How to cover your scent for deer hunting using SMOKE

[@wayway9366]

I've been using a bee smoker for about 3 years and it helps. I smoke everything and i mean EVERYTHING! (Gear and myself included) fyi smoking the bottom of your boots will keep green jeans' dog from trailing you to your stand.

[@justinlee2642]

I will cheech and chong out my ground blind for sure !!! 😂😂

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@racerdaveracerdave]

😂😂😂

[@StealthTRD]

Lmaooo

[@cameronboyd9952]

If we can’t see them through the clouds, surely they can’t see us.

[@sterrynbama]

Helps with the buck fever doesn't it?😅

[@Bigpoppyj]

Mannnn. Love that guy…. Here is another great Indian cover scent using black walnuts. Gather them while they are green in a 5 gallon bucket and let them soak in water overnight. Then after soaking overnight depending on the temperature? After the walnuts have broken down into a liquid you can pour the liquid into spray bottles. Make sure to filter the liquid first. You can use a old t shirt and fasten it over the 5 gallon bucket using a bungee or large rubber band. Etc. Hope everyone has good luck this season Todd👊🏼

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Thanks for the great idea as well! We are glad you enjoyed the video!

[@stevel6939]

Yup. That works. I tried it last year, and my daughter and I both got bucks a few days apart. I watched a buck stop and sniff where I had walked earlier, and he just slowly walked by and kept on his path/direction. I have walnuts soaking in a bucket right now, actually.

[@brettrohloff6263]

Ive got walnut trees in my yard and my hunting property. I store a couple dozen green walnuts in my dry bag with my early eason gear and it has worked awewome! Grandad showed me the smoke trick years ago and it is my go to cover scent as soon as the leaves drop and the wood stoves fire up. Good luck this season fellas

[@Modern_day_primitive]

The deer in my area will eat them very late season as a last resort but deer generally do not like the smell of black walnuts, it will make for good scent cover but wouldn't be my top choice, my trick is to just leave a shirt I wore out near my stand and eventually they do not care about my scent, just replace it with another shirt weekly easy as can be worked for me for years

[@tspan34]

I started smoking my clothes and gear last year. Although not a huge sample size, I had two deer directly under my stand on a still evening and never spooked. I had a doe downwind of me milling around at last light and never spooked. I have not had a deer blow last year or this year

[@JamesM-l5g]

I would love to talk with Travis. I had an elder Hupa native teach me the same thing! Stay southern? I say get saved and stay humble. Jesus is King! Great video

[@MurkFlurFlin]

I started seeing MUCH LESS deer after I quit smoking😂 Ive always said that them smokes helped cover my scent

[@johnlong7198]

For years I have hunted a 400 acre managed plot from fixed tree stands. After parking the vehicles and prior to entering the woods, I break off a few thick bunches of cedar or pine needles and thoroughly scrub my boots and legs from the knees down. I do the same at the bottom of the tree stand and have always had good success with harvesting deer. 🦌

[@robertdodd9623]

I do that very thing, and also step in any Cow manure I find.

[@cdowless1392]

Thanks for doing this video. More people need to know about this. Below is just a little about the subject that I can share. My grandfather would smoke cigarettes all the time. I thought it would be bad for hunt. I was wrong. One day when I was home from military leave, we went hunting together. We were about 100 yards from each other. I could see him on his 6' tree stand, smoking away. Down wind from him I could see two bucks walking straight to him with there noses in the air. With his double barrel shotgun & two shots later... he said, come on boy. You got work to do. We only been hunting for about 30 mins. So I get started skinning out two bucks. 😅 I do smoke-in all my equipment & myself at home & once I get to my hunting area. It totally works. I been doing it forever now. I do like mixing in some of the sweet smelling plants. the deer love it!

[@boogerdog5247]

Awesome...I've been doing this since the 80's...shared the Indian practice a few years back on another channel hunting site and the naysaying kiddies came out of the woodwork. A little oak campfire smoke before you head out to your stand puts the force field in your favor. Fire and smoke are common odors to animals. Smoke...the best cover scent made yet.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We are glad you enjoyed it!

