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Scents?
Nov 20, 2008 21:28:57 GMT -5
Post by RAF on Nov 20, 2008 21:28:57 GMT -5
What's your opinion. I never had much faith in them but thought I'd given 'em a try. Picked up a bottle of some doe in estrus urine . Plan to spill a little on the ground where the buck I'm after has crossed several times before. Hoping that if nothing else he'll stop to take a sniff which will give me time to get the cross hairs on him. I'll know later tomorrow.
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Scents?
Nov 20, 2008 22:08:48 GMT -5
Post by DW on Nov 20, 2008 22:08:48 GMT -5
Seems hit or miss. Young bucks seem to be more prone to follow trails as I have never brought in a mature buck on a scent trail or drag.
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Nov 21, 2008 11:59:42 GMT -5
Post by ozark on Nov 21, 2008 11:59:42 GMT -5
No specific experience with this stuff. I would think that a bit on cotton attached to a limb at about the correct height would at least cause a passing buck to stop and provide you with a shot. A gallon of corn spread on the ground would probably do as well or better. Baiting is legal for deer here in Ar. Ozark
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Nov 21, 2008 14:40:26 GMT -5
Post by rossman40 on Nov 21, 2008 14:40:26 GMT -5
I'm with DW, it seems easy to fool young bucks but the old ones don't fall for it. The old ones may know all the does in the area so when someone strange enters they may be put on alert. There are glands between their toes that leaves a deers personal scent behind, if all they smell is urine and nothing else, they may also know something is up.
They last time I used some I had a pretty good set-up but I used it before sunrise. I heard the buck follow the scent, it almost sounded like he was prancing, he passed within 50yds but I couldn't see him cause it was still dark. If it was the buck I think it was, a basket rack 6 point maybe 2 1/2 years old, that had two does in the hollow upwind from where I set the scent.
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Scents?
Nov 21, 2008 21:23:05 GMT -5
Post by RAF on Nov 21, 2008 21:23:05 GMT -5
I tried it today with no luck. However it was real windy and a doubt that the deer could smell anything. Only saw one deer while in my blind and it was 270 - 300 yds away in low light. I can make that shot but couldn't tell species or gender. Maybe conditions will be better tomorrow.
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Nov 22, 2008 12:49:56 GMT -5
Post by wilmsmeyer on Nov 22, 2008 12:49:56 GMT -5
My theory is that wherever you put scents you also have put your scent. Also, I have a hard time trusting any commercially made product laced with preservatives to fool a smart deers nose. Will it make a deer stop and check it out? Maybe. All deer are different.
If I want a deer to pause for a second, I first anticipate where I want the deer to stop, get lined up for that shot, and then give a soft, low, firm..."maaa" (Or louder if the deer is farther...it's a judgement call) Works almost everytime on a deer that is not on full alert.
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Scents?
Nov 22, 2008 19:16:16 GMT -5
Post by ozark on Nov 22, 2008 19:16:16 GMT -5
I have stopped deer simply by yelling " hEY" loud. Ozark
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Scents?
Nov 22, 2008 21:07:33 GMT -5
Post by RAF on Nov 22, 2008 21:07:33 GMT -5
I have stopped deer simply by yelling " hEY" loud. Ozark I'm going to have to try that. Scents didn't work today but it was real windy again and nothing came close to me.
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Nov 23, 2008 14:30:27 GMT -5
Post by whyohe on Nov 23, 2008 14:30:27 GMT -5
i have had good luck with scents WHEN the deer are not pushed. mostly during archery season. but i had one follow a scent trail first day of rfle but had to go home fo a bit, came back looked at deer tracks right to the bottle i had left there an it knocked it over.
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Nov 24, 2008 6:15:26 GMT -5
Post by ozark on Nov 24, 2008 6:15:26 GMT -5
Smashing a few apples in a spot will cause passing deer to stop and investigate. This can be done in a pine thicket or oak grove. Deer are just not smart enough to realize that apples must fall from apple trees. They don't suspect a trick and dash to the nearest thicket. Ozark
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Scents?
Nov 26, 2008 13:04:03 GMT -5
Post by Buckrub on Nov 26, 2008 13:04:03 GMT -5
I have always subscribed to the tried-and-true deer hunting theory of "Go sit somewhere and smell like whatever you smell like and shoot something if'n it walks by". It has worked pretty well, but dang it's resulted in some boring days, I admit. My son is an advocate of both deer scent and decoys and also masking his scent. He's a bit obsessed. The boy was hard to raise, so.........draw your own conclusions! Seriously, it can't hurt. He's had bucks destroy a decoy that was doused. He's had bucks within 10 feet. Course, I smelled like an old goat last week when I had 2 bucks within 10 feet too. Trouble is, they were stupid young ones, not mature whitetails. Beats me. Ozark is right. I use whatever I can in the shooting lanes to make 'em stop for a second. Apples, corn, scent (don't laugh, but clean tampons are IDEAL for hanging in trees and holding scent), and I spray with Dead Down Wind most days. The days I forget, I see about as many deer, though. Bottom line? I shouldn't have posted anything cause I know even less.
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petev
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Nov 27, 2008 9:54:07 GMT -5
Post by petev on Nov 27, 2008 9:54:07 GMT -5
What about using buck scent? Any opinions here?
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Nov 28, 2008 5:02:41 GMT -5
Post by wilmsmeyer on Nov 28, 2008 5:02:41 GMT -5
At the expense of sounding pessimistic, I would echo my comments above. I think that hunting in an area that has a buck you want to kill, you are best served with a perfect stand location and hunting it with a perfect approach and a perfect wind.
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dka
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Scents?
Nov 28, 2008 7:35:43 GMT -5
Post by dka on Nov 28, 2008 7:35:43 GMT -5
Deer are nosey creatures, they will investigate most anything, that comes by. We might not see them, but they will check out scents and any food. Where I live, peanuts are grown, and Peanut Butter, is one of the best attractants, that I have found.
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