deer scents
 

There's so many on the market, what do ya'll use?

RE: deer scents
 

By "scent" I presume you mean lure, probably of the urine variety. I'm increasingly shying away from urine based lures, and instead shifting to more curiosity or food based scents to attract does. More does = more bucks. Does emit the best and freshest possible attractant scent for bucks, it's something that the bottled stuff just can't match.

RE: deer scents
 

I hunt in the oaks early season so I usually like a little acorn scent. When the rut kicks my favorite scents come from James Valley and Tinks.

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During the rut Tinks scent sticks have really worked for me.

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I never use commercial products.
When one of us tag any deer, we use the urine from that animal, preferably a doe in season.
We also cover the hanging deer with our hunting jacket.

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As does JimmyS, I collect urine from deer I kill. I do not make any attempt to separate doe from buck. the only precaution I take is to filter the urine through a "coffee filter" to remove any blood clots, dirt and/or debris. I use a "Ball" brand canning jar. I save what deer-pee I do not use from year to year, keeping any excess it in the freezer until I need some. I use the pee to make a drag-rag.

I also remove "wet" tarsal glands. I use these to make mock rubs. I keep any extras in the freezer and keep the one I am using as cold as practical, so as to reduce the deterioration. During rut, I will smear these along the way to my stand, starting usually 100 yards or so away. Then I hang the tarsal near where I am set-up, and where I can see it and not have it down wind of me. I have had several nice bucks come to investigate. Over these 35 or so years, but only 6-7 have been mature (4+ looking).

I have had a lot of deer come to investigate the scent from the drag. Most have been immature bucks or young does. Never once have I noticed a really mature doe do anymore than scent the line and move on. On one occasion I had a fine buck come in all bristled up, directly downwind and 90 degs. to the scent line. He was looking for something for sure. One time had a bob-cat trail the drag line directly to the base of my ladder. That cat even put it front paws on the first step and looked up. When it saw me, it was outta there ! That was neat !

I do not necessarily use the drag to attract deer, but rather to try to cover my trail. Done this since my grand dad showed me how-to, some 50 years ago. Not sure it works all that well, but why not ?

I do not use any commercial scents. Tried several. No noticeable response.

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I stopped using commercial urine scents once I tried the fresh stuff from local guys. YOu can really smell the difference in fresh urine vs. store bought. I cant see why any buck would come in to that old stuff you buy from walmart that has been on the shelf for a year.

I got a good friend in southern Illinois that sells urine.Its been fun helping him get started these last few years. Deer are a lot more work than I ever thought they would be.

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I prefer to use pine or oak scent. It depends onwhat kind of tree I am sitting in.

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Their a waste of money IMO. Ive had those little scent bombs out in the past and had deer pass by them and never pay atention to them.

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Ive tried a bunch of different type scents and the only store bought I can say I say work is code blue. I killed to bucks in a pile last year running in from down wind during the rut. I will keep using code blue if I cannot get the real thing. I have never liked tinks scents. The doe estrus smell like a bag of dime store black licorouch. ( im sure I misspelled that)

RE: deer scents
 

None, at least commercial. I have used, and still do, tampons. I've found that ones covered with " lust " secretions work better than blood, particularly near the end of the ovulation cycle. Sure helps having an understanding woman to help. Don't mean to gross anyone out.Blame elizabeth for asking the question. LOL

P.S.: How does Rob from pa Bowyer edit elizabeth's post?? OOOOPS!

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I used to be big on scents.Nowadays I'm just looking for something to cover up my scent.I'm not really looking to attract a deer with scents.I do use some cover scents from time to time,but lots of times I'll just grab some green pine needles,crush them up,and rub them on places that cause so much human scent.I'll rub pretty much my whole body.

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Throughout most of the season, I simply use scents to cover any residual human scent (I don't go overboard, but I do keep clean and position my stands downwind of any expected deer travel). The best scent I have found (actually I can't find anymore) was SKUNK scent. I have never had a deer wind me or react negatively while wearing skunk (even though I though they would), and even had one doe to lick the end of my rifle barrel (about 1.5 feet away) without catching on.

Today, I use Knight and Hales "cheap" doe urine. Not as effective if they get downwind, but it is something. If I happen to harvest a deer, I carefully extract the urine and place in a glass dropper bottle, and dissect out the tarsal glands. I use the tarsal glands to rub on my pants legs, which is very effective (does not matter if it is a buck or a doe).

From the last week in October through November, the rut is either starting up or peaking. Then I drag a double rag with "cheap" or natural doe urine on one and Tink's 69 (or the rare doe in heats urine since I do not tend to shoot them at that time) on the second wick. I have had very good luck with bucks following my trail directly to where I hang the drag rag in a tree about 20 yards from my stand.

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I've used the cheap Walmart doe pee,it does drive the does nuts wondering who the new girl is in her territory.

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When you get a pizza what doesit smell like??? Pizza right. A deer would smell crust, sauce, sausage, green pepper, oinion, mushrooms, olives, etc....You can't cover one scent with another when it comes to deer. They can pick out many scents at the same time. There are already thousands of scents in the outdoors yet a deer can pick out any of them easily. Bloodhounds are trained to track down a single person in a baseball stadium. Even with hundreds of different poeple and food scents and perfume they can pick out the single person with no trouble at all. People have a hard time believing animals can do this because they judge things by human standards.

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I don't use anything except scent killer on me.

Hey Guys...anyone use the buck bomb can? Any results or comments??

