RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

thats good i think baiting takes the sport out of it. i just dont see the fun in it but thats just me i guess.

RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

Also keep in mind that bears are attracted to vanilla.

RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

i have never even heard of using it. I wonder if it would work down here in texas?

RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

Ever heard of a brand of scent cover called "Cover Up". Thats what it smell like! As well I"ve been out and didn't have any cover scent, hijacked some of my wifes vanilla extract. My son thought I was crazy! I poured some on the ground, we rubbed our boots in it, then walked ot the stand. Then poured a little there. Within bout 30 minutes, here they came....I wont say that it did it, but the deer didn't seem to care!

RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

I also believe that scentlok is the best.All of the outdoor shows promote several scents,but they need the sponsors money.Of course the various deer farms they hunt on probably scents do not matter.

RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

When i was just a young buck i put some vanilla on my shoes and was sitting on a stump overlooking a trail, a big cow elk came along and stopped and sniffed my shoes, never spooked, and just walked off. It was great to see a huge elk so close as i was hunting by myself at 16years old at the time. I say it is a good cover scent, but like everyone else says, it will attract bears...

RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

I've never used cover scent at all. In fact until this year I never did much of anything other than hunt. This year I've tried really hard to wash my clothes in that scent free detergent from WalMart, no fabric softner, then straight to really large garbage bag that I tied up.

After the first day of hunting, I did drop in some of those scent discs from WalMart that smell like a dirt. Dropped them right into the bag with the clothes and sealed it back up. Smelled just like dirt, but it stopped smelling so strong after just about 10 mins.

I've seen less deer this year with more hunting than previous years.

Sad.

RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

I did use some cover scent this year! Last weekend we killed a buck very early, right at sunrise. Some of us hadn't even gone out yet (late night before and a full moon,) so we carefully gutted the buck before going out and his bladder was full. We all spread this on our boots before we set out.

Didn't see anything all weekend, but I blame that more on the full moon than the cover scent.

RE: The scent of Vanilla
 

Vanilla will work to stop the deer,I don't use it as a cover scent any more.I do like to pour it on the ground where I want the deer to stop.