Scent Smoker

[Jasper2]

Don't know about elk since I don't hunt them but for whitetails, my experience is the same as buckeye_hunter.  I don't fully understand what is going on because they do smell something, they just don't seem to spook....it works for me.

[Doug Treat]

I have purposely smoked my clothes over a small campfire for many years now and have been closer to more animals since I started doing it.  Usually they smell the smoke and come closer to investigate.  This has worked for me for deer, elk and a bear that I shot @ 3 yds. on the ground. 9 feet! It came around the tree that was right in front of me and looked right at me.  The arrow barely got out of the bow and the bear never spooked until hit.  I can't believe that a bear couldn't smell the smoke from 9 ft. away.  This was about an hour after I smoked my clothes.

[Doug Treat]

Also, I don't know if it matters, but I try to use wood that is in the area where I'm hunting.  My theory is that those animals smell wood smoke all the time and don't associate danger with it.  I think the carbon in the smoke soaks up human odor too.

[Slickhead]

snoop dogg gets close to deer all the time.
Oops wrong smoke

Last year out where I live they were cleaning up around a cemetary. They burnt brush and timber and it smoldered for a day.
My wife and I saw a buck feeding yards from the smoldering grasses.
Didnt act like he even cared.
Ive threatened to do this for years. This year I will try it for sure.

[Brock]

it isnt smells that bother deer or other game in the woods while on stand...it is unfamiliar smells or those they attribute to danger (man, predators, etc)...  wood smoke is something they have all encountered and unless the fire is nearby it should be nothing more than a curiosity to them.

[Jerry Jeffer]

My buddy and I huddle around a tiny hibachi every morning before we hike up the mountain. We make a smokey fire, hang our clothes over it for a while. we also stand in the smoke before dressing. Last year was the first time I did this regularly, and the deer were always calm around us, and never got busted by wind changes. I'm sold on it. I don't wash the clothes either.