Tree Stand Hunting Elk

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Posted by admin | Posted in Spyderco Ying Yang | Posted on 27-07-2006

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tree stand hunting elk
How sensitive are deers noses to scents and do you think scent blockers help?

I’ve been kind of curious about this for awhile now and a previous post sparked my interest. I’m a casual deer hunter, I go deer hunting about every 2-3 years. I don’t bother with camo or scent blockers, I smoke in the tree stand and yet I still usually have no problems filling my tag (elk are a whole different story, sigh…) , I know deers noses are pretty sensitive, but so is my beagles. I’ve seen her miss a rabbit that was upwind of her just a few yards but able to get a hot scent from a rabbit 50 yards downwind. I’ve seen the same thing with my labs and pheasants, if one is downwind of them, they will find it a long way, upwind they might hear it, but they don’t go on point until they smell it, which is pretty close sometimes.

My personal thoughts are the deers noses are sensitive enough to pick you up downwind no matter what you do, scent blocks etc. but if you are upwind of them, they just about have to step on you before they scent you. What do you all think?

most animals have a superior sense of smell to man. Yes, I have seen without a doubt that scent blockers work. But I too hunted for many many years before we thought of using them. We used to hang our hunting coats near the smoke from the camp fire, and figured it was good enough. And for the most part, it did help. But good scent blocker can really enhance your chances at that big buck.

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