#2022500 - 08/08/10 10:03 PM
Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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UTGrad
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I love the smell of the Fresh Earth stuff but will that scare deer away?
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#2022510 - 08/08/10 10:08 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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Setterman
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I am sure it will scare some away. The problem is that mixing something in a bottle may smell like fresh earth to you, but to a deer which has a very sophisticated sense of smell it more then likely is not giving the same odor.
A deer's sense of smell is good enough, that it can separate odors, and easily separate your odor from anything used to try and cover it up.
Bottom line, deer down wind 90% chance it spooks no matter what you have on, wear, or shower in. Deer upwind, almost zero chance the deer spooks by smelling you. In other words, hunt smart, watch the wind, and forget the bogus products made for hunters.
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#2022515 - 08/08/10 10:10 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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Boone 58
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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.
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#2022524 - 08/08/10 10:16 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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it don't smell like any dirt i ever smelled around here.
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#2022530 - 08/08/10 10:21 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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I would like my wife to replace the scented handwash by the sink with Fresh Earth scent...makes me think of hunting.
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#2022546 - 08/08/10 10:33 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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huntinman
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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.
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#2022548 - 08/08/10 10:37 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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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.
Probably not a bad idea..
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#2022553 - 08/08/10 10:46 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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huntinman
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I have been blown at and busted so many times when using most scents on the market. I have tried year after year to use drag rags when walking in to my stand or blind. Some people swear by it, but the only thing I have ever had to come in on a drag rag was some nosy neighbor dogs. I have watched deer walk across the same drag line, and they would come to a complete stop, then blow and run off the direction they came from. I am very careful about my clothes and try to make sure they are scent free as possible. I know it is the drag rag or the hanging scent wafers that keep tipping them off. They are relaxed and meandering around like nothing is happening, til they come across one of those scents or drag lines. I will not use anything this year.
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#2022557 - 08/08/10 10:51 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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W.Seay
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I use "scentless" I never use the earth or pine type scents, in my opinion scentless is the best
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#2022583 - 08/08/10 11:16 PM
Re: Fresh Earth Scent Scare Deer Away??
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I agree on going completely scentless. Pressured deer seem to be wise to most of the commercially available scents. Furthermore, many hunters that do use them, overuse them. Plus, many of the cover scents don't agree with the smells of the particular forrest you are hunting and therefore smell out of place to deer.
Scent free is the way to be.
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