[@huntinfishinwithDwayne]

We’ve been doing this for years. Night before and morning before we head out, we hang out at the fire pit. Greatest cover scent there is.

[@patschuette8045]

My dad was doing this 25 yrs ago! Works!

[@babyjames6979]

this guy has to be my fav deer hunting podcast guest

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Well don't miss his next episode with us!

[@desertdog1125]

He's the real deal!

[@BL-ub8er]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmenestimated drop date?

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

@@BL-ub8er most likely sometime in November!

[@georgelucienfrancfortii4282]

You're also bonding yourself with nature my grandfather he was a flathead Indian blood from his people from Montana also did this he also ran his hands through the smoke and over his head and said little prayers it's really dual purpose gives you an opportunity to ask to be successful and for everyone to have a safe hunt in return home it sounds like woo woo but it's very effective I take this time to speak to my ancestors while I'm doing it ask for their wisdom and insight and guidance from the spirit world on the hunt that we are about to embark 💀💯

[@PGORevolution]

Thanks, I did put it into practice yesterday, nothing yet but loved to try 😊

[@bowdeer5074]

Been using smoke as a cover scent for years. Works!!! I hunt a state park with a campground so I blend rt in with the campfires.

[@letsgobrandon7297]

Best cover scent you can possibly use (fresh soil being a close second) is deer hair scent, you’ll hate the smell but not the results. Can also use it in a spray bottle by pouring water on a rag, wiping a freshly killed deers hair both sides of rag then rinsing it into a spray bottle, or wet the deer down and keep soaking it up with the rag. Will have to do the steps a dozen times but it works.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Now that's an interesting idea! Thanks for sharing that!

[@joecamp141]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmen Exactly my thought.... They have a strong smell....this might be a good one as long as those glands dont seep some kind of warning. Idk

[@timmebruer5205]

Best ive found is put an older bale of haynext to your stand

[@donniedickerson8077]

Been using the deer hocks for years, save them ,vacuum seal ,thaw it when you get to the area where you intend to hunt rub the hock on your jeans etc, then I usually hang It under my stand or on a limb outside of my blind , I've killed several good bucks using this trick , if I kill a buck my coveralls or hunting jackets will smell like a deer 🦌 after handling it , don't run home and throw it in the washing machine ,hang it on a hanger on the back porch or something when you go back to woods put it back on you'll still smell the deer ESPECIALLY if the Buck was a mature Rutting Buck , Grunts work better and rattling works better because they smell the Buck scent on you, You can dry those hocks and grind it into a powder and use it as well ,, Thank me after take your biggest Buck ever 😉

[@staceyswelding]

The bee hive smokers work great been doing it for 3 years now

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@MikeyAR7373]

I’ve often had this conversation with my family members that hunt but our grandfather was a heavy smoker he smoked on the way into the hunting grounds he smoked while sitting and watching he smoked while still hunting his way through the woods and seems like he took a deer every year most years it was a freezer deer but occasionally he would take a big deer

[@GrowinwithAJ]

nothing like a good camp fire at deer camp. i just got back from a colorado elk hunt and a 4 day deer hunt here in oklahoma and for scent i use smoke and the scent blender. the scent blender you can blender pine needles and acorns stuff like that and it works. nothing compares to smoke but ill get a headache sometimes so may not be idea for some. try scent blender i get 3-6 deer a year with it and never get winded

