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Hillbilly:
I don't use cover scents, but if I was going to, it wouldn't be out of a bottle. I've tried that scent killer spray on my boots before, don't know if it helps or not. I think the wind is the main thing. If you're downwind, you're invisible. If you're upwind, you're busted no matter what you're using. You might be able to fool deer into thinking that you're further away than you really are, though, dunno. I'd like to hunt some of these places y'all are at where you don't have to worry about the wind and that deer don't spook if they smell you-around here, if a deer crosses three hundred yards downwind of you, it'll blow and haul butt away from there. Several times, I've had deer see me and not spook until they smelled me, then it was all over. I think that the nose is what a deer trusts a lot more than its eyes or ears. I've found the same thing to be true of hogs, you can let them see you if you're not making sudden movements, but the second they smell you, they're gone like they were never there.

sailordad:

--- Quote from: El Destructo on September 07, 2009, 10:08:52 am ---If I am up in a Tree Stand sitting....I will Pee in a Bottle....but that cause I don't want to pee on my Pants and sit there in wet britches all damned day long....it's easier to pee in a 24 ounce Pepsi Bottle than it is to make sure that you are clear of all of your Hunting Clothes at 6 am in the Dark....... >:D

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heck i use a hunting blind and i keep a pee bottle in there too
dont want splatter hitting my blind, and i dont leave the blind unless i am off to do some scounting or leaving for the day or best case scenario
getting out to go gather my prize ;D

PeteC:
Same as a lot of you,I use no cover scent,even use" Off",when the skeeters are real bad.But I work real hard to be down wind.And yes ,I do get busted every now and then,but that's deer huntin'. God Bless

Pappy:
I try and watch the wind but in These TN. hills you would be changing stands every 15 mi. if you stay with the wind right.I try and keep clean and usually pull some cedar off as I walk in and rub down with it from time to time,thats about it.I put a thread in the tree or on the bow tip where if they are coming in I can tell better when I need to shoot.If the wind is good I can take my time if not I can shoot at the first best opportunity.Also depends on where you hunt,if a deer spooked bad every time they smelled a human around home they couldn't go anywhere,on the other hand at Land between lake where we hunt they may not smell a man all year till hunting season and they react very different.  :) I just try and keep clean and let the chips fall where they may.If you put the time in there will be a stupid one come along now and then. ;) :)
   Pappy

Keenan:
Started bow hunting 36 years ago and learned long ago that store bought scents were almost never right for the area that I was in.  That being said, I also learned to use what ever was naturally prodominate and blooming where ever I was. If in sage then i would wipe down with the sage that was blooming or if in allot of fir trees,then fir.  The trick is to blend in and not send anything to alert.  If in an apple orchard then smell like an apple.
  Pumice and other things like ash and even backing powder will cut human odor as well. And the food info is correct. If you eat allot of meat you will give off the scent of a predator more then if on a diet of greens. Just as much as mesquites are more attracted to someone who eats allot of bananas. (because of the potassium) So If you want to be hard core about scent control and getting close this is how, but nothing is as important and wind savvy. I have been close enough to touch elk and deer many times.

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