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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: huntintherain on March 28, 2016, 08:32:39 PM

Title: Anybody made their own cover up scent
Post by: huntintherain on March 28, 2016, 08:32:39 PM: Just wondering if anybody has tried it and how did it work. thanks matt
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Post by: Kit Carson on March 28, 2016, 08:42:17 PM: Tagging this. Interesting...
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Post by: Eric M on March 28, 2016, 08:45:59 PM: find me one please!
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Post by: saylean on March 28, 2016, 08:49:20 PM: tree pitch from branches I bust off.
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Post by: Oh Mah on March 28, 2016, 08:49:40 PM: I did with anise 1 time seemed to work,I ended up getting a few coyotes with it and i got my bear while using it.1 drop in a 32oz. spray bottle.
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Post by: Encore 280 on March 28, 2016, 09:23:46 PM: I take cedar and fir boughs, lay 'em on the lawn and run over them with the lawn mower with a catcher bag. Take the clippings and put 'em in 1 gallon paint strainer bags. I like to get at least a half dozen bags done then I put my hunting clothes in a big garbage bag with a bag of clippings. I put a bag in my truck, camping trailer and trailer closets. I try to do this at least a month before the season. Refill as needed. :tup:
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Post by: Westsideelkchaser on March 29, 2016, 12:06:36 AM: I hunt in a lot of cedar swamps about ten days before season I cut a bunch of kindling and put it unscented bags with all my camo works well
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Post by: PolarBear on March 29, 2016, 12:20:54 AM: I take fir needles, mash them up and place them in the bottom of a vacuum sealed bag that I store my hunting clothes in. The smell of the needles permeates my clothes and seems to have worked well over the past 20 years or so. Once in the woods I also break up fir or pine needles and rub them all over my face, arms and hair.
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Post by: thatdamguy on March 29, 2016, 01:52:25 AM: I have a formula that I have been using for about 4 years now and I really believe it works great. It is a combination of 3 or 4 different hydrosol's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbal_distillate. Cedar, Pine, Fir and Yarrow. In my opinion its the Yarrow plant that sets it aside from anything else I have ever smelled or used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achillea_millefolium It grows over most of E. Wa.
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Post by: tonymoe on March 29, 2016, 06:33:44 AM: I've always thought of making my own out of the tree limbs and such of the area that I'm hunting in, but never got around to it. What works best for me is spraying down with scent eliminator, and throughout the day while I'm hunting, I grab a bough and rub it all over me.
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Post by: runamuk on March 29, 2016, 06:47:38 AM: I use the plants in the area where I am hunting, usually sage it helps that I like that smell so crushing the leaves and carrying them in my pockets is fine by me. I do this when scouting and wandering around in the woods as well.
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Post by: Dhoey07 on March 29, 2016, 07:57:13 AM: I usually use a can of Dinty Moore beef stew with Nalley Onion Chile. Seems to do ok.
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Post by: Encore 280 on March 29, 2016, 07:59:42 AM: And throw in some shredded cheese and tabasco sauce. :tup: :chuckle:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on March 29, 2016, 08:15:01 AM: I used vanilla extract back east for whities and it worked well as a cover and attractant. I haven't used it out here.
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Post by: Alchase on March 29, 2016, 09:55:52 AM: Silently waiting for someone to say
"Just pee on yourself, it works for the big bulls"?
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Post by: Elkrunner on March 29, 2016, 10:02:27 AM: Quote from: Alchase on March 29, 2016, 09:55:52 AM
Silently waiting for someone to say
"Just pee on yourself, it works for the big bulls"?

I saw an episode of Tred Barta where he was rolling in deer piss..
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Post by: h20hunter on March 29, 2016, 10:07:12 AM: Tred Barta......rolling......you should be ashamed sir! :chuckle:

He was and is still hard core....doesn't surprise me a bit.
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Post by: 92xj on March 29, 2016, 10:10:07 AM: Quote from: Elkrunner on March 29, 2016, 10:02:27 AM
Quote from: Alchase on March 29, 2016, 09:55:52 AM
Silently waiting for someone to say
"Just pee on yourself, it works for the big bulls"?

I saw an episode of Tred Barta where he was rolling in deer piss..

I believe I remember you yelling in the middle of the night, in your own tent, for Pete to pee on you to cover the beer stank at elk camp, or something like that.

strawberry
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on March 29, 2016, 10:11:50 AM: Quote from: pianoman9701 on March 29, 2016, 08:15:01 AM
I used vanilla extract back east for whities and it worked well as a cover and attractant. I haven't used it out here.
:yeah: I thought vanilla worked good. I could get close enough to poke them with a .30-30.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on March 29, 2016, 10:21:40 AM: I heard that DRock and Luvmystang pee on each other frequently, even during hunting season.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on March 29, 2016, 10:22:22 AM: My long lost Uncle clamed to rub sardine oil and mashed up sardines all over himself then go black bear hunting.
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Post by: huntintherain on March 29, 2016, 12:09:39 PM: Thanks everyone I'm gonna try something like oh mah but with fir tree oil for the scent. thanks Matt
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Post by: jasnt on March 29, 2016, 12:18:11 PM: Few boiled eggs for breakfast. You won't smell human :chuckle:
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Post by: Elkrunner on March 29, 2016, 12:25:30 PM: Quote from: 92xj on March 29, 2016, 10:10:07 AM
Quote from: Elkrunner on March 29, 2016, 10:02:27 AM
Quote from: Alchase on March 29, 2016, 09:55:52 AM
Silently waiting for someone to say
"Just pee on yourself, it works for the big bulls"?

I saw an episode of Tred Barta where he was rolling in deer piss..

I believe I remember you yelling in the middle of the night, in your own tent, for Pete to pee on you to cover the beer stank at elk camp, or something like that.

strawberry

thats the last time I offer up my shower at elk camp!!!
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Post by: coachcw on March 29, 2016, 08:07:07 PM: Bottle of breeze squeeze. But I've rubbed fir branches to cover up in close
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Post by: _TONY_ on March 29, 2016, 09:55:19 PM: I've used fir bows and sage brush to cover my scent...
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Post by: elkaddict652 on March 31, 2016, 09:23:21 AM: My wife sells essential oils and we made one out of pine Cedar etc and it works like a charm