[@davidrose415]

i'm that crazy guy that would hunt anyway even if I am injured... I was cutting brush to brush in a blind for my son and chopped myself in the leg. I was a security contractor and was trained as a medic and designated marksman. I cleaned my wound really well, got stitches out of my pack, put super glue inside the wound to stop the bleeding, sewed myself up, moved the blind and cleaned the blood off the brush with my hydro pack, and cleaned my pants then sewed them up while in the tree stand. shot an 8 point from the tree stand and my son got the ten point he was after while it was sniffing the spot where I sewed myself up. my grandfather (step grandfather actually) was a full blood blackfoot born on the reservation in 1899, taught me to use smoke. he taught me a little different though. he taught me to find pulp wood like you use to tan buck skin. make a very small fire, like five or six small sticks. just enough to light a baseball sized pulp knot. when the pulp gets a good coal going so it starts smoking good take it out of the fire. move the pulp ball all around you to get good and covered then we would put it in an old soup can that had a cord sting in it so we could hang it on our shoulder. we carried it with us. you could add green pine needles or green leaves to it when you built a blind and have it in the blind with you. with fruit or pine leaves it would attract does to the blind. I don't know why it worked. if you can find stuff an estrous doe peed on and put it in the can to smoke bucks would come out like ants to a soda can.

[@silverious1le299]

What exactly is pulp wood?

[@davidrose415]

@silverious1le299 it is the rotten chip wood from downed trees.

[@rockarolla4756]

Works really good if you live where people use wood stoves for heat, smell of smoke is always in the air and deer are used to it.

[@basshunter428]

Here's an old Indian strategy: Find milkweed, use the milkweed seeds (they are housed in pods and I use them) to determine wind direction and approach/set up, upwind (the seeds are way better than spraying mist). Many seasoned hunters set up 2 tree stands so they have options.

[@rafterL78]

A friend said his dad would build a fire to sit around for them and his brother on super cold days. The smoke permeates the woods and hides their smell and everything smells the same, like smoke. They are used to smelling it, especially around logging sites where they burn the brush piles. Almost always fresh deer tracks around those and heavy equipment.

[@stephenkendall6108]

Lately I’ve used a thermacell with evercalm pads in it hanging it 10 feet below my stand and let the wind do the rest…working well so far

[@Zale180]

I had two bucks wind me after I did this. They never spooked but could tell I was near. It does work.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Glad to hear that!

[@ericmiller7749]

So it doesn't work you mean. They winded you. They didn't spook but they knew you were there. So it doesn't work. They were probably young deer

[@whitehondarider22]

So it doesn't work because they winded you

[@whitehondarider22]

🤷🏻‍♂️your glad to hear it doesnt work, glad you understand this video was a complete waste becuase deer know where smoke comes from…. Humans

[@IronSharpensIron127]

​@@whitehondarider22smoke doesn't come from humans. There are natural fires all over the world. This method has been used for thousands of years. If you use vinegar washing all your clothes and use unscented deodorant and soap first it works very well.

[@rodger603]

This is how I prepare my gear because the Native Americans did this. Smoke and using walnuts. Walnuts are everywhere around my area. It makes a big difference! I've had deer smell me, but they didn't panic. They knew something but didn't connect it to danger.

[@afarley337]

I like these videos with Travis, hope more are coming

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We have another one coming out early next week!

[@DarrenBunyan-f7k]

I'll give ya a tip better than the smoke! What ever area I hunt I take hands full of the dirt from the ground and I rub it on my clothes, skin , bow ,firearm etc works like a charm !!! And it's free lol!!

[@letsgobrandon7297]

@DarrenBunyan-f7k: Wow i just commented saying the same then scrolled down and seen your message. Definitely works. Idk why people buy fresh earth spray when it’s free on the ground.

[@thehelpinghandsatvans]

Yes i agree i’m southern illinois i w been putting my hunting gear in a bag diet and leaves from where i hunt at on the regular and i have deer in my almost daily

[@teddpolack41]

been doin this for years.. central GA👍

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

That's great to hear! How does it work for you?

[@desertdog1125]

The Goat is Back. More Episodes coming?

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Make sure you’re subscribed and be paying attention 👀

[@desertdog1125]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmen Absolutely👍

[@jsheible3695]

I have a wood stove. When it's deer season here. I go stand by the chimney before I go out to the stand. Burning firewood for over 25 years. Deer smell it every witch way the wind blows!

