| Author | Message | ||
     matt carpenter (Southcats)  BOC PALADINPost Number: 145 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
as we all know the # 1 thing to worry about is the deer winding us. one week before the season opens ill wash my cloths in baking soda then ill get a clear plastic bag go out an find some pine branches put them in the bag with my cloths an tie the bag shut by the time the season rolls around youll smell like a pine tree each time you wear your cloths put them back in the bag ive done this for a long time an the deer hardly ever wind me also another trick for you people who are not aloud to bait the deer get yourself a few gallons of apple cider dump it around your stand ive had deer come right to where i dumped it an sniff around looking for apples make sure you save a little in the jug for yourself so when you get thirsty | ||
| Mark Rorrer (Catnaber)  BOC SQUIREPost Number: 32 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
Good call southcats. Another trick that helps is to use pine needles or leaves in the bag with your clothes from the general area where you plan to hunt. Just in case there is something in the material thats not in the hunting area. Deer tend to know their living quarters well. A lot like you would smell something unusual in your house when you get home from work. Works for me!! | ||
| matt carpenter (Southcats) BOC PALADINPost Number: 151 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
yes i agree catnaber if there isnt any pine in the area you hunt i wouldnt suggest doing it although most of the deer probally wouldnt notice alot of the bigger size bucks will notice. the branches of the pine seem to hold more smell because of all the sap | ||
| DJ Lawrence (Bro_catfish) BOC SQUIREPost Number: 30 Registered: 3-2002 Rating: N/A |
That is a good idea but on my land i dont have any pine tree and now that i think of it there isnt alot around me at all Another good Trick Ive learned is to go into you woods with a trash bag (non sented) and throw some leaves ,wood chips ,dirt , and anything else you might find Then take it home and grab an big old kitchen pot and fill it up with water and set it to boil on the stove then add in all the leaves and dirt and acorns and whatever to it let it boil a while till its about to thicken up Then take your old spray bottle and pour in the water off it and when it cools BAM ! you got your self specialized free sent cover I know it works I killed 4 deer in as many year with it Hope this helps Tight lines DJ | ||
| Tim Linder (Southedisto) BOC PALADINPost Number: 123 Registered: 5-2002 Rating: N/A |
You guys run into red bugs, chigger or tick problems doing the leaves/needles in the bag thing? Have thought about doing it for a few years now, but something about itching or getting lymes disease just turns me off. ... cause you gonna have to plug up a few holes.....Hank Jr. | ||
| matt carpenter (Southcats) BOC PALADINPost Number: 159 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
ive never had problems with them ive had plenty of ticks on me just from sitting in my stand an this time of year the deer are loaded with them anyway im more worried about getting west nile they do have a vaccine you can get for extra percausion for lyme disease | ||
| Mark Rorrer (Catnaber) BOC SQUIREPost Number: 34 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
DJ, I never thought of that. I think I'll go to my lease tomorrow and gather up some debris and boil it down/give it a try. I can't seem to get past that word----FREE. If it works like I think it might it may save me lots of money. | ||
| Bryan Shrum (Whistler) BOC PALADINPost Number: 129 Registered: 7-2002 Rating: N/A |
I am gonna have to try the boiling debris trick, never thought of that. Sounds like a good idea. Another way to treat clothing is to go and cut some branches or chunks of wood off of trees that are natural to your area. I use cedar because it is so common here. I cut down a tree 6 inches or so in diameter, then cut the trunk into slices about 1 inch thick. Very similar to Matt's trick, I just don't use the bag. When I store my hunting clothes for the year I put them in a storage box and throw some in with them. During the season, I put some in the closet or drawer I keep them in. I usually keep my hunting clothes in my camper, so it is a little easier for me. You'd be surprised how fast cedar or pine will odorize your clothes this way. Just one of my little tricks. Bryan (Message edited by whistler on September 30, 2002) | ||
| matt carpenter (Southcats) BOC PALADINPost Number: 163 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
what type of camo do you guys perfer real tree here | ||
| Tim Linder (Southedisto) BOC PALADINPost Number: 124 Registered: 5-2002 Rating: N/A |
mossy oak, breakup or fall foliage for turkeys, and occasionally deer. Most of the time i am deer hunting i wear urban camo (jeans, t-shirt, snake boots) ... cause you gonna have to plug up a few holes.....Hank Jr. | ||
