I've been dipping for years on stand. never had any negative reactions to the spit itself, but I do believe it probably increases the amount of bacteria in your mouth and increase mouth odor, so yes, I do believe it can effect deer that are down wind. But the chew itself is not alarming to deer IMO.

I keep telling my self I need to quit this year....then next comes......then the next....... It's a horribly addicting habit. I love it!!!! Life without my Twolf would be brutal

I chew Hawken while on stand and never had any problems. I arrowed a buck at 4 yds while chewin. I have shot all of my deer while I had a dip in. So now I am supersticous,if If I don't have a chew I wont see any deer. My wife got onto me about chewin and I didn't have any for couple of days on stand and saw no deer . So now I'm back to chewing on stand.

Just hunted last night with a dip of timberwolf wintergreen in and had a spike buck just 30 yards downwind and he never knew any different

This topic reminds me of a story I read a few years back about a guy in Buffalo County, WI (BIG BUCK COUNTRY for those who may not know) who was just finishing his second cigarette when he turned around and this huge buck was coming in. He ended up shooting it. I can't remember how big it was, but one of the biggest taken in WI with a bow...or something like that. Does that mean deer aren't bothered by cigarette smoke either? Must be ok to smoke in your stand too? I don't know, I don't think anyone really know's for sure. These critters are so intriguing and they never cease to amaze me! That's why I'm addicted.

Never get them all the way figured out I guess. I used to have a lease on a ranch were every morning the Mexican fellows who worked on the place would get up at about first light and turn on the Tejano music pretty loud. I could hear it well and figured the deer hunting was going to suffer from it. Turned out not to be an issue at all. I guess it was due to the working ranch scene and the daily grind and noise. Smoke could also become normal when dealing with "civilized" deer. Now you real hunters up north who go into vast expances of public woods this may all go out the window. The deer are pretty thick in these parts and human smells abound. The area has been heavily developed over the past 5-10 years with new neighborhoods where ranches used to be for generations. Once the building stops the deer come back and eat their gardens. LOL.