chew and hunting

[gio tundo]

How many of you chew on stand I've had a few people say it might spook deer but I've never seen it and I have a pinch of copenhagen every time im in the stand.

[Keith Langford]

I quit dippin 3 years ago, but up until then I dont think I have killed a deer or caught a fish without a dip in my cheek since I was 16. never had any bad reaction from deer and I always spit either down the tree or beside it. I have over a hundred bow kills in my 36 years. Thats alot of cans of skoal.

[Jim Boettcher]

It has never hurt my hunting either.

[Bobby Urban]

Deer love Copenhagen - maybe more than I do?  Usd to put a pinch on a stump under my tree and watched a lot of deer wander up and eat it.  I learned this working on a ranch - horses would eat a whole pouch of Red Man - bag and all - if they got a hold of it.

I have seen them bolt from Levi Garret and come straight at me from down wind while I was smoking high grade English pipe tobacco. Your results may vary.

[Big Ed]

Never hurt my brothers hunting but you ought to see the inside of his lips. Skin graphs and cancerous cells removed.

[Friend]

Miles Keller told me years back that he always dipped while in the stand.

Being a little honery, I have spit some of this good stuff on the backs of at least three different bucks that were right beneath the stand. There were absolutley no responses.

[Roger Norris]

It won't hurt your hunting, but it will kill you.

[WESTBROOK]

Chances are, if they can smell your Dip they can smell you too.

Eric

[thump]

I quit last year, after 10 yrs of chewing and didn't find it to hurt my hunting in anyway.

[joe skipp]

I chewed Levi while bowhunting for 20 yrs, never had any problems with deer spooking or felt the chew hindered my chances at seeing game.

Finally gave it up cold turkey 2 yrs ago....listened to my wife and grand kids.....      

[Red Beastmaster]

Red Man and bowhunting go together like Oreo's and milk.

[Randy Morin]

I have been chewing since 7th grade so thats over 25 years.  I recently quit this spring but couldnt resist not chewing in Elk camp this year. When it comes to hunting....chewing is part of the deal for me I guess.  I'm hooked again darn-it!  

I used to carry a little bottle to spit in while on stand.  Cant imagine a deer eating Copenhagen but I dont doubt you.  I know Bears hate the smell of the stuff as well as dogs.

[leatherneck]

I chewed copenhagen for 23 years before I quit 7 years ago. I never chewed in my stand. Dont know if it made a difference or not but who wants to take that chance on a chance of a lifetime buck in Ohio. You may only get one!
All this coming from a guy who chewed a can and a half in a day. SO yes,it was tough but I didnt do it.

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Quit chewing Skoal about 5 years ago. I always chewed while hunting.
Never felt like it hindered my hunting in any way.

[Mike Mecredy]

I did it for a long time (age 12 and quit at age 33) I never seen it a s a detriment to hunting.

[jamesh76]

I have chewed for .........lets just say too long now. Anyways I have had deer lick the spit off of leaves and grass below my stand, so I don't think it has any effect. Maybe an attractant if anything.

[karrow]

Originally posted by Friend:
Miles Keller told me years back that he always dipped while in the stand.

Being a little honery, I have spit some of this good stuff on the backs of at least three different bucks that were right beneath the stand. There were absolutley no responses.

[Uncle Buck]

Being strictly a ground hunter, I would worry more about the excess movment involved in spitting either in a cup or on the ground. I have been busted more times by movement than I have been by smell

[nomad]

I usually spit about one time, around 10 o clock. They don,t seem to mind much.