Does Skoal Apple really attract deer?
07-14-2008 | 10:15 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Western PA
RE: Does Skoal Apple really attract deer?
Not that i've noticed. I was on a apple binge for like a year after it came out and spit on the ground I cant tell where it helps at all. I've long since moved on from skoal apple. To me the deer dont seem to notice the smell I hunt off the ground spit in the same spot and always soak it down with scent killer after i've enjoyed a dip. Haven't noticed where it's hurt me yet.
07-15-2008 | 10:11 PM
#23
Fork Horn
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From: Southern Wisconsin
RE: Does Skoal Apple really attract deer?
Grizzly wintergreen doesn't seem to bother them, I've shot deer the last 2 years while I was chewing. I've never really thought about it spooking deer but after I've read about people spitting in bottels in the woods im sure I'll reconsider spitting on the ground this year. I'd say Skoal apple attracting them is a myth, it doesn't really smell like natural apples, so I'd say if it "attracts" them it attracts them just as much as any other flavor.
07-15-2008 | 11:30 PM
#24
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Central Illinois
RE: Does Skoal Apple really attract deer?
ORIGINAL: DuckHuntin247
Grizzly wintergreen doesn't seem to bother them, I've shot deer the last 2 years while I was chewing. I've never really thought about it spooking deer but after I've read about people spitting in bottels in the woods im sure I'll reconsider spitting on the ground this year. I'd say Skoal apple attracting them is a myth, it doesn't really smell like natural apples, so I'd say if it "attracts" them it attracts them just as much as any other flavor.
Grizzly wintergreen doesn't seem to bother them, I've shot deer the last 2 years while I was chewing. I've never really thought about it spooking deer but after I've read about people spitting in bottels in the woods im sure I'll reconsider spitting on the ground this year. I'd say Skoal apple attracting them is a myth, it doesn't really smell like natural apples, so I'd say if it "attracts" them it attracts them just as much as any other flavor.
07-18-2008 | 04:05 PM
#25
Fork Horn
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Cove City, North Carolina
RE: Does Skoal Apple really attract deer?
i guess it makes sense. deer like apples...tobacco is a vegetable...why not. i hate skoal apple with the intesity of 10 hellfires but i spit my wintergreen all over the place and haven't noticed deer being any more wary. i think they're just naturally curious, but smart enough to know to be extra alert when they go in to check stuff out (there might be a bad man looking to kill and consume them).
