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That's mine too. I have some oak I've been cutting/splitting in the yard that I make a point to walk by everytime I'm out with the dogs. My brand of saw too

Mike.

It seems that some smells are almost universal in their appeal to people who hunt. Lots of replies mentioning the smell of fired shotgun hulls.

Went squirrel hunting this morning with my old A-5 16ga. The first time in ages that I've taken a shotgun squirrel hunting.

The smell of the first empty hull this morning brought back a flood of memories from my childhood, when a Stevens pump 20ga. was the only gun I owned, and squirrels were "big game", to stalked with as much intensity as one of the "African Big 5" that I read about in the outdoor magazines.

I'm going to have to start doing this more often. There is just something about the smell of a spent shotgun hull on a cool fall morning under the big timber...

Wait a minute... When did you get married?

Nothing beats the smell of Freedom. Enough said!

i've alaways enjoyed the smell of my own farts. i keep that a secret.

As I post this I'm cooking a big ole wok of fall collard greens and smoked ham...can't you just smell it!!!

The smell you get from singing the pin feathers off a duck.

Real Black Powder smoke.
salt water during the spring Striped Bass run
Creosote from a utility pole
A good pot of homemade stuffed cabbage
A real German beer
Moss and softwoods during deer season

Walking through a sunflower field early on opening morning of dove season.

Autumn leaves burning. Signals Michigan's hunting seasons open.

the smell of the sea as you head out the jetties at the crack of dawn

freshly fired paper shot shell......brings back many memories of when I was young and with my Grandpa!

Just about all of the following,except Yankee Devel's farts.Also,a Zippo lighter being lit,a firing line at a match,Grandaughter after a shower(4 yrs old),and WD-40. Lightman

My daughter's hair
My wife's skin
A New England fall day
A Virginia spring morning, just after a light rain
Fresh cut hay
Cut and split oak firewood
My grandmother's kitchen

Grandma's house,
My son,
my wife,
my reloading room,
puzzy,
when i fire my 30-06 at a deer, that smell is oh so sweet,
the woods during a hunting season,
outboard motor exhaust,
that fishy smell on my hands from a successful day fishing,
and cheese its...

An old cedar chest at Mamaw.s house
My wife's robe on the bathroom door
The fireplace in the den
Open fire pit at deer camp
My old Hereford saddle
Hoppe's #9
Gun leather

Favorite smell only because of the memories. I normally don't get a feral hog that has much bacon. When I do and the wife cooks it, it brings me back instantly to my Grandmothers kitchen. The smell though not great, but not bad. I am back in a time in my childhood that was so special to me.
Butch

love JP 5 and fresh tar....

The smell of my wife and children; the old paper shotshells from my grandpa fired in his gun, a campfire, pork on the grill, my favorite beer, Cope, and the smell of rain before it shows up.

The smell of venison as it hangs along with a lot of harvest smells around here as of late....

Shalimar. All rational thinking is gone with the first whiff.