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Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« on: February 18, 2013, 08:27:43 PM »
Anybody here have good results using smoke as a cover scent for deer and elk hunting.  Obviously wind is most important factor; however, I stink ... and anything helps.

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Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2013, 08:30:55 PM »
Smoke?

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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2013, 08:35:02 PM »
I think he is referring to the smoke sticks that you can buy for cover scents. Light them at your stand and let the smoke do its thing.  :dunno:

I ave not tried them, so I don't know if they work.
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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2013, 08:35:32 PM »
Yeah, had a friend tell me about it.  I thought he was messing with me, but after some research online, a lot of people swear by it.  Not into the sprays and other products (gimmic/ waste of $).

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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
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Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2013, 08:40:27 PM »
I bought some of those a long time ago in the bear scent called 12 miles of dead fish as a joke, it wasn't very funny though just smelled like burning sawdust

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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2013, 09:11:55 PM »
Don't know about smoke sticks. But some years ago I was black powder elk near Bethel. There was 2 ft snow on the ground. I got a little cold and set down under a tree and built a small fire betwen my legs.

Half hour and a six piont bull walked with in 50 feet of me and never raised an eye. I always thought the smoke covered my scent.
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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2013, 09:25:46 PM »
the best cover scent is wind . if your in a burn then you could rub ash on you , i often rub pine needles on me to ad scent .

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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2013, 10:13:13 PM »
Hanging your clothes in the smoke of a fire might not be a bad idea

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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2013, 09:26:02 AM »
I would think almost any natural scent would be better than human odor.
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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2013, 09:27:55 AM »
I have read that trappers will smoke their traps to rid them of human stink sometimes... :dunno:
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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2013, 09:30:29 AM »
Wood smoke is good scent cover.

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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2013, 05:55:50 AM »
yes I have used it.  Not sure if it has helped or not, but I am fairly successful on some of my adventures.
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I'll use it when I am having trouble with wind shifting and I am holding over in a spot.

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Re: Smoke (not cigarette) as cover scent
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2013, 06:27:40 AM »
I put the stalk on a cow elk downwind of me while I was smoking a cigar. She showed no sign of alertness or nervousness and I could see the smoke blowing right at her.
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