I smoked cigs on stand for years,killed a bunch of deer,with a few wallhangers here and there.I would kidd my hunting buddies that the deer actually prefer Salems over Marlboros.
I'm pretty good at making excuses for doing things I know is bad for me.I don't have a clue how many deer busted me because of smoking that I did'nt know about.
Right know I'm in my eighth week of being smoke free,and after smoking for 25 years,it has'nt been easy.But,each day,it is getting a little easier.Not much,just a little.
So,Hopefully, I'll be able to see what I've been missing this year...Bob

Good Luck Bob!!!!

I have smoked and dipped over the years and I really don't think dipping would effect the deer at all. Heck cope tastes like dirt anyway so I wouldn't be surprised if the deer walked up and asked for a pinch. On the otherhand I can't imagine smoking while on stand is too good. I know during rifle season some of my friends smoke but they are on powerlines and the deer are pretty far away. The only time I ever saw a deer while smelling like smoke was a few years back. We were sitting at camp and I was in my hunting gear (done for the weekend) and I was smoking away. My friend talked me into going out one last time. We got into the woods and I didn't even feel like climbing a tree so I strapped on my stand and sat in it at the bottom, heck I could even smell myself. No more than an hour later a doe and her fawn walked up to me within 10 yards and never knew I was there. In retrospect I think wind played a huge role. This may be why some people see deer while smoking and others don't. If you play the wind right deer have a hard time smelling anything. IMHO.

If ur hunting the wind then why should smoking be a concern? You should be set up so the wind isn't blowing your smoke in the direction ur hunting. ???

I usually hold out for a smoke until midday anyhow.

Same here, helps keep me on my toes when i get bored, i dont spit on the ground. My uncle use to smoke in the stand all the time, and he never had a problem harvesting a nice buck or a mature doe. If u play the wind and they cant smell ya, you could smell like an amonia factory and the deer wont smell ya if your downwind.

I quit smoking nearly 30 years ago after watching my uncle and grandfather both waste away and die with emphesyma. Dumping the cigs was a cakewalk compared to quitting snuff.

After all those years of dipping and chewing, and repeatedly trying to quit, I've finally broken the habit. A store by the range started selling Smokey Mountain non-tobacco snuff (cherry, mint and wintergreen are pretty good ). I started taking a dip of that every time I wanted a dip. Just being able to have that dip in the lip got me thru the nicotine withdrawal. It's been 5 months now and I don't even do the Smokey Mountain any more. Still have a twinge of wanting a dip now and then, but it's not that overpowering NEED I used to have.

There is no question that getting off snuff was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, but I did it. Quit. You'll feel a lot better. and think of how much huntin' stuff you can buy with the money you save!

My wife quits shopping I will quit dipping. Not very good odds on either. Would love to quit just have a hard time. Hopefully someday

I killed several deer over the years while smoking. I don't think that deer associate the smell of smoke with danger. Human scent, however, is a problem. But you know what, even with all the carbon, charcoal, cover scents, and all, if you play the wind right, like you should, you could not shower for a week, and in theory, it shouldn't matter.

I met an old Polish guy up in Maine at a hunting camp. He smoked all the time. He always shot a good deer too. I asked him about it and he said the cigarrette smoke helped him keep track of the wind. Whatever direction the smoke was drifting, he just looked the other way.

Too bad that skoal doesn't make a doe-in-heat flavored, then you guys that dip would really have an excuse to chew on stand.


I'll just stick with my Marlboro "dominant buck" cigs.