Whats your favorite smell?

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by kill shot:
I have asked my wife to wear skunk scent instead of perfume, she thinks I'm joking.

What's keeping you from wearing it?  

[Roger Norris]

The damp woods in October, especially areas heavy with pine and cedar.

Wool.

Bacon.

Coffee.

My beagle Daisy has a mild dog smell that I love. I "snuffle" her a few times a day. It actually cheers me up.

One of the best smells ever....coming home after a morning hunt on Thanksgiving Day. Walking into the kitchen with damp wool on, and having it all mix in with the smells of turkey, pie, stuffing, etc.

[Bobby Urban]

Skunk, damp wool, wet happy dogs, broken cedar shafts, sweet fern, bacon and coffee in the morning.

This is a good thread that may be a topic that has not been covered 100+ times.  I think most of the world is unaware or unfamiliar with their olfactory sense on the level of a bow hunter.  Although I think I would certainly miss my eyes most, ears 2nd - it is my sense of smell I appreciate the most having all of them working correctly.  I often fantasize the value of having a bears(or even a dogs) sense of smell and how that would change my approach to hunting.

[Tradtical Commando]

-A sweat soaked woman.
-The morning woods after a night of rain.
-Vanilla
-I like a mild skunk smell too
-Livestock

[NittanyRider]

That's a pretty good list, Roger.      

Another one for Hoppes #9... brings back a lot of good hunting memories from my childhood.

Too many other good hunting smells to list, but definitely coffee perc'n in the morning and chocolate chip cookies baking the night before hunting season starts!

[PBNJ]

actually skunk too... it reminds me of my start in archery when that was all that was available as a cover scent, sage, turkey in the oven, my kids hair especially my son, at times his hair smells like a puppy?? and pine trees...

[Alexander Traditional]

I love the smell of some of the hunting camps i've been in. It just seems like they have this old musty smell that reminds me of deer camp.

[J B]

You folks are bringing up a lot of good memories for me with this thread. I would just add a young pups breath to this great list. Not a big fan of skunk, something to do with getting sprayed, not being allowed back into the truck, or the house, no good memories there for me.

[Sam McMichael]

By far, my favorite is the smell of the autumn woods, followed by the smell of wood smoke and bacon frying in camp. The smell of cedar is also very nice. I like the fresh smell of the woods after a rain, but I admit I don't like to hunt in the rain. Sometimes, during the rut especially, you can smell an old buck, even though you can't see him at all. That is really exciting to me.

[snag]

I love sage brush, pines, and the smell of elk. That gets my blood pumpin'.

[wingnut]

Yep the scent of elk on the breeze before daylight in a high basin as you move into position.

Either that or tloin on the grill the next day. LOL

Mike

[Brock]

yeah forgot about my wool...love that smell.  I also got a thing for walking through woods and smelling the musky smell of a deer or a fox that passed through....or the tannic filled waters of a lowcountry wetland.

[PBNJ]

The smell of a largemouth bass on my hands just after release brings back great memories too...This is a great thread.

[xroadshunter]

Mangrove trees in the back country of Everglades National Park, Pines, rotting leaves, and Elizabeth NJ

[ron w]

I forgot wood smoke, new leather and that broke cedar arrow. Also the smell of wild flowers on the Blue Ridge in Va. and N.C.

[Brock]

Forgot vanilla or anise near bear camp.....brackish water and marsh grass chasing redfish...the sweet aroma of the Doe Estrus scent wafers...yeah I am sick. LOL

[kill shot]

There is a few odors I could do without (like the fart) but all in all I can't wait to smell these aromas.

[Randy Koleno]

Nothing that hasn't been said.

 I roll down my truck window to smell woodsmoke/burning leaves in the fall.

 smelling bacon and eggs puts me at a camp morning with my brothers and sons. (farts are put up with, usually)

 gunpowder reminds me of our final sight-in at thanksgiving at my grandmothers house three days before deer season.

 Hoppe's is just a classic. I was responsible for cleaning the guns as a youth.

 Just a slight twist. There's a handful of songs that come on the oldies station that will instantly put me back in a gray Jeep CJ5, riding in the snow through some pine trees, with my uncle, on our way to hunt some grouse.

 Good times.

[2bird]

Kill shot, I trap a lot and still can't stand skunk!!! I have 3 skunk "sacks" in a pickle jar buried in my backyard, just waiting for someone "worthy" but if you want you can buy them from me lol

[Ratatat]

Apple blossoms for spring turkey and sasafrass in the fall for deer.