Scent control

[butch]

crushed clove of garlic. smear it on clothing.

[ShinneryOak]

I had to chime in on the woodsmoke issue. I had read somewhere about always standing in front of a smoky fire before hunting. The reasoning was not that it covered scent but that the smoke particles would act as a "primitive carbon suit" to actually absorb (or ADsorb if you like) the odors. I think some Indian tribes used to do this. I was thinking of trying it this year. I don't know if the science is valid but it sounds possible. Maybe we could get the Mythbusters to try it out.

[Beleg813]

Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but I just like the smell of a burning fire and will definitely adopt this as a method to screen my scent
And, love the movie references

[Postman]

Nice point on the activated carbon / woodsmoke angle.....something to think about. 

[ShinneryOak]

An update on woodsmoke- I got online to look into it some more. It looks like commercial activated carbon has to be made at high temperatures. They also inject steam which gives the carbon particle tons of pores, like a sponge. However,from what I could tell, anything that burns can be used as a source. Just a guess, but smoke from a wood fire would be unlikely to contain a lot of activated carbon due to the low temp of the fire, but it might have a little. I would still prefer it to using a carbon suit.

[billy]

I had a dude out in Oregon tell me that if you smeared yourself in vanilla extract, then the deer would come right up to you and lick it off you.  He also said that the indians would bury them selves in a deer trail, cover themselves in deer droppings, and when a deer walked over them they would jam an obsidian knife in their chest.  He also told me that the Indians would eat their own placenta after they gave birth.

MAybe the other stuff is true, but I don't see an indian smearing himself in #%#? while it's freezing cold outside!  hahahaha.....

What an idiot.....

[Hillbilly]

If you covered yourself with vanilla extract here, you'd have about 10,000 yellow jackets all over you before long 

[Coo-wah-chobee]

   Hey tell him ta check out the price of Vanilla extract ! ..........bob

[Lilmoosecountry]

The best hunting tip i can give. Don't Fart!!! You do that you'll see deer.

[madcrow]

As far as smoking while hunting goes, I guess it depends on how dumb the deer are.  I must have some stpid deer around here.  I have had them come in with there nose up  smelling he the smoke.  I even shot one while holding the cigerette in my bow hand because I did nit have time to lay it down.  As far as cover scents go, I hunt in a lot of pine, so to blend in, I will rub cheap aristocrat gin on my hunting clothes a few hours before I go out.  Smells like fresh pine needles.

[carpenter374]

Here in Oklahoma there is many southern red cedar trees. i have made an oil by boiling green branches. it makes a good cover scent. i suspect this would work with other evergreens as well.

[mullet]

   I know quite a few people that sit in there stand and spit Tobacca juice all day.They say the deer will lick it. I don't know if I'd waste the Gin,Turpentine and water work real good.

[Coo-wah-chobee]

............Tobacco is a crop fer farmers down here in south florida. I chaw in woods and like Eddie said have seen em' lick it up thats is before arra finds em' ! ......bob