#2033723 - 08/17/10 09:04 AM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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Hey Mup,just wondering,was the doe scent on the ground,and you up a tree?Could be that your scent was just above his nose,maybe.
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#2033773 - 08/17/10 09:34 AM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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We will never fully understand other animals' sense of smell because we basically don't have one in comparison. We're talking about animals that can identify each other individually from the smell of footprints or urine that is days old. We simply can't fathom that ability.
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#2033808 - 08/17/10 09:57 AM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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When hunting the mountains of east Tenn.
Never be fooled into thinking you can totally eliminate your scent
I have seen deer cross my trail 5,6 hours old and it was like they hit a brick wall
I to take care of my scent as well as I can tell ya you mut play the thermals and wind if you have any.
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#2033822 - 08/17/10 10:08 AM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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I have seen deer cross my trail 5,6 hours old and it was like they hit a brick wall
I have watched deer react negatively to a branch I touched with my bare hands more than a week later, even after a rain. Scents associated with biological oils, such as is on our skin, last a long time and are not easily washed away.
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#2033855 - 08/17/10 10:27 AM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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I have watched deer react negatively to a branch I touched with my bare hands more than a week later, even after a rain
Are you serious BSK? A week later?
Deer never cease to amaze me, but I had no idea they could detect odor that far out, even after a rain?? I have never heard of such, but I learn something every day!
I always feel pretty good after a few days and a good rain on my area after I have been in there, sounds like I may have false feelings?
I will agree with others however that many deer are conditioned much more in not worrying about human scent too much.
A situation comes to mind, just last fall there were 4 of us hanging some loc-ons on a field edge on observed entry trails. We spent quite a bit of time and I know left a fair amount of scent all along that field edge. Later in the day I went to another small farm to hang another stand, an hour befor dark the farmer calls and tells me to get back if I could that there were some deer I would like to see in the field from that morning. We hurried back and watched about 40 deer all working and feeding in the same field edge where we had hung stands that morning. There were multiple bucks all the way to 4 1/2 yrs old and 145 inches of antler, all under 2 or 3 of my stands that had only been there a few hours! LOL They were feeding right where I had laid stands and jackets on the ground, even sat down to work on a stick section! I know there was a ton of scent there, they just ignored it, probably due to the fact it was a working farm and human scent was a daily occurence. Its amazing how far apart the opposite ends of their tolerance can be??
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#2033862 - 08/17/10 10:30 AM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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I have watched deer react negatively to a branch I touched with my bare hands more than a week later, even after a rain Are you serious BSK? A week later?
Ten days to be exact. And after a pretty good rain.
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#2033876 - 08/17/10 10:34 AM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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I have watched deer react negatively to a branch I touched with my bare hands more than a week later, even after a rain Are you serious BSK? A week later? Ten days to be exact. And after a pretty good rain.
Simply amazing!
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#2033908 - 08/17/10 10:54 AM
Re: Deer Cover scents!
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Hey Mup,just wondering,was the doe scent on the ground,and you up a tree?Could be that your scent was just above his nose,maybe.
Nope, I was on the ground, sitting on a stump, and he came from below me, out of a holler, directly downwind of me. I can only attribute this to him smelling that scent and it overpowering his natural survival instinct to run, with an urge to "rut". 
Now, the scent was sprayed in between me and the direction from whence he came.
Edited by MUP (08/17/10 10:55 AM)
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