This year I have bought a blind ( Ameristep G3, paid 99 bucks ) and am wondering a few things about setup. I will be hunting on crown land so setting the blind up before is not an option. Damn thieves if only it was the old west days, however. I will be arriving at spot way before sunrise for whitetail. What can I do to avoid being busted from smell. Was thinking of trying to air out blind or maybe spray it down in yard with scent eliminator. Would that help?
How do I smell
- Thread starter loogin28
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- Prince Albert, Sk
Even with a blind, be aware of your wind situation, you will NEVER eliminate or mask your human scent completely.
Noise and odor are your biggest concerns.
Noise and odor are your biggest concerns.
You cannot eliminate your scent, and money spent trying to do so is a waste. Deer have noses that most experts believe are very similar in their capabilities to a dog's. Dogs are being used to warn diabetics when they are getting "low" by smell. Dogs can diagnose cancer by smell. Dogs have found drugs inside plastic bags inside sacks of coffee. Dogs have tracked people (under good conditions) who walked a trail over 10 days ago. Ever watch a buck follow the trail of a doe that passed by several hours ago? See if you can detect the scent left on the eye rub branch over a good scrape. Deer live in a world of scent that is just beyond anything we can imagine.
Go ahead and make all the effort and spend all the money you want, but the only way to prevent a deer from detecting your scent is to control where it goes. If a deer is paying attention, it will smell you. One more thing it may be useful to think about. The odor of a human is far less disturbing to most deer than we think, because most deer smell humans and their activity every single day of their lives. Is that true of "your" deer?
Go ahead and make all the effort and spend all the money you want, but the only way to prevent a deer from detecting your scent is to control where it goes. If a deer is paying attention, it will smell you. One more thing it may be useful to think about. The odor of a human is far less disturbing to most deer than we think, because most deer smell humans and their activity every single day of their lives. Is that true of "your" deer?
