deer scents
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Mary\'s County Maryland USA
Posts: 393
RE: deer scents
I use Fox or Racoon Urine as a cover scent and it usually works very well. If I' m near a stream I' ll use the coon stuff. Be careful though because I got busted one time by a few deer, after that I didn' t see much so I stopped useing the fox scent and started seeing more deer. They' ll figure out that when they smell the Fox pee in the same area that it' s you, not a fox.
So in short, when you use it use a lot of it but don' t use it all the time.
I spray my boots on the way in to cover my trail and spray the bottom of the tree I' m in and then the back of the tree once I get in my stand.
So in short, when you use it use a lot of it but don' t use it all the time.
I spray my boots on the way in to cover my trail and spray the bottom of the tree I' m in and then the back of the tree once I get in my stand.
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Posts: 586
RE: deer scents
I like using Doe Urine, and racoon urine. I use racoon urine in the tree actually. It' s natural for a coon to hang in the trees. This seems to work very well. I rarely get busted. I agree with Solex as well. If you get busted using one scent....it' s time to change. They will know.
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Yapank NY USA
Posts: 3,457
RE: deer scents
I really don' t like to use scents on my boots when entering a stand.
My reasoning is this:
If I do use the scent I know the deer will smell it 100% of the time they cross my trail- if they spook or not - who knows.
If I don' t use any scent, and use solid scent control - there is at least a chance my trail will go undetected - and after a few hours will probably be gone for good.
That trail of coon or fox urine - will be there for days - if the deer do not like it - you will spook deer for days.
My reasoning is this:
If I do use the scent I know the deer will smell it 100% of the time they cross my trail- if they spook or not - who knows.
If I don' t use any scent, and use solid scent control - there is at least a chance my trail will go undetected - and after a few hours will probably be gone for good.
That trail of coon or fox urine - will be there for days - if the deer do not like it - you will spook deer for days.
#5
RE: deer scents
Best scent is no scent!!! I don' t use any scent on my boots, I wear only boots with rubber soles and practice scent control on all my clothes. I do carry a bottle of scent eliminator in my pack just in case, but it has no odour to it/neutral.
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Mary\'s County Maryland USA
Posts: 393
RE: deer scents
So what about Earth or Pine Scent??? This year I was thinking about getting some of those wafers that smell like Fresh Earth and hang them on my stand. It is impossible to be scent free so wouldn' t you like to have a cover scent for something you missed?
Has anyone used those wafers, if so what do you think?
Has anyone used those wafers, if so what do you think?
#8
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Posts: 70
RE: deer scents
Scent killer has its own smell too, so I only use what is natural in the woods as a cover scent. I rub fir, cedar or pine bows on my hands and clothes depending on where I hunt and when sitting in Hardwoods I will rake the leaves over and apply fresh earth to my clothes. The wet leaves in a hardwood ridge have a strong oder, so I rub them on my clothes as well.
Even when using cover scent, I always try to use the wind in my favor!!!!!!!
Even when using cover scent, I always try to use the wind in my favor!!!!!!!