[@michaeltaylor8734]

I learned this from watching Daniel Boone when I was a lil kid..crazy they make it out to be some new secret scent cover up...hunters been doing this for hundred of years..back in the day hunters didn't even have camo clothing, this is how they were successful hunters. Burning wood was the fuel for everything.

[@BayouToad]

Travis is badass! My favorite guest yall have had. I love his reasoning that smoking meat kills bacteria, and how this method of smoking up kills bacteria. Bacteria contributes to body odor etc. Smoking up and the killing wind! This man is a national treasure.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Don't miss his next video with us that will come out early next week!

[@tightbhole420]

I think you're on to something, you're not just covering scent you're eliminating it

[@grantesasky7564]

This solves all my scent issues except for Copenhagen Longcut…

[@StealthTRD]

My dad killed a young buck that followed his spit trail of skoal wintergreen all the way to the magnolia he had climbed into 😂 so you never know

[@cliffdiymech3996]

Fantastic info. Thank you!

[@DanielGentry-z4f]

3 hr ago in Sabine parish I killed a doe using your suggestion about smoking my clothes and the doe didn’t smell me in my blind that was 20 ft from me , really works

[@farmerjoebrown2189]

My dad always hunted the ground and showed me to lift up the leaves and let out the scent under the oak trees and rub that dirt over the clothes, skin everything. Perfect cover scent. I have had animals step within arms reach where I had to hold my breath and close my eyes so they didnt see any eyes or cold air breath.

[@ScottWConvid19]

So i need to smoke a lotta green before hunting! Man I like this channel 😂

[@runningman1156]

😂😂😂😂

[@jackychandler8594]

I saw a movie about 30 yrs ago about a man escaping from rogue law enforcement in Alaska who did that so he could run in a large herd of caribou so the trackers couldn't follow his tracks. The large herd of caribou were covering his tracks completely. Was a near concept, and now I'm seeing in in real life.

[@d.waynejohnson3207]

Smoke is legit. We always have a fire going at deer camp and never use any other cover scent. I hunt with a long bow and am often with 10 yards of deer. Smoke works.

[@southernhood5145]

I've been doing this for a while. never heard of anyone else doing it

[@TruckManThings]

this is amazing, i had thought of it, but figured the smoke would scare off the deer, im definitely going to try this this weekend.

[@danielremel3417]

I love to see when y'all have boots on the ground and not just in the studio. And the phrase "smoking up".. the jokes write themselves 😆

[@dennisdurham694]

Lucky Strikes work for me.

[@singlestringstruggler1988]

I have a bee smoker. Great way to smoker up.

[@ScottWConvid19]

Never thought to do this for cover scent for hunting, however I have been doing this for years to repel mosquitoes, ticks and chiggers, naturally

[@2CanTan]

We cover ourselves in smoke every am and pm before we head to the stand! It works for sure

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We are glad to hear it works for you! Thanks for watching!

[@letsgobrandon7297]

Do you hunt in area where you or neighbors have fires during the day or at night? Can’t see this working if not, deer associate smells based on safety, danger and food. If they don’t know a smell they’ll stay away from it. If smoke is going threw the valleys most days or their feeding area at night than i can see it working.

[@stephenkendall6108]

I use a beehive smoker and hang my clothes in the outbuilding and get a good smoking and then instantly put them in a plastic bag and seal it until I hit the woods. But this doesn’t work in my area until people start their wood burners and fireplaces and the deer smell smoke dialy

[@letsgobrandon7297]

Boom, i knew that’s why it would work in some areas. They have to get use to the smell to where they associate it with safety. If any hunter goes into an area where deer don’t get the fire smell coming from a house or houses than they’re going to hear some snorts.

[@cpborrelli]

Old School is cool. But this year I started using an ozone device I got for 6o bucks on sale. I had 5 deer downwind of me this year for a solid hour and not one of them busted me. I actually called one the bigger does with a bleat call and smoked her at 35 yards

[@danielhuff1397]

I've been using a bee smoker for years

[@-lovefromnh]

This had me rolling!! 😉 😂

[@letsgobrandon7297]

Lol, many people are going to mad when they hear that snort.

