#2031788 - 08/15/10 08:34 PM
Deer Cover scents!
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Boone 58
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Bsk , i would like your input also.
I have of course for years used the normal during pre-rut and rut...but during bow season i am beginning to think there are few things better for cover than Raccoon urine.....
Every property i know of is loaded with them and it just seems natural that this would work great as a "cover".
i have used doe pee in bow season and had fawns lead their mother straight to me on more than one occasion....
so i guess my question is do you all think it is better to just cover the scent with coon or try to use doe pee to settle them?
I have had does many times track me to my own deer stand with the pee on my feet.....
some got stuck, some came in so quiet they spooked me...lmbo!
what is yalls opinion and experience?
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#2031853 - 08/15/10 09:09 PM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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156p&y
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I used to use cover scents but have since learned that it is better for me to use nothing at all. I prefer to just spray down good and hope they don't smell anything.
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#2031869 - 08/15/10 09:14 PM
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I came across some Dominant Buck Urine a few yrs back and I figured what the heck.... I haven't changed since.. Seen a lot more bucks since I started using it...JMO
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#2031887 - 08/15/10 09:25 PM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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tndrbstr
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If the doe stuff is bringing deer to your stand why wouldn't you just continue to use it?... 
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#2031898 - 08/15/10 09:28 PM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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Football Hunter
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Can you "cover" a deers nose?
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#2031902 - 08/15/10 09:29 PM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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Boone 58
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I set up for that purpose and that has never really been an issue, the problem is they usually come in curious and at alert as to what i am...i suspect they pick up some of my other scents i am putting off. The results have been mixed and i prefer to have deer enter unaware of me totally rather than in a curious state. After a few times the curious becomes a determined effort to see what is intruding into their area and the surprise attack becomes thwarted.
It is not fail proof by any means.
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#2031905 - 08/15/10 09:30 PM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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Boone 58
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You sneak up on him! lmbo!
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#2031919 - 08/15/10 09:35 PM
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tndrbstr
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I set up for that purpose and that has never really been an issue, the problem is they usually come in curious and at alert as to what i am...i suspect they pick up some of my other scents i am putting off. The results have been mixed and i prefer to have deer enter unaware of me totally rather than in a curious state. After a few times the curious becomes a determined effort to see what is intruding into their area and the surprise attack becomes thwarted.
It is not fail proof by any means.
If they are coming into range any ways then maybe you shouldn't use it,...but If not, I would rather them come in cautiously than not be comeing in at all...for what its worth, I don't use any type of scent...
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#2032035 - 08/15/10 10:34 PM
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Timber Ghost
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I set up for that purpose and that has never really been an issue, the problem is they usually come in curious and at alert as to what i am...i suspect they pick up some of my other scents i am putting off. The results have been mixed and i prefer to have deer enter unaware of me totally rather than in a curious state. After a few times the curious becomes a determined effort to see what is intruding into their area and the surprise attack becomes thwarted.
It is not fail proof by any means. You can not cover human scent, a deer can pick out and tell the difference in many mixed scents. No matter how many scents are present, deer smell them individually.
Edited by Timber Ghost (08/15/10 10:35 PM)
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#2032045 - 08/15/10 10:47 PM
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TNDeerGuy
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Personally, I don't use cover scents because I have found that all it does is make them aware that something is around that normally isn't. I will hang a tarsal gland up during the rut, if it feels right; but other than that I try to stay as scent-free as possible.
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