After scent

[mheichelbech]

Just posting to note again, how bucks react to scent even when we are not around. Just checked a cam yesterday that had been out since 7/29. Have a trail cam pics of a shooter buck on 7/30, he definitely was not liking things and it is pretty clear he smelled me from the day before. This was in a field edge by corn. He never showed up again. My guess is he started using a different entry point to the woods. This is one of several instances where I have seen bucks clearly smelling me the day after I was in a spot.

Sure most of you know this but posting as a reminder of how (as much as I hate it) spots can get burned after just one sit.

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[Hawthorne]

After some years of running trail cams I've never been able to get consistent pics of mature bucks. I've gotten them about a month apart many times. I've noticed deer reacting to my scent a day after I hung my cam them sniffing around. Always seemed like 2-3 days before they looked normal . Why it's a good idea to hang them in a rain which always isn't possible for me because I live 1-2 hours from my hunting areas.

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[Jrichard]

After some years of running trail cams I've never been able to get consistent pics of mature bucks. I've gotten them about a month apart many times. I've noticed deer reacting to my scent a day after I hung my cam them sniffing around. Always seemed like 2-3 days before they looked normal . Why it's a good idea to hang them in a rain which always isn't possible for me because I live 1-2 hours from my hunting areas.

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Rain really helps. A LOT. Also hanging them high can really help you as well. Does tend to be more curious and accepting of cameras. But bucks seem to abandon an area if they even got a hint of camera.

Like you say he is probably using a different access point.

[Stanley]

I have noticed the same thing. Bucks just don't hang around where human scent is.

[mheichelbech]

I have noticed the same thing. Bucks just don't hang around where human scent is.

Yup...I actually meant this as being for more than just cameras. I agree, rain is normally the best option for cams but not always a choice with hectic schedules.

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[Stanley]

I have the best luck on real windy days. Seems to wash the scent out better than rain.

[<DK>]

What about walking through water and getting soaked before stepping foot onto dry land?
Example: Lets say you walk through a creek thigh high, then walk a field edge? (Lets assume the field is low cut)

[<DK>]

Also, what about days when it rained the previous day and its still nice and wet the next morning? 50/50 chance the scent lingers?

[Jrichard]

The scent is washed to the ground and absorbed and dispursed. Where as when nothing is washing it to the ground it lingers.

[Buckshot20]

I have the best luck on real windy days. Seems to wash the scent out better than rain.

Funny, before I understood anything about thermals I always wanted about a steady 5-10mph wind. I felt like it got my scent out of there better. And it still probably does.

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[Edcyclopedia]

I've tried capturing a buck that made a tremendous size hoof track in the snow.

1st attempt - Buck walked 40 yards out of his way (actually closer a paved road). (1-Week soak)

2nd - 40 yards the opposite way from the original path (he passed under my tree). (1-Week soak)

3rd attempt - directly on the edge of the road, next to a house, never leaving thick cover. (1-Week soak)

He stopped coming around...

The End!