[@BadBubbles1205]

Wish I could bottle this. I'm In a suburban setting east coast MD hunting public land and can not do this so I rely on scent sprays(scent away autumn formula)

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Try a bee smoker

[@poorboyoutdoors3454]

I have had people look at me like I was crazy for 10+ years for keeping a bee smoker in my truck and smoking up before every hunt I also have unscented insence sticks that the vodo people use lol I’ll stick them in the bark of the tree I’m hunting and have yet to have a deer wind me

[@letsgobrandon7297]

They sale those burning wicks in earth scent cover and deer urine/estrus. I wouldn’t try the smoke unless people around the property had fires all the time to where deer are use to the smell.

[@poorboyoutdoors3454]

@@letsgobrandon7297 yeah I agree but smoke is definitely a natural scent that I don’t think wildlife pay much attention too I’ve always hunted around houses and cities so I’ve not had the chance to see what wide range of wilderness without human activity would do or how wildlife would react

[@MatthewMacNaughton]

I don't agree with the gentleman who claims that you can not cover your sent. I have practiced the habit of not eating meat or spices washing my clothes and rubbing myself with plants that are found in the area I hunt. I've had deer so close to me that I could have touched them. I ve had coyote and fox pass within 3ft of me and they gave no indication that they knew I was there..

[@letsgobrandon7297]

100%. I do the same, i hunt archery off the ground without a blind (not bragging about it cause i would like to be in a stand) and have deer including mature bucks come down wind and never smell me. It’s awesome experience having a buck or any deer walk right next to you while you’re behind a fat tree. I try to play the wind but if it’s not in my favor i don’t let it ruin my hunt. Plus most areas i hunt in the wind changes directions all the time. I would never try this smoke thing unless people around the property had fires all the time where deer are use to the smell.

[@cjdowney4444]

Animals smell smoke all the time. Using smoke to cover your scent before hunting has literally been done for thousands of years! It works. You don't have to worry about whether a specific property has fires around it all the time, animals instinctively know what smoke smells like, because it is something that happens in the wild naturally on a consistent basis. Lightning strikes happen in the wild, and things catch on fire and smoke is produced. So they know what the smell of that is and it doesn't bother them, in fact it can make them very curious and cause them to even come to you more than they would if you just covered your scent with plants that you've rubbed on your skin and your clothes etc.

[@MatthewMacNaughton]

@cjdowney4444 with out a doubt smoking your gear does work. I personally think the main facts are it diluted your sent leaving the impression 🤔 that you were present some time ago,rather than giving an overpowering sent of a human.

[@jesseherbert2585]

AI backs this up. Smoke can kill odor causing bacteria. Reduce bacterial load on you and your clothes and bam, they may still smell you but think you are further away. Remember the stories of old timers killing deer while smoking cigarettes? I bet it helps reduce breath smells too. Hmm, might be puffing on my cigar before next hunt, after smoking up clothes and skin. Thanks southern brothers (from Southern VT)

[@tailchasers722]

I am a chain smoker and the proficient bow hunter in my family

[@davidmerritt5702]

I've always done this my boots too. I hang my hunting clothes under my lean-to, smoke and then toss into my clean action packer for the next morning.

[@micahdavenport7721]

I smoke myself out and then cover myself in Camo dust, works like a charm.

[@bendeleckeiii4229]

This boy is 100% right. Smoke doesn't scare deer. It's the human scent! Not Smoke. I have done same thing. I have seen deer actually come to my old fire. They are very curious

[@cwellmax7544]

My friend's dad used to shoot an elk almost every year while sitting by a small fire to keep warm, he was also smoking cigarettes while at the fire.

[@Day12My]

Sorry my graphic designer mind is working...but your logo is awesome! I have a weird obsesseion with logos.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Thanks man!

[@dannycreswell]

No I absolutely understand that I’m just saying anything little thing helps

[@2612junglejim]

I use a bee smoker to do my stuff.

