained teams of dogs are used for avalanche victim recovery and are provided by the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Association. Around the world, dogs have been active search and rescue team members during natural disasters (volcanoes and earthquakes), and in man-made disasters like the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. Sniffing out land mines in far away lands like Afghanistan is yet another duty in the long list of the accomplishments of the sniffer dog.
When veterinary scientists mapped out the function of the canine brain, they found that a very large olfactory lobe had evolved to process a large amount of incoming smell information from the sensitive nose. The lobe is four times larger than in humans, even though our overall brain is much larger! With such a large proportion of their brain devoted only to odour processing, it can be assumed that smelling is a sense of great importance to the canine species. The sensory tissues deep in the nasal cavity also have a very large surface area compared to humans, and the receptors that process the molecules carrying odours are significantly more sensitive than those of humans. Dogs seem to be able to discern a mixture of scents and pull out key traces of compounds of interest to them, and also to follow concentration gradients of the scent molecules. It is estimated that the ability to distinguish between different scents and to pick up scents is about 10,000 times to millions of times better than humans. A typical German shepherd, known to be a top scent tracker has 220 million sensory cells compared with a human's measly 5 million! Cats have about 10 times as many scent receptors as humans, so they also have a distinctly better sense of smell than people, but theirs is not quite as advanced as a dog’s.
Once scent molecules reach the dog, moisture in the nasal cavities (mucus) and a moist nose may help to trap these molecules for processing. The nasal cavities inside the muzzle are formed into complex coiled caverns called nasal labyrinths and these are lined with special sensory cells called olfactory epithelium. A dog’s sniffing behaviour involves taking short deep inhalations. This alters the direction of flow of air in the nose so that it impacts on the main smell sensory tissues. From here, the nerve endings in these specialized receptors transmit information about the odour to the olfactory lobe of the brain via the olfactory nerve.
It is said that animals can supposedly smell fear, but this does not make sense since fear is an emotion. Research has identified some interesting facts to note. When animals or people are afraid, stressed or excited, changes occur in the body. This may include production of an altered type of sweat that has a different odour. In people, special sweat glands (apocrine) release this high odour sweat. Higher body temperature and perhaps bacterial breakdown of this secretion produces the scent of alert that a dog would possibly sense as a fear state. The skunk family also has a particularly evolved form of apocrine-type gland that releases their notorious skunk odor when they are approached!

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

The second post on dogs has a lot of fact that could be applied to deer as well. As you see my facts were just fine. So believe what you want if you think it helps.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Well, if I ever decide to bow hunt for dogs, I'll be glad for that info. :)~ I always wash my hunting clothes (EVERYTHING) in scent killer, and then store it in an airtight container full of pine needles and leaves (from the area I hunt). I wash with scent killer before leaving home. When I get to where I park, I get out, get naked, and hose myself down with scent killer before dressing in the clothes in the box. I apply cover scent to my boots for the walk in. My stand last year was only about 18 feet off the ground. I hadclose to100 deer pass under me in a month period, and not one, EVER smelled me. If I do all that crap for nothing, I'll keep doing it just because it gives me confidence when I have sudden/often wind direction changes.

[Deleted]
 

[Deleted by Admins]

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

I use the cedar tea also.Old man I hunted with sometimes in Alamaba told me about it.my favorite stand is in a cedar tree.I use it quite often.Especially when the wind isnt right but I know they will be there.I havent been busted in that tree yet and it has been 4 years now.

Thanks for your tip,#1Preditor!
 

I really appreciate it when guys post things that work for them!

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

You have a PM. :)

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Stoneman I knew someone would make a comment about hunting dogs. I realize a dog may have better smell but I would say deer are still very close. It's easier to study dogs than deer so more is known about dogs. However a dog and a deer both have a very keen sniffer that's why I am using these fact. Just read this again it would be the same for deer.

Dogs seem to be able to discern a mixture of scents and pull out key traces of compounds of interest to them, and also to follow concentration gradients of the scent molecules. It is estimated that the ability to distinguish between different scents and to pick up scents is about 10,000 times to millions of times better than humans. A typical German shepherd, known to be a top scent tracker has 220 million sensory cells compared with a humans measly 5 million!

