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I agree all those scent wipes and things are a big hoax,I have killed several deer smoking a marlboro cig and even eating deer salami in the blind.
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I do have one bottle of scent away tho I guess,I just use it after I get done smoking to spray the walls of my blind.
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Originally Posted by blackhawk_archery
(Post 3686255)
I do have one bottle of scent away tho I guess,I just use it after I get done smoking to spray the walls of my blind.
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I think that people are getting way too technical here. A few years ago, a friend of mine shot a nice 7 point buck with his 30-30 rifle, open sites and the whole 9 yards. When I asked him the particulars, he said that he was in his old clothes that he wears when he works on the drilling rigs and was standing under a tree at the top of a hill, smoking a Camel Wide menthol. Yellow duck Carhardts and a orange vest and orange hat. There is no such thing as scent control. No matter what you do, you are always going to have a scent. A person that was teaching how to hunt coyote's once taught us the first rule of hunting is - YOU STINK. His opinion was - the first thing that you need to do is to divert the attention away from you and onto another object. In the case of hunting coyote's, one of their favorite foods is rabbit. So he went out and bought this big pink bunny rabbit and he put his speaker for his electronic call somewhere near the rabbit and he sits about 40 yards away with his shotgun and shoots these poor defenseless little coyote's. The same holds true for deer. We have guys at hunting camp that goes practically a whole week without a shower, and yet they get these monster bucks all the time. They drink, they smoke cigarettes, they eat pork and beans and Limburger cheese. How do they do it? They get organized. They realize that there is two ways of hunting deer. You can sit on a stump until something comes your way, or you can put on organized drives where some people posts and some people drives. It doesn't matter if it is archery season, rifle season, muzzle loader season - they get deer all the time. I know of another successful hunter that doesn't like to get cold, so he builds a fire in the woods and hunts next to the fire. If it isn't too cold, he carries a bucket of charcoal and just lights up the charcoal when he gets cold. He has a metal bucket with holes in it that he carries around. Those people have all gotten plenty of deer and none of it involved scent loc suits or taking a bath in some sort of chemical. I have a 10 year old bottle of Tinks 69 and I put a little Tinks on the bottom of my boots if I get desperate and more then once - I have had deer walk right up the trail that I had just walked, sniffing the ground like a old hound dog. They didn't even look up when I shot them. Where I live, deer gets used to seeing the farmers do their chores at different times of the day and more then one farmer told me of how he was successful hunting by just wearing his old barn clothes. The deer knows what cows and chickens smells like and they don't pay them no mind. They were also used to seeing him walking around his fields and riding around on his tractor and when he decided to carry a gun and shoot one of them, they didn't know that it was going to happen until it happened. true there is no way of bieng "scent free" thats just common sence. but controlling your scent in a way that lessens the intensity is possible. i would have to say using a new set of clothes every day would prob help out more than anything. i never wear a pair of clothes for more than 2 hunts "morn and eve" they can get soiled very quick with no shower. good luck this season |
As long as the deer are not down wind, it doesn't matter what you smell like...I am very picky about my shoes and pants legs as they will smell where you have walked through, and turn around...
For the past 20 years I have camped on one of our farms for a week with a couple of my buddies...I don't shave for a week, showers are taken outside using a Coleman shower bag...Sometimes I go a day or two without a shower...I sometimes wear the same pants for a couple of days...In other words we camp, have fun drink a little beer, eat chili and beans and enjoy ourselves... I do used Scent Away soap and use non scented deodorant...I don't wash my clothes in special soaps... We kill 15-20 deer during this week and 40-50 deer a year on our farms... If you know your area and where the deer are coming from and hunt when the wind is right you can stink to high heaven...I will not hunt a stand when I know the wind is wrong, that's the key... Daniel Boone lived in Kentucky from 1769-1771...Wonder what he did for scent control??? :) |
nchawkeye - you, my friend, are wrong! There is no way that he could have survived. He couldn't have killed a deer without being scent free or having the newest camo. That's blasphemy! Completely absurd! That's like me saying that I used to kill deer in blue jeans and a tshirt! Or that I smoke on stand and eat tootsie rolls and have seen 23 deer in 4 sits! We all know that it can't be true. :biggrin:
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playing the wind is always ideal but how many times have you been in the stand and have the wind shift 360 degrees all the way around you? anything you can do will help...... period.
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Do the best you can with what you have to work with. Most of these products are gimmicky at best. I kind of think all these expensive sprays are not doing much since they don't penetrate deeply into material and coverage is never 100%. I guess we are really reducing scent not really eliminating scent. All the tests I have seen that were "Independant" show scent products to not really work very well. The best thing we can all do in my opinion is to try to keep the deer up wind of us. Good Luck to all.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Deer Hunter
(Post 3684857)
I think that people are getting way too technical here.
A few years ago, a friend of mine shot a nice 7 point buck with his 30-30 rifle, open sites and the whole 9 yards. When I asked him the particulars, he said that he was in his old clothes that he wears when he works on the drilling rigs and was standing under a tree at the top of a hill, smoking a Camel Wide menthol. Yellow duck Carhardts and a orange vest and orange hat. There's a reason why bow hunters practice at least some scent control (some go crazy with it). It works... You can get away with a lot more if you play the wind and use some distance in your favor (as you can with a gun), however.
Originally Posted by eerdog
(Post 3685455)
A doe walked right up me to just feeding, got within 8 steps and looked at me for a minute, then turned and feed off. Not a bit alarmed.
You're right about the color thing though. Deer can't see color, but they do see form. Camoflage does help, but you don't have to buy $400 clothes. I've used cheap old army fatigues to good effect. Daniel Boone lived in Kentucky from 1769-1771...Wonder what he did for scent control??? LOL! As others have said, it's not about being scent free, it's all about increasing the odds in your favor. If your scent, color, pattern, whatever are perceived as less threatening by deer (ie. don't stand out quite as much) you're less likely to alert them to your presence. As an analogy, when law enforcement has suspects under surveillance, they don't have to be invisible; they just have to blend into the surroundings. |
Originally Posted by marlin30/30_drabe
(Post 3684874)
:party0005: thank you, some of these guys just dont get it. (no offense to others) there is no way to be scent free. i do use cover scent and keep my clothes is scent free bags so they dont pick the odors of my garage but all the scent-a-way soaps, deodorant, etc. uis a waste of money
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