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From: keith@clodii.columbiasc.NCR.COM
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: re: Scents (Sense or non?)
Message-ID: <1991May9.070730.6638@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 9 May 91 12:07:29 GMT
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Robert Anderson writes:

  >I've had older does spook when using "Tink's 69".

I used Tink's years ago when I used to bowhunt. I never had an
experience that proved that it helped or hurt me but I have had
friends swear that it helped them at times and other times it spooked
deer like you stated.  I simply quit using lures and instead tried
concentrating on always out thinking the deer by guessing where I
would see one or more at and which direction they will come from. If
you think about it, these are the two main factors which will
determine a chance at getting a deer. If you can put yourself in a
spot that you feel will attract deer and be totally alert then you
will have the advantage most likely if one comes your way. I do use a
grunt call because I have proven to myself that it does work but I use
it sparingly as a last resort because you cannot depend on *any* lure
to work the way you want it to.

  > other stuff about baking soda, plastic bags, "scent shields".

I have a few "rituals" that I go through during deer season too. I
always use the unscented detergent to wash hunting togs in, I use
unscented soap and shampoo to shower in, and I like to hang my clothes
outside the night before I hunt to help air them out. My goal is to
have as nuetral a scent as possible and to pick up no other scents.
Hence, I don't smoke or chew and I don't eat heavy breakfast before
going in the woods. I must be doing something right because I have
harvested 45 deer since 1980. Just my input on the thread.  Later!!
                                        Keith Boyd

 


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