Scent free is the best...climb high and your scent will be harder to detect, as well. I mentioned this in another post, but I used to use a product called B. A. Tree in acorn/oak scent...I liked it and it seemed to work pretty effectively. Haven't seen it anywhere in a few years. Anyone ever use it or know of somewhere that carries it?

Points well made, Ky.

I honestly believe most hunters do not appreciate how good the deer's sense of smell really is. Biologist say it is incomrehensible for man to understand how good a deer can smell. A deer can only smell what his nose picks up. He uses the wind every possible chance he can. If the scent is upwind, he will smell it every single time. If the scent is downwind, he cannot gather the necessary information to determine what and if there if a threat exists. That's why hunting the wind is the most crucial part of deer hunting.

I never use any commercial products to try to cover my scent. I believe a deer will smell any hunter whether he uses charcoal hunting clothes, scent eliminating sprays or any commercial cover scent. I also believe in order to fool a deer's nose you have to be completely scent free and that is an impossibility.

How do I fool a deer's nose? I always try (yes, sometimes this may also be impossible to do) to hunt downwind from the deer. If my scent is not traveling in his direction, odds are very good, he won't smell me. It ain't rocket science, it's common sense.

I prefer the real stuff myself, however when i dont have it ..I have had some success with code blue. Its a little pricey but i have had more bucks come to it than tinks over the past few years.

as a matter of fact tinks has dropped in price a lot over the past few years where im from. it used to be $ 8 a bottle back in the 90s..now i see it for $4 or so.

Doe in estrus
 

I used a scent wick soaked in Golden Estrus this year and was surprised. Three does were coming in and smelled the key wick I had out and ran like crazy to get out of there. I had one in my cross hairs at the time too. Definitely peeeed me off.

I don't waste my money with that junk. They know different smells, if someone comes into your house wearing strong perfume or cologne you know right away. And as good as a deer's senses are, I've been burned more times than it has helped.

To those of you who are against using scented or unscented cover sprays, etc, would you go into the woods smelling like a human pile of crap? I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm just playing devil's advocate to figure out where you draw the line. But seriously, if you had a choice (i.e. not out on a week-long expedition), would you hunt several days in a row and not bother showering or changing/washing your stinking clothes, etc? Because what I'm hearing is that no matter what you do or don't deer, if a deer is gonna smell you, it's gonna smell you, regardless if you cover your scent, smell like regular clean human, or smell like stinky, nasty-ass human.

My uncle has killed sevral time after getting off work from the garage he worked in and going straight to the stand to get in a quick hunt before dark..smaelling like gas..engine oil and cigar smoke to hi heaven...who knows man...deer are a peculair creature on any given day IMHO.

I rub weeds and pine needles on my clothes. Of course I shower and keep my clothes scent free. I have never used urine or any other store bought scent, and yes Crokit, that's pretty gross.

This will be the first season i try the Tinks Smokin Sticks - All Season during my early season deer hunt this weekend..i am going to use it in conjunction with light rattling and see what happens. I'll try to remember to post my results although i only have 1.5 days to hunt lol...dunno if thats enuff time to provide decent feedback but worth a shot

I hunted yesterday, and saw more deer, and more deer closer to me ?and hanging out near me, and bedding down near me) than I ever have in my life.

I did two things different from my normal routine.

First, I walked to the stand in the early am using a green flashlight. Not sure if that really works, but an animal scientist I know said many animals (he wasn't sure about deer) do t see inthat color spectrum and so green light wouldnt startle them.

Second, I used scents to covermy smell. I sprayed Deer Dander on my boots and legs at the truck. 20 minutes later, the first thing I did in my stand was spray doe urine in the air around me.

Later in the morning, I had a few does and a bunch of fawns grazing about 30 yards from me. Wind shifted and both does immediately popped their heads up. A spray of doe pee calmed them down.


I'm sold

Kishel’s Scents has a few good deer scents out there too. Buck Thrasher II is good because it doesn’t matter during what part of the season you use it. And NO SHELF LIFE...
http://store.kishelscents.com/produc...uck-thrasher-2

For the past 10 years I have used Conquest scents, they have a deer heard stick that smells like a deer. I spoke with Doug Roberts the owner several years ago and he advised that it was made out of the beds of deer on there farms. Deer come in they are not jumpy and stuff. When the rut starts up I add there VS-1 to to my bag of tricks. These cost a little more but if you save the clear cap that is under the black cap, come the end of season any product left over simply place the clear cap then the black cap back on them and store in a cool place like the top of a closet or something and it will be good for the next season. Good Hunting.

Scent-a-way
 

Scent a way fresh earth scent eliminator... and this year I'm gonna try useing up the Rosemary that I have a over abundance of in the garden... gonna rub it all overe my clothes and shoes... and then hang a few sprigs from the stand.... and be careful with all the SO CALLED ATTRACTANTS, cause they ALL contain some form of salt. And if your not allowed to bait... salt is a NO NO...

As I have said many times, for over two decades, I have used nothing but my own urine for both scrape freshening and around my stand for attractant. It works as well as anything I have tried and better than most. There are some distinct advantages.

First, it is cheap, easy to carry, easy to dispense and often refills itself. Second, it works no matter what the time of year. I have started many mock scrapes during spring turkey season with it. If I were female, during certain periods, I am sure it work even better.

I use Dan Fitzgeralds Deer Dander as a cover scent. I use a Scent Lok suit kept in a scent lok bag till I get home after a hunt then air it out, then back in the bag for transport, I live in the country, fresh air.
I shower before each hunt and use scent away spray and wipes for when I am in stand.
I use deer urine from a partners deer herd and I am there when it is collected so I am sure it is fresh. Have had deer bed downwind or walk the same path and not know I was there.