What do you do so they DON'T smell you????

[gonehuntin68]

Here is my opinion on this subject and why you get so many different responses. Deer from ranch to ranch will act different so what works at one ranch may not work at the next. You will have deer on one ranch that will come in from down wind and not have a care in the world, then on another ranch if they sense one thing wrong they are gone. I hunted many different ranches in Texas and what the deer will put up with varies from place to place. I hunted one ranch that the deer didn't care at all if they smelled you. You could pretty much do anything you wanted and they would still come in. The place I hunt now the deer are very cautious, any new scent and they wont come in. I tried spraying my boots with Vanilla and when the deer crossed my path I was throwing hand corn from they busted me. I should have known better but I saw a lot of post on here that it works. When I go to walk to my stand I spray down my boots including the bottom of them with scent killer and that seams to work on the deer but I've had hogs still bust me from it. To me it sounds like your deer are very cautious and I would make sure you don't walk across any trails they come in on in the area of your corn. You can still put out hand corn but don't touch it, put it in a container you can use to throw the corn out with without touching the corn and get it spread out as much as possible. Go ahead and continue to wash your clothes in scent killer and putting them in with cedar if you have cedar around your hunting area. Make sure you hunt when the wind is correct. Enter your hunting area early and be a quite as you can. If the deer are coming in from down wind, put a setup on the other side and hunt when the wind is right for that setup. Sometimes you will have deer come from every direction, at my place if this happens, I will move my setup a little ways to try and get it so they don't come from down wind. This is what I like about hunting, figuring out what works. Keep trying different things and figure out what works for your area.

[Fishy]

Don't worry about your breath. Like fishndude said, don't use so many scents. Are there cedar trees in the area you hunt?
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Where I hunt, cedar trees are common. So I rub the soles of boots and all over everywhere else with the green part of cedar limbs.

[10132297]

50 pounds of hand thrown corn once a week, never walk into the kill zone the morning you hunt to throw corn and don't use a pop up blind unless you leave it there and get them used to it. I just hide in the cedars turn on my ozone 100 and be still....shot this one yesterday

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

50 pounds of hand thrown corn once a week, never walk into the kill zone the morning you hunt to throw corn and don't use a pop up blind unless you leave it there and get them used to it. I just hide in the cedars turn on my ozone 100 and be still....shot this one yesterday

Nice setup. Impressive from the ground like that. Thanks.

[10132297]

Nice setup. Impressive from the ground like that. Thanks.

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[Wil Taylor]

I have not read all the post above so if this has been stated already my apologies. During bow season I have had does come in behind me and blow or older buck come in down wind look my direction and never come in. I hunt in Menard and have 0 cedar on our place. I have done everything to cover my sent. One day a hunting buddy went into town I asked if he would stop to find some skunk oil. Well the store did not have any and suggested cedar oil. When I hunted del rio I would pull leaves off of cedar bushes and rub on me and it worked great. But not having cedar on our place now I was a little skeptic. I would put a squirt on my boots when then walk in. Then put a squirt in the tree I would sit in. It works greats. I have not had any deer bust me since and smells better than skunk.

[sectxag06]

play the wind. i will no longer hunt a stand when the wind is wrong. that's been the number 1 thing i've learned.

[DRT]

I use doe pee

You win.

[MQ32Shooter]

Trade in your bow for a rifle.

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

Trade in your bow for a rifle.

Not as much fun. I like the challenge. I will pick up a rifle during the holidays when I go home and will be sitting on a pipeline.

But I really do want to get a good buck with my bow. Last buck I killed with a bow was 2011.

[Bill]

Since there's pigs where I hunt black tails, I found when I use the sow in estrus spray on some leaves around me, the deer act like my scent is blocked. Black tails are really curious animals, so maybe they're wondering what smells so awful? If you try it, be sure to put the bottle in a freezer zip lock baggie (thicker plastic) since the smell is nasty if it gets inside your pack.

Several years ago I had sprayed it all over and was sitting behind a bunch of low brush watching a canyon below me with fresh sign. I got this funny feeling I was being watched, and when I turned around there were 2 small forks about 5 yards behind me sniffing and trying to figure out what smelled!

[JFR]

Up wind is the only way a deer will not smell you if he is in bow range. All the scent killers in the world do not trick a deer's nose at close range.

[Beleg]

Don't wear your bowhunting boots anywhere but in the field when bowhunting. I put my rubber boots on when I leave the truck and take them off before getting back in the truck. Boots will pick up all the scents from camp, gas station, truck and anywhere else you've worn them. When not in the field, keep them in a scent free bag.

I try to smell like nothing. Cover scents work up to the point where a cagey doe or buck associates the cover scent with humans. Then the jig is up and the doe or buck will always associate the cover scent with a human. I can attest to this as fact from my own experience. If you must use cover scent, try to avoid the most common kinds/brands like Fresh Earth. Just about every hunter out there smells like Fresh Earth.

Your clothes and boots aren't the only things that accumulate human scent. Your hat, bow, arrows, pack, stand, etc also stink to a deer. Think about that sweaty wrist strap on your bow and your release that you have been sweating on all summer while practicing.

Even if you pay close attention to detail you cannot eliminate all human scent. Do the best you can but play the wind too.

[mastercraftka]

Keep wind in my face or don't hunt that stand.

ditto

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

Don't wear your bowhunting boots anywhere but in the field when bowhunting. I put my rubber boots on when I leave the truck and take them off before getting back in the truck. Boots will pick up all the scents from camp, gas station, truck and anywhere else you've worn them. When not in the field, keep them in a scent free bag.

I try to smell like nothing. Cover scents work up to the point where a cagey doe or buck associates the cover scent with humans. Then the jig is up and the doe or buck will always associate the cover scent with a human. I can attest to this as fact from my own experience. If you must use cover scent, try to avoid the most common kinds/brands like Fresh Earth. Just about every hunter out there smells like Fresh Earth.

Your clothes and boots aren't the only things that accumulate human scent. Your hat, bow, arrows, pack, stand, etc also stink to a deer. Think about that sweaty wrist strap on your bow and your release that you have been sweating on all summer while practicing.

Even if you pay close attention to detail you cannot eliminate all human scent. Do the best you can but play the wind too.

Thanks. I don't spray my bow because I don't want to fade it. So, you don't use any pee, estrous or any of that stuff?