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  • veus00

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    Hey Guys, i am always open to learn new this and gather up knowledge...i will appreciate your real life experience how to dull/hide or mask human scent while hunting.
     

    JeeperCreeper

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    I use body washes, laundry detergents, deodorants, & field sprays. I prefer the scentaway brand. Dead down wind is good too. And I use buck bombs for cover scents on my boots: either "doe p" or "doe in estrous". I have had dear follow my trail while using this process. Gator's right it is truly impossible, but every little bit helps IMO. You still have to play the wind as well. No matter how much stuff you use, if you have a bad wind you might as well not go. Sunday around 9am the wind turned on me, so I went creeping and did some scouting and found some more rubs & scrapes!
     
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    Whitebread

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    I use body washes, laundry detergents, deodorants, & field sprays. I prefer the scentaway brand. Dead down wind is good too. And I use buck bombs for cover scents on my boots: either "doe p" or "doe in estrous". I have had dear follow my trail while using this process. Gator's right it is truly impossible, but every little bit helps IMO. You still have to play the wind as well. No matter how much stuff you use, if you have a bad wind you might as well not go. Sunday around 9am the wind turned on me, so I went creeping and did some scouting and found some more rubs & scrapes!


    I've done the doe in rut on the boots... yeah it works.
     

    BigP623

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    I use dead down wind primarily as far as detergent/dryer sheets go. After washing I store my Hunting clothes in a duffle bag or plastic tub sealed with some pine branches in them or some pine cover scent. Also I use pine cover scent where i hunt as pine is the predominant tree in the area. Also during the rut I use a drag and estrous on the boots, otherwise i usually just spray cover scent on my boots before walking in. And the wind is your friend or enemy. Like someone said, if the wind is wrong youre just killing time.
     

    mike84z28

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    I use dead down wind primarily as far as detergent/dryer sheets go. After washing I store my Hunting clothes in a duffle bag or plastic tub sealed with some pine branches in them or some pine cover scent. Also I use pine cover scent where i hunt as pine is the predominant tree in the area. Also during the rut I use a drag and estrous on the boots, otherwise i usually just spray cover scent on my boots before walking in. And the wind is your friend or enemy. Like someone said, if the wind is wrong youre just killing time.
    This is all good info
     

    JeeperCreeper

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    I just noticed you're in Kansas. get a grunt call, and some rattling antlers. Rattles don't work down here, but you should be able to rattle one in up there.
     

    highstandard40

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    I have been successful rattling up a few bucks. No, it does not always work. But neither do many other tactics. One of the best bucks I have ever taken came to rattling. This was in St Helena Parish.
     

    JeeperCreeper

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    I have been successful rattling up a few bucks. No, it does not always work. But neither do many other tactics. One of the best bucks I have ever taken came to rattling. This was in St Helena Parish.

    Interesting... Everything that I've ever heard or read said rattling was pointless down here. My lease is in St. Helena as well. I may have to invest a little time in playing around with the antlers I have.
     

    bjeepin2

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    ivory soap unscented body soap I use it for my hair too for two days before hunting weekends
    ARM & HAMMER unscented Laundry Detergent,
    paper bag with pine straw for my boots. I put a little of arm and hammer baking soda inside my boots and spray cover scent on my boots before walking in.
    try not to touch any thing on the way in.
    wipe down your firearm with a clean rag the day before to leave as little oil as possible if you are lucky you will only need one shot anyway.
     

    BigP623

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    Interesting... Everything that I've ever heard or read said rattling was pointless down here. My lease is in St. Helena as well. I may have to invest a little time in playing around with the antlers I have.

    My lease is right west of Kentwood. I use a rattle bag and have had 2 bucks come in shortly after using it. Last year about 10 minutes after working the bag, had a 200 lb 9 point come in which is now hanging on my wall, and this year had 3 bucks come into the field after working the bag shortly before dusk. Took what looked to be the biggest which ended up being a 160 lb 6 point.
     

    Ritten

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    Hunt the wind. It's a lot easier and cheaper. If the wind is variable hunt a spot that you can get high up and shoot a decent distance. I don't use scent killers or scent covers. I do use a weather app and a map though and harvest a pretty good bit of deer ever year.
     

    veus00

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    ivory soap unscented body soap I use it for my hair too for two days before hunting weekends
    ARM & HAMMER unscented Laundry Detergent,
    paper bag with pine straw for my boots. I put a little of arm and hammer baking soda inside my boots and spray cover scent on my boots before walking in.
    try not to touch any thing on the way in.
    wipe down your firearm with a clean rag the day before to leave as little oil as possible if you are lucky you will only need one shot anyway.

    has that been working for you?
     

    Labadie

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    Hunt the wind. It's a lot easier and cheaper. If the wind is variable hunt a spot that you can get high up and shoot a decent distance. I don't use scent killers or scent covers. I do use a weather app and a map though and harvest a pretty good bit of deer ever year.

    What Ritten said.
     
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