Scent Control Question
#13
OK question as I may have my terminology backwards today, been off lately in these things. If you are upwind, wouldn't that means the deer are traveling downwind of you, meaning they will smell you? When describing position to deer I always used that you wanted to be downwind and the deer upwind as their scent is blowing to you, not the opposite.
#14
OK question as I may have my terminology backwards today, been off lately in these things. If you are upwind, wouldn't that means the deer are traveling downwind of you, meaning they will smell you? When describing position to deer I always used that you wanted to be downwind and the deer upwind as their scent is blowing to you, not the opposite.
My mistake as well.......................You are 100% correct !
The hunter always wants to be down wind of the animals you are hunting.
Wind in your face !!!
#15
Wasn't sure if I was misreading or not. I understand if can be described in two different ways. 1. To position your self facing upwind, or 2. position yourself downwind of deer traffic. Either way it describes working with the wind in your favor but thinking the terms where backwards. No biggie, would hate to see a follow up thread about playing the wind wasn't working for someone.
#16
Not as far as I think I'm going to kill a mature buck downwind but in the case that it might make the difference between a mature buck that is 100 yards downwind smelling me or not and maybe I kill him next week because I didn't spook him this week. Same goes for a mature buck coming through an hour after I'm gone. Maybe I can make the difference between him knowing Ive been there and not.
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2016
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I bet not many will think this works.
I hang my hunting clothes in the smoke of a ceder fire.A good smokey fire till they have the smoke in them real good.
Sure the deer can smell it but they don't seem to mind it to much. Any scent that is not human scent helps.
I came across this by accident when bow hunting a long time ago.
I hang my hunting clothes in the smoke of a ceder fire.A good smokey fire till they have the smoke in them real good.
Sure the deer can smell it but they don't seem to mind it to much. Any scent that is not human scent helps.
I came across this by accident when bow hunting a long time ago.
#18
I bet not many will think this works.
I hang my hunting clothes in the smoke of a ceder fire.A good smokey fire till they have the smoke in them real good.
Sure the deer can smell it but they don't seem to mind it to much. Any scent that is not human scent helps.
I came across this by accident when bow hunting a long time ago.
I hang my hunting clothes in the smoke of a ceder fire.A good smokey fire till they have the smoke in them real good.
Sure the deer can smell it but they don't seem to mind it to much. Any scent that is not human scent helps.
I came across this by accident when bow hunting a long time ago.