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Play the wind #7979598
10/25/23 07:15 PM
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I know, but I'll ask anyway...does anyone use cover scent for deer hunting?

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979599
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No. I hunt with the wind in my favor, wash my clothes, take a shower.

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979602
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Originally Posted by Posco
I know, but I'll ask anyway...does anyone use cover scent for deer hunting?

Nope. It doesn't work. They proved it a long time ago.


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Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979603
10/25/23 07:24 PM
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Skunk, smoke?

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979608
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I usually use skunk or fox pee. In my experience it works.

Moosetrot

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979611
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Multiple stands in the same areas to cover the most likely wind directions.


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Re: Play the wind [Re: Moosetrot] #7979615
10/25/23 07:37 PM
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I figured we could argue about this in lieu of
Originally Posted by Moosetrot
I usually use skunk or fox pee. In my experience it works.

Moosetrot

I've had good luck with skunk essence.

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979626
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just play the wind as much as you can.....

if they smell the cover scent they will smell you,

i have 6 different stands in a fairly small area. i can pretty much hunt the wind anytime.

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979629
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Originally Posted by Posco
I know, but I'll ask anyway...does anyone use cover scent for deer hunting?

Deer Dander - Fitzgerald product

Good red fox pee is good on the boot pads too


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Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979630
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Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979663
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Nope but I did use the wind to my advantage so it blew my sense in ahead of me and pushed the deer right to my 11 year old.

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979685
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Old Spice.


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Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979688
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I use a bee smoker with wood chips and leaves to smoke all my clothes and pack.

Re: Play the wind [Re: Moosetrot] #7979725
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Originally Posted by Moosetrot
I usually use skunk or fox pee. In my experience it works.

Moosetrot



I've used fox ped and watched Deer follow where I walked. Had it on my shoes.

Re: Play the wind [Re: Pirogue] #7979730
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Originally Posted by Pirogue
I use a bee smoker with wood chips and leaves to smoke all my clothes and pack.

A lot of guys swear by it.

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979747
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I don't intentionally wear any cologne or strong smelling deodorant but about an hour in the stand without a cigarette is about all I can make it. I have shot more than my fair share of good buck both from the stand and on the ground. I always pay attention to the wind though and try to work into it when I can.


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Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979765
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Rely on wind but nose jammer or straight vanilla extract is a cover scent hard to beat been using vanilla extract for over 40 years

Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979807
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I don’t use any cover scent, but am interested in trying to smoke my clothes for a season and see how that goes.

I play the wind, and don’t give a dang what I smell like or what my clothes smell like going in. Right now my hunting clothes are scattered in the kitchen, my bedroom floor, and laying on the floor in the entrance probably stomped on by all the kids walking in and out of the house.

Lots of times while I sit in the treestand I have fresh old spice deodorant on and gelled hair.


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Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979812
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Posco, I achieved manhood (ok partial manhood) living in the windswept hills of Kansas. All those impressive buck pictures Yes Sir posts were taken with in 25-50 miles of my home.

There we hunted into the wind and even if you had bathed in kerosene, you could spot and stock or drive deer. If you made me hunt in a still climate, I'd probably try skunky first. Not only does it nor spook wildlife, it attracts many. Even my beloved rubbing posts are better with a skunky call lure. I use the skunky Catmando but a buddy tried skunky Back Breaker is just as good and that appeals to me because it is a Dobbins product.

Just my 2 cents anyway.


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Re: Play the wind [Re: Posco] #7979813
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And LMBO @ JP's jelled hair!


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