RE: smoking in the stand
 

If they smell the smoke then they smell you. It' s the movement that it involves that gives you up. Of course this is JMO

RE: smoking in the stand
 

mdbohuntr says-" if they smell the smoke they smell you" -I have to be very close to smell another hunter but I can smell someone smoking from many yards away.I don' t know how a game animals sense of smell works but I am guessing that it is similar to humans only much more sensitive.It is only logical then for them to be able to smell the smoke much further away as well.

RE: smoking in the stand
 

I imagine that deer which walk close enough to a smoking hunter to get harvested . . . never knew what " that smell" was. However, since they should be able to figure out that association over time, it should be that much harder to harvest a big, mature buck while smoking than while attempting to be as scent-free as possible. If a buck smells cigarette smoke and then sees/smells/hears the hunter, he likely will make that association over time--esp if it happens again.

RE: smoking in the stand
 

after smoking for 20 years I quit cold turkey and found out quitting didn' t kill me but sure as hell killed a lot more deer.

RE: smoking in the stand
 

Than why do we even bother to shower? Why do so many hunters spend so much on scent elimination gear if there going to smell you anyway?

I just do not see how anyone can logically come to the conclusion that smoking in the stand has NO ill effect on taking a mature whitetail.

When you smoke you are blowing huge amounts of foreign scent into the air. Your fingers and cloths stink. If I can smell a smoker 100 yds away how far do you think a deer can smell you??. There is no doubt in my mind that smoke carries much further and is in a greatly higher concentration than a scent conscious hunter.

Of course you could stink something awful, and still take deer coming upwind. But what about the 200 yds down wind of you. I have had good bucks cross down wind of me that I am sure would of busted me if I were smoking. It’s just a chance I won’t take.

And I am a smoker, been smoking this crap for over 15 years. I have NEVER lit one up in my stand while hunting. I do bring in one though for a successful hit ;). I even stop smoking in my house and truck a month before the season ,that stuff lingers around forever.

Sounds like a lot of crazy reasoning from some nicotine deprived smokers to me.
:D:)

RE: smoking in the stand
 

RA, who made that statement? Not I.

RE: smoking in the stand
 

I know a guy that had given up on a hunt, but claims it was such a beautiful day, he figured he' d just sit in the stand for a bit, so he stood up, took a leak, got out a cigarette, had it about half down and picked his bow back up and shot a 210pt non-typical that just happened to be walking by.

RE: smoking in the stand
 

I believe those, who say that smoking on stand does not significantly decrease their odds in tagging their deer. Do deer smell this smoke? Of course they do. That being said, I personally think it' s how the deer reacts after having full knowledge that there is smoke in his close vicinity. I believe in most cases this scent that the deer obviously is aware of, does not constitite a threat to the deer. Some deer may react differently than others, but the smell of cigarette smoke does not cause the reaction that the smell of man does while hunting in their back yard. If deer were as suspicious and threatened of smoke as they are of all our other odors, then smokers would be consistantly leaving the deer woods without punching their tags...and that' s not the case. The smell of man is always going to cause a negative reaction to deer, the smell of smoke apparently is not the same....just my .02

RE: smoking in the stand
 

For starters, I am a non-smoker. However, there' s something about having a cigar in the woods almost as fulfilling as taking a great sh&t!. I' m not sure about your cigar brands in the US, these are Cdn brands. In 2001 I smoked Colts and was enjoying one on the last day (wind in my face) when a beautiful buck crossed my path. I couldn' t get a clear shot (he went behind some trees and a road was not far away) [:@].

In 2002, I switched to Captain Blacks (the ones made with pipe tobacco). They have a really sweet smell and I bagged my first two bucks of my life (first two deer for that matter as well [8D]).

For sure, the wind was in my face for the first one, but I can' t remember for the second. A beautiful 10 pt buck (f/d at 200 lbs) passed only 40 or 50 yards away in wide open hardwoods. In both cases, I never finished the cigar I was smoking, but it was well worth lighting up another one! :D

RE: smoking in the stand
 

Mdbohunter,

My post was not really directed towards you. I just used your quote as what I felt was the general direction of the thread. I wasn' t singling you out:)