This year I am going to do away with any scents, except for washing my clothes and hanging them out. The deer in my area get spooked at every scent on the market. I have tried doe pee, fresh earth scent wafers, and everything in between. I have used the doe urine during mid November til the first week in December. The deer walk right up to it like they are about to be attacked. Once they come across that scent trail, it is over. They are gone. I think that most scents can cause more harm than good. I am going to prove it to myself this season.

Tests have been done and i dont see any that state it spooked deer.....however the last test report i read had the unscented more successful than the earth scented....still i love the smell of the earth scent ....it just seems so real to me.

Commercial scents are a joke imo. The best thing I've ever used is tarsal glands from deer from another piece of property.

I haven't done this before, but its been suggested to me by a very experienced hunter to remove the tarsal glands of any bucks you kill and freeze them for next season. Can't go wrong with the real thing.

He would not only cut off the tarsal gland but also remove the buck's urine from his bladder with a syringe.

I have a friend from Michigan who is VERY successful using real tarsal glands. He agrees the tarsals have to have come from a buck from a different area. That's probably because any local buck's smell is "already known" by the local buck population. But the smell of a "new" buck, especially an older one, seems to draw the most responses.

I USE NO COVER SCENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COW MANUER. THE FARM I HUNT HAS CATTLE IN THE WOODS AND PASTURES. A STEP IN A FRESH PILE WITH A LITTLE ON SIDES OF THE BOOTS AND ON THE TREE STAND WORKS GREAT. IF I HUNT WHERE THERE ARN'T CATTLE THEN I CHANGE BOOTS AND USE NO SCENT OR JUST A RUB OF A LOCAL CEDAR TREE LIMB ON MY CLOTHS. BOTH ARE NATURAL, FROM THE AREA AND DO NOT ALARM THE DEER.

it don't smell like any dirt i ever smelled around here.

I agree Stik

thats one thing I think the got right on the money with those wafers and sprays.It smells just like the dirt in the woods.

Fall scent spray I agree,those waffers smell like chemicals to me,guess stuff smells different to everyone,wish I knew what the deer thuoght,but I pretty much believe you cant "cover up"

Because cover scents don't work, I don't use them.

I don't use attractant scents because I don't want to draw a deer's attention to my location.

But that's just the way I hunt. I certainly understand those who like "calling" or drawing deer to them. Kinda' like turkey hunting.

Wow, I can understand attractants but you don't use scent free products? What about for bow hunters?

I love the smell of the Fresh Earth stuff but will that scare deer away?