Cover scents?

[Pistol]

When do you use a cover scent and when do you not? What is your preference for a cover scent and why?
I traditionally have avoided all scents.

[Death from Above]

I never use cover scents.

The goal for me is minimize my scent and then hunt the wind…ALWAYS. Hunt the wind.

[BlessedVeteran0305]

I minimize my scent and break up some fresh cedar branches and store my clothes in a bag or cooler with the branches

[flywise]

I use. Lol never mind

[TradHunter]

I never use cover scents.

The goal for me is minimize my scent and then hunt the wind…ALWAYS. Hunt the wind.

This. I would also add learn how thermals work.

[Low Fence]

That’s not how a deer nose even works scientifically

When I was in high school and the smartest person on planet earth, I would do stupid things…. And I would brush my teeth after drinking… to hide the smell

I smelled like a drunk with clean teeth.

Cologne is extremely strong…. But spray it on someone that smokes… they smell like a smoker with hi karate

And our noses SUCK compared to an animal

[Muskles]

I use persimmon scented corn. When I empty a bag, I put my hunting clothes in that bag. I shower with dead down wind before going hunting. Doubt I fool every nose, but I have deer closer to me than anyone else on the lease.

[Leaverrite]

I keep skunk scent in a small mason jar and just crack the lid and place it so I don’t have to smell it. Someone on TBH recommended to try it and it works well for tricky wind days

[redfishted]

Scent thief

[Backwoods101]

Smoke works wonders, clothes in an apple flavored corn bag (AC’s ideer), grind up cedar when they get close


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[brokeno]

Vanilla

[HoustonHunter94]

I hunt around a ton of cedars. I take a little tiny cedar leaf and put it in with my clothes while drying. Have no clue if it works but I only have one stand and hunt it no matter the wind and seem to do ok.


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[DedDuk]

I store my hunting clothes in a tote with pieces of pine knot. Not trying to cover any scent, but they are going to smell like something.


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[Hogmauler]

I get my wife to make my scent wicks! All kidding aside I use small piles of sweet feed so when the wind swirls I’m covered. Usually. Some come to it on a rope. I watched a buck come to it this morning He walked up to and smelled and jumped backwards about three feet. Then came back a second time and nosed it. Walked off and never flagged. He headed west with his nose on the ground.

[dustoffer]

I use skunk scent---take an old medicine bottle, stuff with cotton, put a couple of drops of scent on the cotton and put the lid on. One for each stand, and when I hunt the stand, I just remove the lid and leave it on the ground--same level as the deer.