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Some of my hunting buds say that smoking cigs in a tree stand doesn't scare away deer. Is this true?I tell them they shouldn't smoke anywhere in the woods but they love them smokes.

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Ive shot many deer while smoking, heres a pic of the one i shot in 2002 wiht one hanging out of my mouth.

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More important than whether you get a deer or not, smoking in the woods with dry, dead leaves all around is a very smart thing to do, and more important than that... You look cool with a butt hanging out of your mouth.

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I take a box (25) of Arturo Fuentes Cigars with me! The deer love the aroma more than I do!:D

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lol..... im SO glad I quit last year, I dont like butts near my mouth!!:D

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well I do smoke but I guess that just me. I have shot alot of deer while smoking. Not that I'm saying smoking is good fer ya, but its my habit. I do take percautions while in the woods. I don't want to start a forrest fire. I actually have a ash try filled with sand on my stands....

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Yivin, I doubt that smoking is your habit, I'm guessing it is your addiction. There is a difference. While I'm against smoking because of many reasons, the thing I'm most against is the tobacco companies being able to regulate the amount of nicotine in their tobacco products. If they made nicotine free cigarettes (they can and have done it) and you smoked those, and only those it would be a habit. But since they don't sell nicotine free cigarettes what you have is a good old fashioned addiction.

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ive shot plenty of deer while smoking, or have just put out a butt and they have come in within 20 yards but i would watch the wind direction

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Why would they make tabacco products without nicotine? Thats what gives you the buzz.

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a cig burning will strike the deers curiosity just like campfires and any other strange scent. but keep in mind all the deer has to do is be spooked one time with you and a cig and he will associate thw scent with danger. but any odd scent is actually a good way to strike curiosity and they are very curious animals but i agree that any burning thing in the woods is an ingredient for danger.

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yeah great idea [:-] The smell makes them think it's probably some of their buddies playing poker and will lure the big boy in.

I'm a scent free fanatic. I don't smoke, but that's not really the issue. Why introduce a foreign smell in the woods if you don't have to? The only thing it could possibly do is be counterproductive so I would say no it's not a good idea.

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i agree. im all about the 3 layers of scentlok. all i was trying to say was why certain foreign smells dont spook them like you would think

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I do smoke, while not normally when I hunt. I try to make sure that i have one before I hunt but a fews years ago, I was in a ground blind and couldn't resisit the urge. Within 5 minutes of putting the smoke out, I had two fawns and a small buck all walk within 5 feet of me and never knew that I was there.

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I much prefer redman

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It's not really up to you to decide if Yivin is experiencing a compulsive psychological need for the nicotine or if it's just a regular garden-variety need. You know, not everyone has the same level of tolerance.

We know you don't like to smoke. Thanks. Try to be less sanctimonious about it though.

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My father in law smokes while he hunts and kills a lot of deer. I havnt seen any signs that it bothers them.

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It don't bother me about what they say. Its just something that I do. To each his own... Yeah it is an addiction but what the heck..least it isn't crack,heroin or alcohol that I bring in the woods.That could be real problem to other hunters. Everyone would have to keep there heads down...lol ....people would start seeing things that aint there...lol

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Snoking is bad we all know that. While I do smoke, I also smoke in the woods, it has been a heated discussion with me and my dad. He says the smoke will drive the deer away, yet I smoke in the stand and he does not, I see more deer.

My husband dips, so he says they can smell that as well. He also dips in the stand and see mroes deer. Our theory is this. While deer are aware of their surrounding and do not like knew things, we believe that it draws them out to sort of investigate what is going on in their wood. It makes sense. Even as we do. We know that is wround our house and such, but we smell something that is not suppose to be around, we go findo ut what it is.

Now while I do smoke, I also do not live my butts around the ground. Every year I take a new bottle with water in it. When I am done smoking it goes in the bottle. The water puts it out and it stays there. This was I am not littering and not in danger of seeing a forest fire. NOw that we have this thread, I am gonna make another one.

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i quit smoking 4 years ago but i do dip when im hunting and i have never had a deer come in acting spookish. i think it has to do with the fact that it is a foreign scent and i wear a 3 layer system of scentlok. we all know deer in general are curious and will come in to investigate new smells in his house. but the way i look at it if you smoke in the woods or not it goes down to responsibility as far as the dangers of smoking in the woods with all the dry leaves. if your responsible in the woods with your firearm or anything else then there should not be any accidents. if your not responsible then you open yourself for accidents.

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I am kinda with Handles on this one. . .having never been an addict it is hard to understand but. For a drug to have such a hard grip on me as to make me have to have it all the time would really bug me. . . .kinda like I have lost control of myself.

Sorry. . .I degressed. . .but if Deer learn to associate the smell of tobaco with a hunam shooter then yes they will at some point determine that perhaps they want to wander another direction when they smell a smoker.

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I smoke, but not in the stand... I just take a can of Grizzly out with me.:)

I prefer dippin' anyway, so it's no big bummer for me.

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I quit smoking over a month ago. Ever since I've had problems with the deer winding me. Explain that please. I guess the cigs were a good cover scent.

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Well, down here in FL theyare used to the smell of WMA burn offs and the smell of smoke. A good cover scent is sitting around the camp fire and getting the smell of smoke on your huntingclothes.
The aroma of a good $10 importedcigar has always brought in deer for me!