A turkey's nose
 

I am getting all my stuff ready for the first day of spring gobbler season and was wondering if a turkey uses his sense of smell as much as they do their sight and hearing. My decoys have been stored in my barn, with smells of gasoline, etc.

Should I air them out, or does it really matter?

RE: A turkey's nose
 

Like nearly all birds their sense of smell isn't very acute. My turkey hunting mentor told me many years that if a turkey had a sense of smell you couldn't kill 'em.

You decoys are OK but you might want to get them out and wash the dust them off them anyway.

Mouthcaller

RE: A turkey's nose
 

I'd clean them up just so you don't get the rest of your hunting clothes, hands, truck, etc. all smelling like gas. I don't think it would bother the turkeys much however...as Mouthcaller said "if they could smell you'd never kill one". The only thing I would be worried about would be if you had a nice bird coming in and a deer showed up, and caught wind of your dekes, and snorted and spooked, in turn spooking the bird.

RE: A turkey's nose
 

We went out west one year and had extra Gas and that smell go into our Ham Sandwiches[:@][:'(][:o][:-][&o]

RE: A turkey's nose
 

No you definetly dont have to worry about how you smell. Ive heard of some people killing their scent that way if a deerwont smell them and alert the turkeys. I laugh at that.

RE: A turkey's nose
 

It won't matter, use Old Tom turkey attractant and it will cover it up:D

RE: A turkey's nose
 

Spray those decoys down with HEN IN HEAT and make sure to wear your scentloc:D. Jus kiddin nock the dust off and should be fine.

RE: A turkey's nose
 

Thanks guys!

RE: A turkey's nose
 

I use Wild Turkey...

RE: A turkey's nose
 

All my turkeys can smell is my gun-powder burning!