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Offline Lenkerslawker

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Anyone "smoke up" in back country?
« on: July 10, 2012, 09:40:02 PM »
I know what your thinking.......I mean use camp fire smoke as a cover scent for you and your gear.  I know you gotta get the wind right but if it could potentially save blowing a stalk when the wind swirls right before everything is about to come together, then I'm willing to try it.  Anyone use smoke for cover scent in the back country?  I know animals are used to smelling it, and it is extremly pungent and could help cover a lil B.O.  I try to be as sound on my scent control game as possible but one hour into your 4 day trip and you've already got some sweat rolling.  Especially in September.  Thoughts?

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Re: Anyone "smoke up" in back country?
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2012, 10:20:05 AM »
Never have but if you are going to do it then only burn wood and keep the plastic wrappers and garbage out.  I am not sure if it will fool the noses or not.  Keep the wind in your face.  :)
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Re: Anyone "smoke up" in back country?
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2012, 10:28:58 AM »
Did it all the time before all this fancy stuff you don't need came out. Too much hype, in my opinion, for all all this new fangled crap. Never have used it, never will.
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Re: Anyone "smoke up" in back country?
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2012, 07:29:14 PM »
After about 3 days without a shower and with the same clothes on it doesn't matter what you wear you still stink to the animals.  If you can keep clean and wear clean clothes most of the options work from my experience.  We used to use skunk scent in years gone by.  It would knock you off your feet if the wind went the wrong way but the deer that were downwind didn't even pay any attention till about the third day then they snorted and ran away.  I walked into a restaurant in St. George Utah one time after a week of elk hunting in Colorado.  We had been using skunk on a cloth tied to our boot laces and were so used to it we didn't notice it got into the leather.  Boy did those restaurant customers give us the stink eye.  We didn't figure it out till we walked into the house back home and promptly got chased back out.
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Re: Anyone "smoke up" in back country?
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2012, 07:32:06 PM »
deer and elk smell smoke all the time and they could care less. Its good cover.

 


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