All it takes is common sense to show you cant cover your scent. I'm all for keeping clean but cover scent will not work. The scent of the ground is much stonger than the scent of a deer track but they can still smell the deer. Why doesn't the strong smell of dirt not over power the scent of the deer track? Because you can't cover it up.

I also posted the dog facts to show #1 Predator he didn't know as much as he thought and that my facts are straight.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Exactly!! Thank You !!

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Like Stoneman said we're not hunting dogs!
( I still don't believe the underwater part!)
So try my suggestion on cover scent or go troll off !

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Ever tried the mushroom tea? j/k don't try it!ahhahha

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Predator...Some people will not believe anything you tell them or show them. They have their minds made up no matter what facts they are shown. I never said you were hunting dogs...I just told you how good they could smell and that you can't cover your scent. I believe that deer can smell nearly aswell as a dog. I used to use all kinds of cover scent years ago too. You name it I tried it. I say it doesn't work and you say it does. It would seem to me you are pretty young and you need to try these things for yourself. You will learn what works and doesn't as you get more experienced. All I can say is good luck and have a good year.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

First......as to my age i'll be 39 in 2 months so I guess you could say i'm young.:D

Second......my experience started at theage of 10.
mind you,I don't live in the city and I hunt just about all the seasons
not JUST deer.:eek:

Third......I guess no matter what some people do they just can'trid or covertheir own scent.[:'(]

Finaly......
cov-er v.to place something on or over.
scent n. smell; an oder v.to smell
The Idea is to eliminate as much as possible of your scent,then
add a more powerful scent than what is left of your own.
This does not mean that the deer CAN'T smell you,it means that
your oder is non offencive because it is in such a small amount.
Also with such delicate sniffers,it's entirely possible to flood their
noses with such a powerful scent it's all they seem to smell.

So ....same to you, good luck as well and happy hunting !:)

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Everybody has to experiment when they're young:eek:
And shame on you!!
Wasn't that you that suggested bringing a Bible to read
on another thread??(good Idea by the way!;))

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

as to dogs being able to smell under-water this i am not sure of. BUT the scent particles float so someone under water would still leave trace amouts floating on top of the water and this is what the K-9 smells. I have know peeps that use bloodhounds trained to trail people and they practice a lot with water because people seam to think that water will cover up your scent. IT DOESNT. One day our k-9 unit got called to assist the game and fish to help them hunt down some poachers that ran on them. they found both of them. however the second one tried to hid under water using a blow tube to breathe. the blood hound just sat right there at the bank of the river he was hiding in the person was completely submerged under water one of the officers went into the water and got the poacher out. hope this helps U2 from any further disputing.
just my .02 worth.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

My last post on this so here it goes..Predator just answer this question for me. If you can "flood" a deers nose with a stronger scent how can a buck trail a doe across a picked corn field? You have to admit the corn stalks, dirt, weeds, grass, etc. has a very strong smell. The does track across the field has no scent at all to us. So why doesn't the very strong smell of the corn and dirt not flood the bucks nose and he is still able to follow the doe(at a fast pace I might add)that leave almost no scent.

Same goes for a rub and licking branch. They rub and lick these trees and limbs to leave scent for other deer. How can a buck smell the scent of another buck that has rubbed his head on a strong smelling cedar tree. The cedar gives off a very strong smell but they have no trouble smelling the slight scent of the other deer that rub it. Just curious how you explain this.

RE: Home made Cover Scent !!
 

Kybuckhunter,
"If you can "flood" a deers nose with a stronger scent how can a buck trail a doe across a picked corn field?"

Well... the does gives off pheramones which the buck can smell and taste in the air,
this is why you might have observed a buck sniffing the air and licking his nose
when he is checking does in a field.
kinda the same as you smelling your wifes perfume in a crowded store after she has
walked around a rack of clothes.(new clothes have a definate strong smell also right?)
that's why we use doe pee as a atractant ,not cow or goat ect.

It's just something that he is a custom to,like the smell of corn,dirt,leaves ect.....
The same goes for rubs, scrapes,ect.
Only those are glandular scents and are often refreshed daily.
That is why it is best hunting those areas after a rain,they go back to those to re-apply scent to them.
Deer can process many different scents ,danger scents,common scents(dirt,leaves,food)
glandular,and hormonal are the most highly tuned of all!
That is why I stress the importance of scent wash products,to eliminateMOST of your human scent as possible,then adding a more domanant common scent.
The End.