Do Calls and Scents Really Work??
#11
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 70
RE: Do Calls and Scents Really Work??
I agree that they do work in the right situation. I have used grunt calls, doe and fawn bleats, rattling, snort wheeze with positive results. Granted, you wont get a response every time you use them.
I use sex scents but can't say they are the reason when I am successful. Cover scents help but you can't fool a deers nose. I compair it to us walking in a bathroom after someone has done a job and tried to cover it up withmountain freshscented spray. Sorry, I have never smelledmountain airlike that before.
I hunt by a hog farm so I will leave my clothes in the hog house the nite before so I will try to smell like what's in the air.
Good luck this season.
I use sex scents but can't say they are the reason when I am successful. Cover scents help but you can't fool a deers nose. I compair it to us walking in a bathroom after someone has done a job and tried to cover it up withmountain freshscented spray. Sorry, I have never smelledmountain airlike that before.
I hunt by a hog farm so I will leave my clothes in the hog house the nite before so I will try to smell like what's in the air.
Good luck this season.
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,862
RE: Do Calls and Scents Really Work??
on a hunt'n show i watched last night, they said when calling (rattle'n in particular) you only see approximately 1/3 of the bucks that come to it.
#16
RE: Do Calls and Scents Really Work??
I cant speak much for scents but calls are very effective at times. Depending on time of season I have found that bucks will come very hard to rattles and grunts. I havent had any luck in the last two seasons with the doe ina can call but I dont know if I have used it at the right times or not.
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 451
RE: Do Calls and Scents Really Work??
i refuse to go into the woods without a call. i have rarely had a time where i havn't found a call effective, if not the deciding factor in a hunt. the more you use it and the more you learn about the do's and don'ts the better you will get. if you want some tips or help with some just ask.
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,320
RE: Do Calls and Scents Really Work??
Don't know if they work or not but they sure sell.
I'm not convinced that camo works. Watched a video of a guy hunting coyotes dressed in a Santa suit just to prove a point.
But it sells
I'm not convinced that camo works. Watched a video of a guy hunting coyotes dressed in a Santa suit just to prove a point.
But it sells
#20
RE: Do Calls and Scents Really Work??
My fawn bleet can from Primos worked great last fall. Called in both a bobcat and coyote! Shot them both, but no deer in the 4 days I hunted in that spot.