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new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 12:40 PM
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I put a new stand up in an area I have not been able to hunt in the past 5 years that I have owned my land. So I am naturally pretty excited about what the location will produce
The issue is that due to the terrain and location of the stand I am going to have to walk right by the feeder and general area in order to get to it. A detour would not only take a very long time but the trail would be dangerous to walk after dark due to the rocky canyon it would go through.
the question is, what can I do to prevent from leaving my scent on the way in? A buddy suggested using fox urine. can I just spray the bottom of my boots with some cover scent before I walk through?
Last edited by Sparky45; 10/05/15 12:41 PM.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 12:43 PM
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Don't worry about it. Nothing you can do to eliminate your scent. Take the quickest (and safest) route to your stand and hunt. You might avoid morning hunts if your deer are feeding early a.m.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 12:48 PM
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We have one like that also, we only hunt it in the evenings.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 12:52 PM
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Agree, you will never totally remove your scent but a good pair of rubber boots with a spraying of scent eliminator helps. I have been using Dead downwind for a few years and I know it doesn't hurt.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 12:55 PM
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I've done that for several years and it never seems to bother the deer at all. I do try to get there at least 30 minutes before the feeder goes off. I've killed some nice bucks under the feeder in the past.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 01:10 PM
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the stand will be great for morning hunts so I'd better just get there early. in the few years I have had the land, I have only spooked deer off before sunrise once or twice. Most of the time they show up a few minutes after the feeder goes off. The place is small and I have not found bedding areas which makes me think they bed down on adjoining ranches and walk in. Neither of the ranches to either side of me are hunted and as far as I know no feeding is taking place.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 01:13 PM
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I always spray coon urine on my boots anytime I am walking to a stand and spray down my clothes with Dead Downwind scent eliminator. Always helps to be extra careful.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 01:14 PM
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I have to cross or walk past one of my feeders to get into my area of the lease. I also have to walk past my bow feeder to get to my ladder stand. Get there early so the scent has time to dissipate and not be as strong.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 01:59 PM
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Don't worry about it. Nothing you can do to eliminate your scent. Take the quickest (and safest) route to your stand and hunt. You might avoid morning hunts if your deer are feeding early a.m. X;s 2, or go extra early in the am as you mentioned. If anything, it will give your other spot a rest.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 02:11 PM
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Don't worry about it. Nothing you can do to eliminate your scent. Take the quickest (and safest) route to your stand and hunt. You might avoid morning hunts if your deer are feeding early a.m. I jumped a deer 20 yards from my stand Saturday morning walking in. Saw about 20 deer that morning, including 2 within 8 yards and 3 more within 30.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 02:43 PM
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Take corn with you and put it out as you walk past the feeder with your shooting range everytime you go, even if you are not hunting it.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 03:23 PM
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i do keep a couple peanut butter jars with lids handy to carry corn to the stand in. I bet the apple scented corn dropped behind me on the way in would help.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 05:36 PM
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I've had deer graze right over the track I had made across a food plot getting to my stand and they never showed any alarm, so I don't worry about the bottom of my boots. However, when walking in to an area I always make sure I don't rub against any vegetation. Even that might be unnecessary, but it is easy to do.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 06:45 PM
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I have watched deer follow the exact trail I walked sniffing the ground like they were tracking me. Sometimes it spooks them, sometimes not. I have had hogs come in to hand thrown corn and spook almose immediately when they crossed the path I walked. This was on mowed sendero's. These deer see little human activity/interaction with scent.
Deer from the property we leased for many years before this saw human activity a lot and therefore human scent wasn't uncommon and they never reacted much at all to human scent, even when they were down wind. Doesn't mean they couldn't smell it, just means it didn't alarm them as being out of the ordinary.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/05/15 08:44 PM
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I just stomp in some cow crap before I walk through and forget expense cover scents
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/07/15 10:01 PM
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I do the cow manure thing, too. Never been busted after doing that. I'll also add, if there's a fairly wide lane, like a right-of-way, walk right down the center, not on the edges. If a deer does nose your trail and pauses to check it out, you want them out where you can see them, not back in the brush. I got that idea from a coyote about 25 years ago.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/07/15 11:49 PM
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I would say you are over thinking it. Just get in there
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/08/15 02:22 AM
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All good stuff here. Go a lot, hand corn when you go, and don't waste money on cover scent. They'll get used to you pretty quick or never really notice you in the first place.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/08/15 04:10 PM
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We have a place like that. Its a great morning spot as well. The best thing I have found to hunt it is go super early. I generally get in the stand 30 minutes earlier than I would any other stand. it has worked for me with so super crazy deer.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/18/15 07:32 PM
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For what it's worth I've had deer on the cams at my feeders 5 minutes after we finished filling them. Then again we keep them filled year round and are out there once or twice a month so they are used to us. Last year the night before opening morning we got in about 10:00, unloaded the truck, and my wife made something to eat and joined me on the porch that runs along our cabin while I smoked a cigar. We were speaking in normal voices and both dogs, Great Pyrenees who feel the need to guard were laying at our feet. All of a sudden the dogs jumped up and went running towards the end of the porch. My wife looked up and there was a buck running away. He had been standing on the septic tank not 20 yards from us.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/18/15 08:18 PM
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Just walk by it no big deal. I can't count how many times I have set my feeder off and 5 minutes later deer eating all around it.
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Re: new stand, new location,...new problem
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10/18/15 08:53 PM
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You might consider changing your feeding time so that the feeder goes off a little later in the morning. Consider too the guys who have stands near food plots and have no choice but to spook deer that might be in them during the pre-dawn hours. You might also consider staying in the stand longer, especially when the weather is right for it, and during the rut when bucks never stop moving.
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