[@JBIRD270]

Outstanding

[@GrowinwithAJ]

we call that a nat smoke. keeps the nats away. we build ours in metal shovels

[@TouLee-t7k]

In the fence or private property yes work

[@momosgarage]

What is recommended for predator hunting like coyote? Does predator hunting like Coyote and varmints like Jackrabbits need involved camo patterns? If f not, does a lack of camo apply to black chest rigs and harnesses that don’t have a camo patterns and also aren’t a solid green color as a well, assuming you’ve properly covered yourself with a smoke regimen?

[@Yelladog78]

We been smoking our clothes with cedar forever where I live

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

What state are you in?

[@Yelladog78]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmen Oklahoma

[@lawrencefranck9417]

Farm land area diesel is the best cover scent.

[@jeffcarr057]

Best phrase I've ever heard, "Can't enjoy a hunt with 3rd degree burns ". Hahaha

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

So true 🤣

[@chadbinette3201]

Odd an older guy showed me about smoking up too. "Gonna get some of this green stuff... That's what I like to smoke up in " it's like your speaking my language. Haha

[@andrewmantle6359]

So whats the difference between this and cigarettes

[@timbow50]

It’s sad to say- I’ve smoked cigarettes for years while sitting in a tree stand or in a blind. I have had very few deer ( that I HAVE seen) alert and leave. I generally take 4-6 deer a year with my bow. Usually 25 yards or so. I have taken many directly down wind but I’m usually about 15 feet up in a ladder stand. Various times of the day. Naturally, my son hates me smoking and he’s right but at the same time I generally take more game each year. Even pigs have been down wind and get an arrow in them. I’m guessing smoke is smoke to them?

[@andrewmantle6359]

@timbow50 so you're saying I'm going thru nic fits for nothing.

[@kevinmartin7354]

I always smoke cigarettes while hunting. Helps with scent and a great wind indicator.

[@robertdodd9623]

Smoke may be likely to attract Deer similar to a Campfire after dark. I feel like the Deer are curious for their own safety.

[@Tommy-rr7ez]

Never heard this thanks! Do you know if this will work on coyotes to?

[@davidhenderson1738]

Well smoking up has two meanings for me now

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

LOL

[@emeraldfox7175]

Not only have my people been smoking for centuries we still hunt in our moccasins

[@yourmomma2995]

i smoke in my treestand and always kill my big buck each year, all of my hunting clothes have burns in them from trying to snuff out my cig when i see the big boy coming. the guys i hunt with always ask me for one of my cigs (jokingly) even though they dont smoke.

[@robertjake9459]

We were using smoke 40-years ago & y'all just catching up.

[@andychambers3621]

I've had success doing this. I get in my ground blind and smoke out and then I'll get in my stand.

[@rodneyhoward5475]

A buddy and me did that last season and never got busted . And I killed my biggest buck .

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

That's awesome to hear! Thanks for watching!

[@markcatzoutdoors]

It make sense

[@C_H_U_]

I’m sure when he says he smoke up he meant the greens! LOL

[@solocam1962]

Deer can smell it ALL - different odors = they smell smoke and you and clothing and cow pie you stepped in and bacon breakfast etc ... all st once. But you can help your chances by getting them closer before being busted. Play the wind and be still no matter what you cover your scent with or try to.

[@RealGrandpaBullFrog]

Been doing that for 20 years

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

How has it worked for you?

[@RealGrandpaBullFrog]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmen works great..of coarse you need to learn the dance I do around the fire before it really starts working..I’m not sharing that secret..lol

[@matthewcalhoun4867]

SW Mississippi I’m from those parts 😮

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

You won't want to miss travis's episode then!

[@PhillGraves-r5o]

Me too!

[@travisadams111]

lol i smoke up 3 to 5x a day minimum

[@StealthTRD]

Damn i wish i could

[@joegartman2092]

Creek granddaddy showed me this in the seventies along with other things. My brother and father buy all the latest junk. Guess who has the monster on the wall.

