Scent for deer.
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10/19/21 01:16 PM
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What's your favorite and have you had success with it helping you kill a deer at least 2 1/2 years old or older?
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Re: Scent for deer.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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Absolutely NO scent of any kind is what I prefer.
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
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Absolutely NO scent of any kind is what I prefer. Same here. The best scent is no scent or should I say minimal scent. I have never been able to gain faith in any scent that I have used and it has been well over 15 years since I have used scent of any kind. In the last 10 years I have went 9 of 10 years on bucks 3 1/2 or better on my farm. In an area that is not known to have an older age structure.
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Re: Scent for deer.
[Re: Sprung & Rusty]
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If you can figure out where a coyote will be within a couple feet you can figure out where a deer will be too. If that deer can smell your "lure" it can smell you. Learn to sit still. Learn to be patient. Sometimes your trap has to wait four or five days before that coyote comes back.
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Re: Scent for deer.
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I only use Skunk Essence as a cover scent.
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10/19/21 09:36 PM
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Have had luck with trails end #307, evercalm and vs1, and fox hollows hair raiser. Every urine scent I have used over the years seemed to spook does, jmo
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Re: Scent for deer.
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10/20/21 11:43 AM
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No scent, just don't wash my bow hunting clothes to avoid them smelling like soap or cleaner. So you would rather your clothes smell like human body oder and sweat? They make a soap called Sports Wash that has no oder's for hunters.
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Re: Scent for deer.
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10/20/21 01:21 PM
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[quote=danny clifton]If you can figure out where a coyote will be within a couple feet you can figure out where a deer will be too. If that deer can smell your "lure" it can smell you. Learn to sit still. Learn to be patient. Sometimes your trap has to wait four or five days before that coyote comes back.[/quot
If you want to put the scent down wind of your position then I would say “come on man”
In answer to the question I have killed a buck with his nose a fraction of an inch from a scent pad. He was flemming (sp) when I shot him. Tink’s 69? Don’t remember the # as it was many moons ago. If scent is used correctly it is another tool for success . I usually still hunt so a scent pad is not an option. I was on a relatively small acreage in Tx. in brush country hunting from a stand so it was applicable to make a buck pause in a shooting lane. Worked as advertised. To those trappers who disdain the use of scent to hunt please discard all of your lures and make only blind sets.
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Re: Scent for deer.
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I’m learning something here. So it’s not likely a mature buck would make a scrape this close to human activity? Why not? Records are broken every year in the suburbs.
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In the past I would sometimes put fox pee on my boots. When hunting near a pasture I would tromp through every cow pie I could.
I think this year I am going to watch the wind closer than deal with any scents. I learned a good tip from "The Hunting Public". They use the Milkweed fluff to check the wind direction, down drafts etc. Seems much more effective and reliable than the little powder poofer bottles I have used for years.
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I have used milkweed for decades. It is by far the best thing for checking wind and watching how the thermals are manipulating the scent. Use them one time and you will see how the wind can be blowing one direction at the tree and then turn and go the other as the floater sinks or rises.
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I have used milkweed for decades. It is by far the best thing for checking wind and watching how the thermals are manipulating the scent. Use them one time and you will see how the wind can be blowing one direction at the tree and then turn and go the other as the floater sinks or rises. I call that, the back draft affect. Happens when winds are intermittent, when it stops blowing your scent does a 180 I don't hunt much when the leaves are still on the trees and its breezy. I've used milkweed fluff and cata9tail fluff
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No scent, just don't wash my bow hunting clothes to avoid them smelling like soap or cleaner. So you would rather your clothes smell like human body oder and sweat? They make a soap called Sports Wash that has no oder's for hunters. I don't wash my clothes but maybe once a year.
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I have used milkweed for decades. It is by far the best thing for checking wind and watching how the thermals are manipulating the scent. Use them one time and you will see how the wind can be blowing one direction at the tree and then turn and go the other as the floater sinks or rises. I call that, the back draft affect. Happens when winds are intermittent, when it stops blowing your scent does a 180 I don't hunt much when the leaves are still on the trees and its breezy. I've used milkweed fluff and cata9tail fluff Not just that, but terrain, trees, big boulders can change wind current just like rocks make Eddys in a river.
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[quote=HobbieTrapper]Is this a mature buck and how old would he be.
My estimation would be 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 years old.
Too filled out in the body to be less than 3-1/2 but doesn't have the mass and character that should start showing at the 5-1/2
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Is this a mature buck and how old would he be. My estimation would be 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 years old. Too filled out in the body to be less than 3-1/2 but doesn't have the mass and character that should start showing at the 5-1/2 Thank you.
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I used to extract skunk essence from their glands when I caught some while trapping with a syringe. Kept the scent in a plastic pill bottles. Deer hunting I would douse my stand with the scent using it as a cover scent. I've had deer walk right underneath my deer stand many times. I remember when I was in high school out on a date. It was nearing deer season and I didn't have any skunk scent. I spotted a deer hit on the road. I got out and cut the scent gland out of the skunk, put it in a plastic bag and in the trunk. Girl never went out with me again.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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No scent, just don't wash my bow hunting clothes to avoid them smelling like soap or cleaner. So you would rather your clothes smell like human body oder and sweat? They make a soap called Sports Wash that has no oder's for hunters. Baking soda in the washer warm water load
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I used to extract skunk essence from their glands when I caught some while trapping with a syringe. Kept the scent in a plastic pill bottles. Deer hunting I would douse my stand with the scent using it as a cover scent. I've had deer walk right underneath my deer stand many times. I remember when I was in high school out on a date. It was nearing deer season and I didn't have any skunk scent. I spotted a deer hit on the road. I got out and cut the scent gland out of the skunk, put it in a plastic bag and in the trunk. Girl never went out with me again. Whoops! I meant a skunk hit on the road. A deer and I might have had a second date with that girl.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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[quote=HobbieTrapper]Is this a mature buck and how old would he be.
My estimation would be 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 years old.
Too filled out in the body to be less than 3-1/2 but doesn't have the mass and character that should start showing at the 5-1/2
My guess is 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 Can't go by mass on the antlers for age. TONS of things can affect that from year to year. Drought early can cause the deer not to have mass.
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I’m learning something here. So it’s not likely a mature buck would make a scrape this close to human activity? That's were the trail cam needs to be EVERY buck around will walk by it or work it depending on how big the "big dog" there is.I've seen little bucks move over 10 feet and make another scrape instead of using the dominant one.
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Watching the show North Woods Law, I think they decide a legal buck by measuring the distance between the antlers. How are you supposed to judge that?
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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Watching the show North Woods Law, I think they decide a legal buck by measuring the distance between the antlers. How are you supposed to judge that? It's a three inch antler restriction. Anything under is considered an antlerless deer during gun season.
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[quote=HobbieTrapper]Is this a mature buck and how old would he be.
My estimation would be 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 years old.
Too filled out in the body to be less than 3-1/2 but doesn't have the mass and character that should start showing at the 5-1/2
My guess is 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 Can't go by mass on the antlers for age. TONS of things can affect that from year to year. Drought early can cause the deer not to have mass. I agree that tons of things can affect mass and even overall inches from year to year. Once they get past 4-1/2 most but not all start to show some character In the form of stickers etc. in my area. Getting past 3-1/2 in my area is their biggest hurdle.
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