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     Lucas Sam (Catman3x) BOC INITIATE Post Number: 39 Registered: 6-2002 Rating: N/A |
Do they actually work? If the do, are there some brands that are better than others or are they all the same? Keep on Keepin' on | ||
| Rex Garnett (Mrtwister)  BOC SQUIREPost Number: 123 Registered: 6-2003 Rating: N/A |
Yes I believe they work. I use Hunter Specialty's brand fresh earth cover scent and have noticed a big difference in how close deer will get to me without winding me. Give it a try. "There are some endangered animals, a big buck within 30 yards of me, now that's endangered" Uncle Ted Nugent | ||
| gary williams (Stonewall) BOC INITIATE Post Number: 29 Registered: 3-2003 Rating: N/A |
i believe some of these products work to some extent to help eliminate human scent,however i don't think anything on the market today can totaly eliminate all human scent.i've had good sucess with scent sheild,some of the carbon lined garments are getting good reviews.good luck!! "throw in every thing you have on the attack" "leave nothing in retreat" | ||
| Dave Jones (86edcatfish) BOC INITIATE Post Number: 7 Registered: 9-2003 Rating: N/A |
The best and cheapest cover scent I've found is just get a bunch of leaves and dirt off the forest floor and rub it all over your huntin' outfit. I've had a bobcat come within 10ft of me when I was sitting under a tree and he never even glanced in my direction. As a bonus, all the debris adds some extra camo! If it doesn't hit my bait like a train, then it ain't worth the effort to reel it in. I ain't got no time for nibblers. | ||
| matt carpenter (Southcats) BOC SQUIREPost Number: 192 Registered: 8-2002 Rating: N/A |
i put pine branches an leaves in a garbage bag with my huntin cloths a week before season always has worked for me | ||
| Ian Madge (Olhippie) BOC SQUIREUsername: Olhippie Post Number: 180 Registered: 4-2003 Rating: N/A |
...Lots of good stuff here. I too believe that forest humus,pine and cedar needles,ect.rubbed into my hunting clothes works well. I also agree that nothing can eliminate the human odor completely. Best remedy short of having the wind in your favor is to get WAY UP in the trees...I wear rubber boots going in.Killed a six ptr yesterday that walked up under my tree,to a tarsal scent i'd put down,while I sat 35 ft. up the tree. I've duplicated that perhaps a dozen times now... | ||
| Pete Kildow (Shilohred)  BOC PALADINUsername: Shilohred Post Number: 445 Registered: 7-2002  Rating: N/A |
Glad that you got a deer. Hope to get one monday morning. AS muzzle loader season will open in west Tn then. Pete And to think that catfish are thought of as trash.. Best fish in the world, Sure love the bite and fight...LOL | ||
| mark johnson BOC INITIATE Username: Mark_j Post Number: 10 Registered: 9-2003 Rating: N/A |
the best scent cover i have found is a hog farm. in the winter the colder smelly air hugs the ground , out of a little over 1600 acres our family owns i primarily hunt a 10 acre hardwood ridge down wind from the lagoons. i used to smoke and i have to say most of the deer i killed i had to lay a cigarette down to shoot them. dang cigarette burns in the carpet of all my lockons. needless to say deer are alot less skittish aroun d active farming operations, they are used to seeing human activity. a highway splits our farm, i generally hunt the side of the road with the most farming activity for ease and simplicity with limited time to hunt. thats where we send the kids to hunt. the other side of the road , you better have your stuff together to hunt, its like night and day. | ||
| michael Brewer (Brakeless1) BOC INITIATE Username: Brakeless1 Post Number: 64 Registered: 5-2003  Rating: N/A |
my dad leave's his hunting clothe's out in the wood's for a day or two before he goe's deer hunting. 
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| Tyler Fryar (Htfryar) BOC INITIATE Username: Htfryar Post Number: 68 Registered: 5-2005  Rating: N/A |
I know guys who spend a lot of money on cover scent and scent proof clothing, then stand around the campfire and get smoke all over them or even smoke cigarettes or dip Skoal on stand. I am sure cover scents do help at certain times of year and especially when the deer have been spooked from hunting pressure. During the rut, it wouldn't matter if you were wearing a clown suit and smelled like a street bum that hadn't had a bath in 3 months. I have seen bucks walk right along where I had walked to get to my stand while following a hot doe. I have had buck's completely ignore calls, whistles and movement before when they were trailing a hot doe. I have had a buck start scraping and hooking a bush that I had peed on. Sometimes, I think deer cover scents are more designed to lure hunters than they are to help hide them. However, never under estimate the value of doe estrus scent. Come to BIG GEORGE & TEAYSVALLEYGUY NFL TALK for some football fun! | ||
| john fincher (Jfinch) BOC INITIATE Username: Jfinch Post Number: 84 Registered: 5-2005  Rating: N/A |
yeah i'd have to agree that doe in heat has got to be the holy grail of scents....   doe in heat scent.. | ||
| Chuck Johnson (Chuckjohnson3) BOC SQUIREUsername: Chuckjohnson3 Post Number: 181 Registered: 5-2005  Rating: N/A |
I will put it like my father in law put it to me. All the scent stuff is great for the first day of the season after that you could take a dump in your pants and if you play the wind right you will kill a deer. You can buy all the scent killer stuff and not play the wind right and never see a deer....I do use the cheapest stuff i can find its all about confidence for me but i don't think it really matters.  Times with bait and NO money are better then times with money and NO Bait | ||
| Harley David Myrick (Cat_fisher_harley) BOC INITIATE Username: Cat_fisher_harley Post Number: 73 Registered: 6-2005 Rating: N/A |
im not one to use scents or nothin like that i use a grunt tube and a doe bleet thats about it im one into the challenges of gettin down wind and learnin new things through out the season |
