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scent / smell poll #1227359 01/14/15 05:55 PM 01/14/15 05:55 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,997 Madison County grundan OP 8 point
grundan OP 8 point Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,997 Madison County	what works for you in the following? 1.cover scent 2.attractant 3.eliminator 4.wash detergent (for your hunt gear)

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: grundan] #1227425 01/14/15 06:52 PM 01/14/15 06:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,951 North Alabama Fullthrottle 10 point
Fullthrottle 10 point Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,951 North Alabama	Out of the choices I would say cover scent. But the best answer is the right wind direction for that stand

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: grundan] #1227448 01/14/15 07:27 PM 01/14/15 07:27 PM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 570 North Alabama PineStalker89 4 point
PineStalker89 4 point Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 570 North Alabama	Ive found this year mixing it up has helped. Say i hunt a place two or three times with cover scent and shoot or get busted the next couple of times I'll go straight from work or wherever without any cover or eliminator and still see deer and visa versa. If i dont switch up i notice deer do not move while im there but will right after. And as always the right wind is #1. Granted i also dont hunt the place to death.

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: grundan] #1227469 01/14/15 09:40 PM 01/14/15 09:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,102 Gulf Coast captjab 10 point
captjab 10 point Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,102 Gulf Coast	Wind & Scent free detergent. Deer can smell lots of different smells at one time, so I really don't have much faith in cover scent.

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: captjab] #1227490 01/15/15 01:45 AM 01/15/15 01:45 AM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 28,989 Fosters, Alabama, USA Shaw Administrator
Shaw Administrator Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 28,989 Fosters, Alabama, USA	1. Wind 2. Scent killer (for my boots only) 3. Scent free detergent "I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call ShawBuilt Custom Bowstrings

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: Shaw] #1227538 01/15/15 03:19 AM 01/15/15 03:19 AM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,931 Jackson Co. JBL 8 point
JBL 8 point Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,931 Jackson Co.	Originally Posted By: Shaw 1. Wind 2. Scent killer (for my boots only) 3. Scent free detergent X2 and practicing scent control on my boots is as important as hunting the wind to me.

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: grundan] #1227574 01/15/15 03:52 AM 01/15/15 03:52 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 11,651 Longwood, FL J jlbuc10 Booner
jlbuc10 Booner J Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 11,651 Longwood, FL	If by attractant you mean acorn rage and corn, then #2 If not everything else combined. I scent free wash my camo. Spray the clothes down Leave them outside all the time in a scent loc bag Put ever calm on my boots once I get outta the truck Don't wear my outside layer until I get up in my stand And pick pine needles on the way and crush them up and rub them on my camo Spray down once in stand if wind is marginal Do I still get busted by deer????? Yes but it makes me feel more confident if I think I've done my best to make my self invisible

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: grundan] #1227785 01/15/15 06:10 AM 01/15/15 06:10 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 36,183 alabama BhamFred Freak of Nature
BhamFred Freak of Nature Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 36,183 alabama	fawn pee on my boots, never, EVER been busted on entry/exit path scent-loc clothing..I don't give a chittt what you think of it scentfree washing clothes, esp headnet and gloves wind direction if I can I almost never use an attractant, esp doe-in-heat..it will spook a doe and I like does close by I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted..... proud Cracker-Americaan muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: grundan] #1227847 01/15/15 06:53 AM 01/15/15 06:53 AM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,187 Tuscumbia BruteX 6 point
BruteX 6 point Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,187 Tuscumbia	What Shaw said "We'll the first man comes along that can read Latin is welcome to rob us,...I'd like the chance to shoot at an educated man once in my life" Gus McCrae

Re: scent / smell poll [Re: grundan] #1227921 01/15/15 07:35 AM 01/15/15 07:35 AM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama M muzziehead 14 point
muzziehead 14 point M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama	I wash all my hunting clothes including the towels I use for showers in Scent Free detergent. Then I always shower before I hunt, scent free soap and shampoo. Spray down with Scent blocker. Only wear rubber boots. Never hunt an area if the wind is wrong. I am probably super paranoid about scent control since I bow hunt only. "Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."