| DJ Lawrence (Bro_catfish) BOC SQUIREPost Number: 31 Registered: 3-2002 Rating: N/A |
Im the same way myself My clothes are picked by whats the weather like and what I can afford to get dirty or bloddy lol Usally its a pair of jeans a T shirt some thick socks and my old Green hunting coat ..I do try to stay away from Leather boots they hold sent really well I have been taking a big rubbermade container and putting 6 boxes of baking powder in it then while im making my spray I put the rest of the leaves in there to help keep unwanted smells out Seems to work well Now I need to talk one of you guys into coming Down and hanging my stand for me lol Tight lines DJ | ||
| Bryan Shrum (Whistler) BOC PALADINPost Number: 132 Registered: 7-2002 Rating: N/A |
Mossy oak seems to work OK for me. Though I still am not convinced that paying all that money and taking all the time to get camo just right is such an important issue. It seems we do all that and then put a 500 square inch orange vest on. Good thing deer are mostly color blind. I believe the vest is an absolute must during any firearm season, but it seems to defeat the camo theory. At least IMO. Actually, I used to do just as well in BDU pants and flannel shirts. Bryan | ||
| Robert Plemmons (Rango)  BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 368 Registered: 5-2002 Rating: N/A |
im not much on camo myself . Rifle hunting ill wear jeans and a comfortable shirt and the necessary coats and sweaters. All my deer hunting is done out of stands and i dont think camo is as critical as it would be if you was on the ground. Movement is the thing that gets most folks,, I dont even go to the trouble using cover scents unless im bowhunting.. | ||
| Michael Strawn (Fordman) BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 310 Registered: 6-2002 Rating: N/A |
I've got a pair of Realtree pattern insulated coveralls that I wear when bowhunting. (After season Wally world special). I use the cedar chunks and rubbermaid container trick myself. The boots are rubber, plain for warm days and insulated packs for those frozen days in December. That free cover scent is something that I will have to try out. Boiling leaves and such stuff, never thought of it. Lets all Drive carefull this season, when we hit the woods, all the deer start moving a lot.  You think I'm paranoid? Gee, sorry but WE don't feel that way. | ||
| Shane Herzberg (Ozzman02) BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 942 Registered: 4-2002 Rating: N/A |
now if that would have been a chevy it'd gone straight through him! lol "None of us will ever forget this day, yet we order to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me. God Bless America -George W Bush | ||
| Chris Sams (Madman) BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 1042 Registered: 3-2002 Rating: N/A |
Thats why I feel safer driving trucks. Most of the time if you hit something in a truck, it doesn't launch it up into the windsheild like that. -Chris "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." -Mark Twain | ||
| Paul Louderback (Admin)  BOC EMPERORPost Number: 2509 Registered: 2-2002 Rating: N/A |
Looked like a Dodge Durango or Dakota? "I work on this website when I'm inspired, I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning". (Paul Louderback, 2002) | ||
| Chris Sams (Madman) BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 1044 Registered: 3-2002 Rating: N/A |
I thought it was a wagon. But the body shape does look like a Dodge Truck. -Chris "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." -Mark Twain | ||
| Bryan Shrum (Whistler) BOC PALADINPost Number: 140 Registered: 7-2002 Rating: N/A |
Here's another one for ya.  Deer wins! Bryan | ||
| Mark Rorrer (Catnaber) BOC SQUIREPost Number: 36 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
Damn, Looks like what happened to my father-in-law bout a month ago. Doe jumped onto the hood of his car and her head went through the windshield and the rest of her wrapped around the car body. He said when it was all said and done with he picked her head up out of his lap and yelled in her ear " YOU OKAY? ". I think he was joking about that but if you knew him it is pretty believable. | ||
| Chris Sams (Madman) BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 1048 Registered: 3-2002 Rating: N/A |
Here are some more.    -Chris "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." -Mark Twain | ||
| matt carpenter (Southcats) BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 167 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
wow! the deers head is in the drivers seat. what happened to the person driving the vechicle? | ||
| DJ Lawrence (Bro_catfish) BOC SQUIREPost Number: 34 Registered: 3-2002 Rating: N/A |
MAN ! Thats the worst looking Durango Ive ever seen You think the guy saw that comeing? ;) | ||
| Michael Strawn (Fordman) BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 312 Registered: 6-2002 Rating: N/A |
