what about code red estrous as long as they have reason to follow it up. What if the rut is completely gone and he isn't hunting a doe. What about packing your cloths is a bag of corn or live oak acorn scent
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ODOR FREE! humans breath/sweat/& have sweat/scent glands like any other animal, and their noses are MUCH better than ours. Not to mention we are in their house, not ours, Think you might notice/smell a 200 lb hog in your living room? (hold the jokes). The best you can do is to REDUCE/MASK odors, & learn to work the wind, JMO. Leaving a sweatband on your feeder so in time they will not fear your scent isn't a bad idea, but it doesn't mean they are gonna come running to it either. In my case the hogs knew the sound of my truck, my smell & I was the guy that brought them corn every couple of months. At best it was a standoff, they knew where I was and I knew where they were, in a thicket I couldn't get into without raising a racket. They have better senses/instincts, we have a better brain (sometimes). To the topic of using smoke, Yes I suppose certain smokes would work at certain times/places & be a disadvantage in others. We would walk thru the chicken coop/poop when able, things like that aren't always available. 1 easy thing is NOT TO touch every tree & branch with your bare hand & leave a bigger scent trail than you already are.
Nacho hit it on the head. I don't think folks really realize how sensitive a deers nose is. They have 297 million nasal receptors. Dogs have 220 million. Humans have 5 million.
If we squirt deer pee on our boots, and 5 minutes later WE sniff it, we smell deer pee. A deer or a dog smells deer pee, the rubber in the sole, gas from the filling station, fertilizer from your yard, french fries or whatever from your floor mat, etc
That's why it is so important to be as scent free as you can, play the wind best you can, and don't touch stuff on the walk in
Prime example...
Last season one day over thanksgiving, my son and I went out on an afternoon. We left the truck and walked straight down a tram road, by my feeder and into the blind. Didn't touch anything, just boots on the ground. I sprayed both our boots at the truck with scent killer. Steady NE wind hitting us right in the face. 2 hours after walking by I see hogs coming. Tell my boy to get ready. Hogs come running up to the feeder and when they hit the path we walked in, they stopped, turned around and headed for the hills like they walked into an electric fence
I usually try and put pine needles in the plastic bag with my clothes after washing them - break them up and rub them together before dumping in bag.
Try breaking up some dog fennel and putting it in your clothes bag(s). Of course there needs to be dog fennel in the area you hunt for this to help.
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