[@CarolinaReaperr]

as long as I can remember I've been using clothes I wore to last nights bonfire to hunt in lol i do better than most and don't spend very much lol

[@FranklinJones-i3x]

Not I said the blind man I try not to smell like any of that stuff if I use scent it's in scrapes or on my stick that I have a rag attached to that I use sent on can I use it like a walking stick as I'm walking to my blind it works great I've had dear just follow it right up

[@jeremyanderson5752]

I’ve been doing this after hearing him talk about it in the podcast a couple years ago. Sure seems to work but my sinuses don’t like it.

[@jmlochala]

I’ve been putting the smoke to My hunting clothes for a few years. Use an old coffee can

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Yes, in theory a uv light would be effective for checking your clothing.

[@jmlochala]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmen I smoke them, spray on that vanilla so I can go in the woods smelling like a Krispy Kreme… then dab on the turpentine..

[@GSARGENTOUTDOORS]

I’ve used a bee smoker on my clothes for the last few years. It’s physics.

[@nickdavis2469]

I'll smoke up before a morning hunt. Smoke up before an afternoon hunt. Hell, I'll even smoke up while in a tree during the hunt. Sneaking around during a ground hunt? Might as well smoke up then too!

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

LOL

[@coreyk5536]

Used to?? We still do because we're still here.

[@AbelGuerra-xz3pc]

I smoke cigarettes in my tree while I’m hunting and have never seen it affect deer behavior fresh control burn areas are one of my favorite areas to hunt because deer seem to want to be in it

[@lukebonagurio4503]

I thought about burning sage smugging

[@scotthustedde2568]

Best greenery to use is the natural poison ivy or oak is the best smoke treatment all natural

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Absolutely don't do this lol

[@Toothless369]

Im a smoker and I have had deer come 20 yards with me smoking. Never have ever had issues with it. I have done this before when I was a kid. Don't remember much of the outcome of it

[@mattbocock6547]

Deer smell per particle. Not only do they smell the smoke, but they can smell every square inch of your body. There is no such thing as cover scent. I have been hunting and trapping all my life, trust me when I tell you there is no way to cover your scent. Example: Deer like dogs can enter the kitchen and smell every ingredient aka per particle, unlike us/humans that can only smell the strongest odor. Save yourself the trouble and headaches and learn how to hunt the wind and accept the fact that you can not hide your scent, including ground scent. Scent lock suits, sprays, deodorants, soaps, and conditioners are all gimmicks, including smoke!

[@ML-ks2lj]

You can hide your ground scent. You can't hide the scent the earth makes when you step and he scent a plant makes when it's broken. I have been watching deer walk where I walk for years and not be spooked more curious as to what walked through there. I also wash my clothes with wildlife research's ent killer soap hang dry them and spray the the night before thoroughly taking special attention from my belly down and rubber boots. I spray again before I walk to the spot. It does not work for down wind.scent though you can never hide that.

[@StealthTRD]

You dont think it could help in the sense of making your presence less strong maybe ?

[@StealthTRD]

I agree that they can smell you regardless but felt like smoke kinda knocks the edge off you

[@mattbocock6547]

@@StealthTRD Unfortunately no. Again, they can smell per particle, and because of this they smell each particle of scent. I know it's difficult to understand because your thinking with your senses; in which, you smell the strongest odor, but again they smell per particle. Whether you think one odor smells stronger and that's what dominates your senses, deer are not dominated by what we define as the strongest odor. This is why a bloodhound can track not only hours but days to weeks up to months on a cold trail. Hope this helps.

[@letsgobrandon7297]

@mattbocock6547: I respectfully disagree, idk how many times i had mature bucks downwind and didn’t smell me (and i hunt the ground in archery with no blind unless it’s natural blind). I wash my clothes with fall blend detergent and spray my clothes. I shower with scent free soap and use multiple cover scents in a diamond pattern. Fresh earth cover event, Coon cover scent, Fox cover scent, and use deer urine or estrus. I would never try this smoke thing tho unless people were having fires every night around that property.

[@WesBryant-y8s]

Try a bee smoker .

[@toddgardewine8606]

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