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scent covering
huntertrapper:
good all around. used it last year in an untouched area with succes, no fires or anything around
hawkbow:
I agree with Huntertrapper, the smell of woodsmoke doesn't seem to bother deer, I have spent countless hours watching deer and their responce to various smells, Tobacco smoke is a big no no. I watched as a hunter lit up, nearly five hundred yards from a deer which was bedded close to my stand. The deer caught the scent and was gone in a flash... I had been hunting that buck for days waiting for a close shot opportunity. Never saw him again until the next year, when I arrowed him at five yards. ;D Scent is the best line of defence the deer have and they use it against us with remarkable results.for every animal i kill with my bow I would say four more stalks are blown by scent,at ten yards we really stink to the deer.. Good luch brother and happy hunting... Hawk a/ho
huntertrapper:
heres somethin though, my dad knows a guy who had to put his cigarette down while a big buck came into range for him to arrow him. though.....he may have been hunting in a highly populated area of people, the deer may have grown accustomed to the smokeing of people. but i guess it all depends on the age of deer, as for being around them too. the buck i shot last eyar let me get as close as 5 yards before. it was i think that he had never seen a human. it was on top of a large mountain back in about a mile or so.
Coo-wah-chobee:
I have seen many deer lick tobacco juice. I chaw when I hunt ta cover scent and spit where I want deer ta be for a good shot. While they are preoccupied smelling and licking I have time ta shoot. Tobacco smoke is not necessarily a big no-no depends on what is in area and ifn they are used ta it. The tobacco thing pushed by all the popular mags aint necessarily true. Like I said before its movement and profile.......bob
hawkbow:
Our deer are not used to the people smells and will leave an area if they scent something not right.. probably the difference between deer living around humans and those living in the mountains..Hawk
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