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It seems like I see less deer when I try to use them, so no I don’t
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Well, to be honest, in the 70s and early 80s, yes. Seems to spook them now.
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I have and seen them work.
Do I need to have them? No. Do I feel "disadvantaged" without them - no.
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Back in the day bucks would follow your trail, nose down, to your stand. Now they creep around the edges, all on gaurd.
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I try not to go too crazy with the stuff, although the expensive stuff you buy chilled fresh or frozen seems to be pretty good.
I seem to have luck only when using for the first time of the season, and that was with expensive stuff like code blue doe estrus.
I put some out and the neighboring land owner showed up and decided to cut firewood in the back of his property which was about 100 yards from my stand on the their side of a creek. After about an hour he left and it seemed like less than 5 minutes later a nice buck walked off his property, crossed the creek and stuck his nose in my scent rag which was hanging about 3 feet off of the ground. I double lunged him with my PSE bow that I had at the time.
It always seemed that I saw deer the first time but that it was not effective the next time I got out for some reason.
"Somehow, the sound of a shotgun tends to cheer one up" -- Robert Ruark
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By observation, I think the best deer scent is old dairy farmer clothes, worn that early morning.
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Have had some success with scents in the past but had more does bugger and carry-on than anything. After that cost me one of the biggest deer I've ever had an encounter with, I swore all scents off.
I hunt clean these days.
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If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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I use them only at peak rut which here is a couple days or so either side of Nov. 5. My observation over the past 30 yrs. Got me my first crossbow buck 2 years ago after a 2 hr. sit. Previously I never killed one using scents during rifle, so I don't bother with them during gun season.
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Like others, I did way back when but haven't in decades. Toilet paper is more of a concern these days. LOL
I Kill Things......deal with it..
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I dabbled with them years ago. Didn't see any benefit.
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The main point in building a nice porch for my blind was so I could piss from it while making eye contact with the buck I didn’t know was behind me. So no, I don’t use them.
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Used to use them lots. Now only if I can get fresh from a local supplier, which isn't too often. So mostly a no.
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I seen bucks come up and lick and smell those sent bomb containers. I also use that tinks spray mist and seen deer turn around and come into it after I sprayed it. My personal experience says use it. I also had a lot better lure using the real as to the synthetic deer lures.
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My personal experiences have proven to me, that I always use Conquest Evercalm on boots for walking into blind. Without the Evercalm, does will stomp and blow when they hit my walk in trail. With it, they show no sign of alarm and continue as they were.
It works for my deer.
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Hunt where the does are during the rut no scent needed
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No luck with it and I think I’ve tried it all including fresh piss from doe and buck bladders . Was working in Pa some years ago snd came across a deer farm . Got to shooting the bull with the owner and thought I would ask him . He didn’t fool with it anymore cause govt. stuck their nose in it and it wasn’t worth the hassle anymore. So I asked what he thought about using it and the old fellow replied “if it makes a fellow feel better using it , then I say use it” With a smirk of a smile . That said it all fir me Kenneth
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Never tried it. I have slapped my clothes with a cedar limb to make them smell like cedar before slipping in to hunt.
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Nope, not needed for hunting the coastal areas of The Pacific Northwest.
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I've used a drag rag w estrous urine, kept refreshing it walking into my stand, hung it about 40 yards away, decided to leave the bottle open next to my tree, had a mature buck walk right up on a string to the bottle and sniff it. It's not a guarantee but it can work.
There's always hope as long as there's lead in the air.
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