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Do you smoke while in your deer stand?
01-03-2013, 01:17 PM
#31
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 29
I don't smoke, but my dad swears it's a deer attractant. He claims he once threw the butt on the ground and had a nice 8 pointer sniffing at it for a while right under his tree stand. He took the shot and bagged a nice 135 point buck.
01-04-2013, 06:02 PM
#36
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 1,583
Dont smoke but chew the whole time. I just gut it. If necessary ill spit right out onto the ground. Have had some younger deer actually come up and lick my stand where I spit.
Our insurance man goes bear hunting with us and he went out one night and wore one to many clothes so he stripped down to his cut off jean shorts and red shirt and he said "ahh what the hell im not camoed up any more so ill light one up and then head out" he ended up having a 400+ pounder come into him. He dropped it right in its tracks and he has a full body mount in his office.
Our insurance man goes bear hunting with us and he went out one night and wore one to many clothes so he stripped down to his cut off jean shorts and red shirt and he said "ahh what the hell im not camoed up any more so ill light one up and then head out" he ended up having a 400+ pounder come into him. He dropped it right in its tracks and he has a full body mount in his office.
01-04-2013, 07:08 PM
#37
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 974
When I used to smoke (quit 23 yrs)
No, I did not smoke in my tree stand, or on the way to the hunt either. Washed my clothing in baking soda, and they never seen the inside of the cabin either. Showered before every hunt. My philosophy was and still is, I'm in their living room, and their senses are powerful enough that I don't need to help them. Its a LOOOONNNGGG 9 months in between seasons so I treat it (my time, effort, money) with the utmost respect. Just never know about the monster that was coming in 200 yards downwind and got a whiff then turned tail. That said, I've also heard stories of guys knocking down 8's and 10's with a smoke hang'n out of there lips.
01-05-2013, 12:29 AM
#38
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
I don't smoke anymore, but used to smoke like a freight train. I always hunted on the ground and usually laying down on a hill side(I'm lazy). I think keeping the smoke low and your movements low is what counts. I don't know how many times I put a cigarette down on a log to shoot a deer. I always wore brown cotton gloves to hide hand movements. If I had to go, I kicked a small hole in the dirt and then covered it up. I remember reading a book about J.A. Hunter, a big game hunter that did guide and contract work for African governments. He was once asked about his smoking in tree stands when trying to kill problem leopards. His reply was "If they can smell the cigarette, they can smell you". After years of trapping, I would agree.
