gitcha_some Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Woodsmoke for cover scent? old indian trick ...i alwasy stand in the smoke from the campfire before i go out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Re: Woodsmoke for cover scent? I don't remember how many deer I poked while smoking on stand. I don't recommed it, but doesn't seem to hurt me either. Now though, none of the bucks I shot were old, mostly 1 1'2, so a larger, older buck may not reacte the same, too_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo_hunter Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Re: Woodsmoke for cover scent? I hunt behind my house about 200 yards. I burn wood to heat my house and like when the smoke is blowing in my favor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Schmeck Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Re: Woodsmoke for cover scent? That's an old trapping thing as well. You smoke your traps and set them afterward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yooperkenny Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Re: Woodsmoke for cover scent? Good info, guys. We sometimes hang our outer layers from the beams on the cabin porch - I was a little leary of this because sometimes smoke from the woodstove will swirl around that way. But now it sounds like that's a good thing! I'll submit a full report sometime this fall... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bownarow Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Re: Woodsmoke for cover scent? I've not noticed woodsmoke alerting deer. I don't ever wear my outter jacket and pants around the fire but I don't mind wearing my other shirt and pant layers while watching the coals glow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Re: Woodsmoke for cover scent? I've always been afraid to have smoke scent on me. Seems like every single time I am out hunting and the guy down the road is burning leaves.......I see NOTHING. Of course........maybe they were all drawn to the smoke at HIS place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Re: Woodsmoke for cover scent? maybe it depends on how smokey you get, i was hunting in goshen va one yr with some friends and it was raining like you wouldnt beleave, we had a bon fire you could have seen two counties over we stood out there and the smoke got all over me, the next morning, the ogrange jacket i had smelt so bad of smoke it was choking me, when i got to my location i was going to hunt i had to take it off, i put it about 60 yards from a trail i had see about 10 does on the day before, the wind was blowing down hill and all i heard at day light was a lot of blowing, and they never came up the trail, so it didnt work for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 when I dairy farmed I hung my hunting clothes in the barn. Deer would come downwind and never got spooked at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 As the wildfires are torching parts of Montana again, I can say that smelling like smoke is very effective. There are days that the smoke is so thick I doubt the critters can smell much else anyway. Even the smoke poring in from several states away gives a background scent that blending in with is a good idea. If fires are a rare occurrence and mostly associated with humans in your area it is probably not a good idea. Same goes for farm smells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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