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I was talking to a guy who films alot of his hunts. Watchingone of hisElk hunts, the Elk are so close they coul've reached out and touched them. I aske what to do or where for scent elimination or cover up? and he said, well, it may seem crazy but for years me and my buddy sit around the camp fire the night before the hunt, with all our camo gear and let the smoke penetrate our clothing and gear. He says he has done this for yearsand it always works. Has anyone ever done this? or ever heard of doing this? Its a first for me.

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I've definitely heard of doing this. One guy I've hunted with said he used to go toa deer camp every year. The guy who was the cook always smelled like smoke and always seemed to be the first one to get a deer very year. LOL!

Actually someone markets a product that takes advantage of smoke as a cover scent. I've seen it discussed on other forums and the people who have used it swear by it. http://www.scentsmoker.com

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Ive heard of it but have a hard time believing it works. I would rather try to smell like nothing or maybe something like a pine tree, but not smoke. I would think deer would associate the smell of smoke with one of two things, fire or humans maybe even both. I cant help but to think deer would think those smells are danger.

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I have never tried it hunting elk, but I cannot tell you how many times we have been sitting in deer camp with a fire going and a deer strolls through. They do not seem to be alarmedby it at all. I have seen them literally stroll through a large cloud of smoke as if it was not even there.

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If its a charcoal fire it Will absorb your scent,;)

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A lot of hunting I do on the western side of montana is through previous burns and at the end of a days hunt I'm covered in soot and yes I smoke my clothes outside prior to a hunt but when I hunt eastern montana there no burns where I hunt so it may alert the game. The secret is if you smoke your clothes is you don't want to be doing it when your cooking eggs and bacon but keep it natural. Sometimes in playing the wind and depending on thermal currents it does give you an edge. I also rub on soot covered trees and rubb down with green foiliage.

Bobby

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LMFAO!

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During gun season we alway sit around the camp fire and and as far as we can tell by the number of deer we harvest it makes no difference. I have had deer come right up to me and I smell like a camp fire smoke. My dad smokes like a freight train and does this on the stand and he takes more deer almost ever year than anyone inour camp. He doesn't try and hunt the wind or anything he just puts out two stands and goes by his gut feeling. Go figure.

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Actually, formaldihyde in the smoke has antibacterial properties. Meat was smoked to preserve it. the smoke kills the bacteria that causes meat to rot. It is possible that it could also kill the bacteria on your skin or your clothes that would cause odor, as well as mask your scent.

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I made a post about this several months ago. I can't see a downside to it. What deer hasn't smelled smoke? Why wold he inherently associate danger with that smell?

Now, sure......you'd have to make sure it was leaves/sticks/etc....and NOT a rabbit you had on a rotisserie (sp?).....but I'd hope that went without saying....;)

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GMMAT makes a good point. The smell of smoke can travel extremely far. Everywhere I hunt has a house within a 1/2 mile or so that has a wood burning stove, pellet stove oroutdoor fireplace, etc. I really can't go anywhere around here without smelling burning wood at some point.

So if the smell of burning wood can travel so far, how could a deer associate the smell to humans? Most of the time that a deer would smell it, nobody is around.

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There is actually a hunting club in northern NY that every watcher during deer drives lights a small fire, it sounds weird but these guys hunt big woods and they kill a consistant amount of bucks and some decent ones to boot. Not sure if i would ever try it out but it works for them.

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I watched a hunting show one time and they were all standing by the campfire that morning before going out using it as coverscent.

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Omg deer run from the scent of smoke, have you guys not seen bambi?

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I know a guy that puts his hunting clothes in a smokerall the time with good success. He hunts from the ground and kills good bucks most years. With wood stoves, campgrounds, etc. the deer are definitely not afraid of smoke.

The Indians used to smear themselves with charcoal from campfires. Why not? I used to camp and hunt in Nebraska and we would wear our hunting clothes around the campfire for that reason and it seemed to work.

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I have heard of people smoking their clothes to mask human scent, and have heard of the product sold to do that without the trouble of building a campfire. Someone also told me a "secret" someone once told him was to burn a few leaves and stamp them out near your stand, because deer will investigate to see where the source of the smoke is to determine if they need to get out of dodge or not. Also, didn't we used to hear that burnt cork smeared on our faces was good camouflage before most people started wearing face masks? I never tried smoking my clothes but I did put burnt cork on my face when I first started bow hunting. I did see alot of deer, but due to other rookie mistakes never did score (some things never change :D)

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This ScentSmoker product is picking up alot of momentum. However, just so you know- it's nothing more than a Beekeeper's Smoker.

Rob

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Who is the guy that thought Dog crap was a good cover scent for his boots, I thought it was funny when he had to climb from his ladder stand. All scents are going to make the deer react in someway to a scent. Making them change thier ways will completly void the purpose of scouting in the summer months. No scent and hunting the deer like you patterened them is better.

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If your area gets burned a lot for controlling the undergrowth then I think it will be a fine cover sent. But if you get winded then Id go with something else.;)

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I'm still on the fence on this one. I think ya'all are blowing smoke up my rear. :D

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Google scent smoker.I used one last year to smoke my cloths and had deer all around me all season long.I was also amazed at how many deer I walked up on without them knowing I was there.