homemade cover scent

[Scout76]

Cover Scent

I use this method alot here in Carolina. Started doing it when i lived in Ohio. I take the leaves and twigs from the native trees/bushes where i'm hunting and the dilute it with a 4 to 1 ratio of distilled water. Great post
Matt

[bscooten1974]

I wonder if the same type of deal could be done with acorns and oak


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Be carefull you might get attacked by the deer with acorn scent.

[sharpshooter1]

Might have to give this a try

[RubenZ7]

I have used this before, it works great, but you do have to dilute it or it is too strong and unnatural. And only use it where there are cedars.

[jackh]

I wonder if the same type of deal could be done with acorns and oak

that would be a deer attractant!

Or you can just pull a hand full of cedar off of a bush as you walk out into the pasture and put in in your pocket each time. I've been doing this for years and it helps but in a wind like we are having this week best option is to hunt into the wind.

Makes you wonder what the old timers did to kill deer, I mean they didn't have camo, scent lock, tinks, cover scent, etc. My Grandfathers, grandmothers and others just hunted with the wind in their favor. Sometimes I think we as hunters are getting too lazy and rely on hunting products too much. We could all stand to become better "hunters" but in the mean time I'm going to try this.

Great idea JackH!

ya my grandma tells me stories about deer hunting with a .22 back in the day. nothing but head shots with iron sights, no camo and no blinds. wish i was skilled enough to do that now!

[DFA]

My buddy does the same thing, but he uses the berries and it works really good

[Goldeneagle]

My buddy does the same thing, but he uses the berries and it works really good

The berries will make stains, the branches will not. I did this for years.

[jackh]

The berries will make stains, the branches will not. I did this for years.

so next time i do it, pull all the berrys off? are the berries what make the red coloring? did you dilute yours? thanks

[Goldeneagle]

When I first started this I put the berries and all in. After a while, my clothes started getting redish tint to them. I quit using the berries and no more red clothes. I also diluted mine. I think I was going 1/2 juice 1/2 water. I laso strained mine through a coffee filter so the spray bottle would not clog up. Haven't made any in a while, but it does work if your around cedar trees.

[Biggun]

cool. I usually just rape a bush.

[Goldeneagle]

Another way I did it was to use an old blender. Just rake the green off the branches, add a little water and blend away.

[hosskix]

cool. I usually just rape a bush.

Doesn't that hurt?

[bigwahoo]

Vanilla works good

[timbobowhunter]

great idea.

[cricman]

cool. I usually just rape a bush.

I think that'll get you locked up and thrown off of the lease, were I am at! But hey, it's a free country, and what happens on the lease, stays on the lease.

cricman