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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5155486" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>This is probably the most interesting of the "scent conditioning" questions. Although designing a research project to answer this question would be extremely difficult, I'll just mention what I have seen anecdotally. Of importance, I quit smoking about 8 years ago, and I quit by switching to vaping. I like vaping better because I can control how much nicotine I'm taking in, as well as the fact my lungs cleared up dramatically once I switched to vaping. In addition, with the right flavors, vaping can actually smell pretty good to people around you who are non-smokers. However, I'm still a nicotine addict. I still vape (at a very low nicotine level). In addition, I've been vaping the same flavor for years (Vanilla Hazelnut). I mention all this because I vape on stand, and vaping can produce a pretty huge cloud of vapor that has a very strong smell. People - and Humans have the worst sense of smell of any mammal - can smell my vape a hundred yards away easy. Deer must be able to smell it a half mile away. But because I vape on stand, whenever I'm working on my property, especially while checking cameras, I make a point of hitting my vape at each location, in the hopes of conditioning deer to that smell.</p><p></p><p>Normally, when I'm on stand and want to vape, I visually check downwind to make sure there are no deer in visual range. But every so often I'll miss seeing a deer until after I exhale a big cloud. However, on several occasions I've actually watch as my big vape-cloud floats downwind right into a deer. I've even watched as my vape cloud completely enveloped a big older buck. And their reaction? Every time, a sudden flinch when the the cloud hits them. Then they sniff it, and go about their business. Not one violently negative reaction. And if my vape floats over them, so does my personal scent. Yet the smell of the vape, which is commonplace on the property year round as I work there, doesn't produce a negative reaction. Cigarette smoke absolutely DID produce negative reactions, by the boatload!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5155486, member: 17"] This is probably the most interesting of the "scent conditioning" questions. Although designing a research project to answer this question would be extremely difficult, I'll just mention what I have seen anecdotally. Of importance, I quit smoking about 8 years ago, and I quit by switching to vaping. I like vaping better because I can control how much nicotine I'm taking in, as well as the fact my lungs cleared up dramatically once I switched to vaping. In addition, with the right flavors, vaping can actually smell pretty good to people around you who are non-smokers. However, I'm still a nicotine addict. I still vape (at a very low nicotine level). In addition, I've been vaping the same flavor for years (Vanilla Hazelnut). I mention all this because I vape on stand, and vaping can produce a pretty huge cloud of vapor that has a very strong smell. People - and Humans have the worst sense of smell of any mammal - can smell my vape a hundred yards away easy. Deer must be able to smell it a half mile away. But because I vape on stand, whenever I'm working on my property, especially while checking cameras, I make a point of hitting my vape at each location, in the hopes of conditioning deer to that smell. Normally, when I'm on stand and want to vape, I visually check downwind to make sure there are no deer in visual range. But every so often I'll miss seeing a deer until after I exhale a big cloud. However, on several occasions I've actually watch as my big vape-cloud floats downwind right into a deer. I've even watched as my vape cloud completely enveloped a big older buck. And their reaction? Every time, a sudden flinch when the the cloud hits them. Then they sniff it, and go about their business. Not one violently negative reaction. And if my vape floats over them, so does my personal scent. Yet the smell of the vape, which is commonplace on the property year round as I work there, doesn't produce a negative reaction. Cigarette smoke absolutely DID produce negative reactions, by the boatload! [/QUOTE]
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