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Old 07-14-2003 | 12:52 AM
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anybody body had any luck with cover scents and urine scents! just trying to find the best ones people think work best!!


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Old 07-14-2003 | 09:37 AM
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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.

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Old 07-14-2003 | 09:45 AM
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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.
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Old 07-14-2003 | 11:47 AM
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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.
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Old 07-14-2003 | 11:57 AM
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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.
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Old 07-14-2003 | 12:33 PM
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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?
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Old 07-14-2003 | 01:12 PM
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Deer can smell alot of different things at once, so they will smell you and the cover scent. Save your money for scent elimination.
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Old 07-14-2003 | 04:54 PM
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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!!!!!!!
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Old 07-14-2003 | 08:42 PM
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I used " carbon blast" last season,it seemed to work great.I to use coon cover scent if I' m up a tree.
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Old 07-15-2003 | 04:58 PM
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i have used bowhunters setup from scrapejuice for the last two years and have taken 9 bucks and seen 24 bucks in all. it is the best stuff i have ever used. you should tyr it.
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