Here is the driver. Some look on his face, huh? Looks like the only damage was his forehead and wallet.  You think I'm paranoid? Gee, sorry but WE don't feel that way. | ||
| matt carpenter (Southcats) BOC ROYALTYPost Number: 168 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
hes smiling too that guy is lucky he dont have a horn sticking thru his eye, lucky to be alive | ||
| William A. Sipes (Riverrat)  BOC STAFFPost Number: 1336 Registered: 2-2002 Rating: N/A |
When they measured the skidmarks, I wonder which one's were longer, the ones on the road, or the one's in his drawers? Rat | ||
| Chris Gore (Bubba169) BOC INITIATE Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2002 Rating: N/A |
I bet the skidmarks in his drawers were longer. I hit a doe on DEC.23,2001 & did about $2900.00 worth of damage to my 98 chevy ext. cab truck but I could still drive it. As for the camo I use black or blue jeans & a dark T-shirt or sweatshirt when it gets cold I wear an Army field jacket with the lining in it as for shoes camo snake boots until it gets cold then dark brown insulated waterproof boots. Now for gloves I use dark brown cloth work gloves until it gets cold then its insulated camo gloves with the fingers cut out for shooting & a little mit to fold back over your fingers when your not shooting. Oh yeah I've been using Scent Killer from Wildlife Research Center but I'll try some of tips you guys posted. thanks | ||
| DJ Lawrence (Bro_catfish) BOC SQUIREPost Number: 35 Registered: 3-2002 Rating: N/A |
I ran into a guy who used to score for the big buck club here in Ohio and the last year that he scored for them an 72 yr old gent who said he got his buck with no cover or lure sent ..this is what he said he did after a normal day around the house and yard and in and out of the barn he would take his clothes and set them around he spot in the woods and 2 weeks later do the same agin with differnt clothes so with time and luck the deer would not sence it as fear but as normal smells anyway he went into the woods with his normal clothes and his 20 gage single shot and had just sat down when he killed the biggest buck that year so imangine useing cover sent on top of that I didnt think of it but you got to admit it makes sence Tight Lines DJ (Message edited by bro_catfish on October 11, 2002) | ||
| Dave Patton (Katmandeux) BOC INITIATE Username: Katmandeux Post Number: 9 Registered: 11-2004 Rating: N/A |
I'm personally skeptical of the idea that we can "cover" our scent. The world is awash in smells that humans can't even detect, but that other mammals, including deer, sort through and discriminate routinely. I do believe,however, that we can make sure that we don't take other, foreign scents into the woods with us, and do what we can to minimize our own scent. I have gone so far as to take a bath with baking powder in the water, and then drip dry. It works, but can be pretty tough on your skin. There's still no substitute for hunting the wind. | ||
| mark johnson (Mark_j) BOC PALADINUsername: Mark_j Post Number: 1426 Registered: 9-2003  Rating: N/A |
i'm fortunate enough to be a able to hang whatever clothes i hunt in inside a hoghouse overnight. one thing a deer dont pay any mind to around here is the smell of a hog. then again if i hunt the hog farm side of the road the deer are used to strange smells and human activity. i couldnt tell you how many times i had to lay a cigarette down to shoot from a lock on treestand. that treestand has been on the same tree for 7 years i think and its a totally wrong placement for a treestand accrding to prevailing winds . it has never mattered. i think the deer are used to certain activity and smells. now hunting across the road on the otherside of the farm is totally different, you better have your crap right or either be taking those beanfield shots.  If it aint a Stelling it aint loud enough. | ||
| Jon Saxon (Verotik) BOC PALADINUsername: Verotik Post Number: 1147 Registered: 6-2002  Rating: N/A |
I wash my clothes in baking soda instead of detergent, and i have a sock filled with baking soda that i put in the dryer when i dry my clothes. Never had a problem with the deer smelling me till this morning. My wife had washed my hunting clothes with regular detergent and it was too late for me to rewash them, so i went out, sure enough, i saw 5 does and they werent there long before the smelled me and bolted. They say you can make your own scent mask spray by mixing baking soda and swimming-pool grade peroxide. The baking soda neutralized scent, and the peroxide kills the bacteria on your skin that cause odor.  Harrison, Arkansas GO HOGS! WOOOOOO PIG SOOOIIEEE! Proud supporter of the Brotherhood of Catfisherman | ||
| William Bryant (Okie2hd) BOC INITIATE Username: Okie2hd Post Number: 6 Registered: 7-2005 Rating: N/A |
Call me nuts, but I like to bury my camos the night before I hunt. I just lay down plastic in a shallow hole,put the cams in,cover with a pillow case or other fairly thick cloth,and cover the whole thing with plywood. Gets a little damp sometimes but the ground is ALL you can smell. |
