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| 474.1 | | TWOBOS::LAFOSSE | | Thu Sep 21 1989 11:30 | 5 |
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If the odor from the bug spray will betray you , then you've already
been betrayed by your own scent. Always hunt into the wind!
Fra
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| 474.2 | | SA1794::CHARBONND | It's a hardship post | Thu Sep 21 1989 11:41 | 6 |
| Muskol is 100% active ingredients - very little smell. Like
Fra said, wind direction is critical - use a white thread
6" long, hanging from the upper limb of your bow, to check
wind direction. Locate your stands according to prevailing
wnd direction in your area. If the wind is wrong, hunt an
alternate stand.
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| 474.3 | is our scent heavier than chemicals? | CSCOA5::HUFFSTETLER | | Fri Sep 22 1989 18:35 | 8 |
| >> If the odor from the bug spray will betray you , then you've already
>> been betrayed by your own scent.
Really? I know that we as humans lay a "heavy scent" when it comes to game,
but if we can smell something in the woods I would think that a deer could
smell it miles away.
Scott
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| 474.4 | | TWOBOS::LAFOSSE | | Mon Sep 25 1989 09:24 | 11 |
| I'm not a chemist, so I can't say whether one is heavier than the
other.
Deer are curious animals, and strange scents in the way of chemicals
are new to them, therefore they arn't as skiddish. Human scent,
however is not new to them, and is equated with danger. As far as
smelling something miles away, like I said earlier, always hunt
into the wind, therefore you won't have to worry about scent of
any kind.
Fra
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| 474.5 | Non-scents!!!!!! | SALEM::AYOTTE | | Mon Sep 25 1989 10:31 | 20 |
| Last year I went a little bit overboard with the covering scent.
I would shower every morning (no perfumed soaps) and I stored my
hunting clothes in plastic trash bags with baking soda added. I
also made my own cover scent by boiling leaves, nuts, etc.. from
the area I hunted. Before hitting the woods I'd spray myself with
my "natural" cover scent. Well, early one morning while hunting
in Vermont I had a three does walk past me. As soon as they crossed
the downwind path they became alert and looked in my direction.
Their tails showed that they were nervous and they quickened their
pace to get out of the area. I guess the point I'm getting at is
that it doesn't matter what you do (at least for me I'm convinced
of that).
As far as bug repellent goes I wouldn't apply the scented ones .....
either Bens 100 or Muskol -sp? (they are identical, chemically)
will work best. After a few minutes they are pretty much odorless.
Watch out for gun and/or bow finishes though because the active
ingredient will melt things like plastic tackle boxes.
Dave
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| 474.6 | | CSC32::L_THOMAS | | Mon Sep 25 1989 13:12 | 7 |
| Can you imagine their reaction if they had smelled you??? Sounds like
you may have done a pretty good job of desenting yourself. If you had
also put a masking sent (skunk) on your boots, they may not have
reacted at all.
Lowell
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| 474.7 | gun oil smell | SALEM::AYOTTE | | Mon Sep 25 1989 14:01 | 6 |
| Don't know about the skunk scent.... I usually use fox urine (I
generally see a few foxes each fall so I guess the stuff fools them).
Anyway, the incident with the does was durring VT rifle so maybe
the deer winded my rifle (and not me?).
Dave
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| 474.8 | Hoppes deer repellent | SA1794::CHARBONND | It's a hardship post | Tue Sep 26 1989 10:17 | 3 |
| Well, sure, WD40 smells bad to deer. There's a new company I've
seen advertised making natural-scented gun cleaner and oil.
Stuff would also be good for compound bow cams and such.
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| 474.9 | Is it Earth? | WFOV11::DRUMM | | Thu Sep 28 1989 14:37 | 9 |
| Just happen to see some bug repel in a sports shop today at lunch.
It was "Repel, Deerhunters Insect Repellent with Earth Scent". I
took the bottle out and gave it a squirt on my hand. Boy let me
tell you what, did it ever smell of earth!! It was like I had just
turned a large clump of woods top soil over and stuck my nose in
it. Don't know if a deer would think the same of it but I was convinced
it was earth.
Steve
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