Main Discussion Area > Primitive Skills
natural cover scents
Ryano:
Hemlock, rub it in your hands and wipe it all over your clothes, also leave some in my clothes container.
PepeLep:
I've used all kinds of things that I find in the area. I'm a firm believer in scents, and I've used artificial and natural. I avoid fires at all costs due to a nice buck scenting me from a long way away after I put wood in our stove. He was sneaking up behind me...nothing I could do about it. It was years ago, but I've been paranoid about it every since.
I like cedar and persimmons. Both work great to rub on boots and clothes, but persimmons make your clothes a little sticky.
;D
It's not a cover scent, but I keep the scent glands off the legs of every buck I kill. You can freeze them in a plastic bag and tie them on your boots the next year. They work.
Pat B:
I've always used dog fennel, cedar and pine rubbed on my cloths to help blend in...or step in a meadow muffin if it were fresh. I read an article last year about making your own cover scents that specified using materials that are indiginous to the area you're hunting in and when they were in season.
A funny story about cover scents...My long time hunting buddy, Richard, got the brilliant idea to use grapes as a cover scent because the grapes were so plentiful that year that the woods smelled like wine. He collected a good mess of grapes and put them and his hunting cloths in a garbage bag and smished them all together. After his cloths were well scented with "ole de grape" he hung them out to dry. When time came to hit the woods, Richard "dressed out" in his scented hunting cloths and headed out. Well, in Georgia, during the early archery season, it can be quite hot and sweaty and by the time Richard got to his stand, climbed the tree and settled in to cool off, it was apparent that the crop of yellow jackets was as aboundant as the grapes. Needless to say that was probably the least amount of time that Richard ever spent in his stand.
This happened quite a few years ago but is one of those stories that is revisited each year(at least once) around the club camp fire. Pat
mnewcomb59:
lol there is lots of baking soda in toothpaste because it kills odor. It also helps to whiten teeth. I put some toothpaste on my toothbrush and then tip the whole thing in a box of baking soda. Kills bad breath and leaves it feeling nice and clean.
Feltn:
Matt, put some lemon juice on your toothbrush then dip in baking soda, it will clean better and helps cover the baking soda taste.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version