Wood smoke for cover scent

[spider64]

I was reading some on using wood smoke for cover scent ! Anybody ever try this ?

[GreyGoose]

I think I have, but not exactly on purpose.

[Sam McMichael]

Like GreyGoose I probably have gone to the woods smelling like woodsmoke. I have heard a lot people talk about it working, but whenever the winds is wrong I get busted no matter what I smell like.

[CLOVIS]

Trails end no.307.  I know it works for a fact.
Wally world has it most of the time.

[Blackhawk]

From my readings, I have found that early Native Americans had two methods of disguising their scent before a hunt.

1.  They would sit around a smoky campfire for hours and allow the smoke to permeate their clothes and skin.      

Historians believe method #1 was the favorite.

[Terry Lightle]

Yes I have and I believe in it.

[Slickhead]

Yes
There is a guy on here that swears by it.
I think his handle is Buckeye hunter

[Thumper_Too]

The verdicts not in yet for me.  I've used this method with mixed results.  It seemed like the deer were curious instead of spooking but didn't just walk into bow range from downwind.  I'm going to try it some more this season.

[rix2]

Going to give it a try this season.

[Trumpkin the Dwarf]

This has been covered many times before here, and you should try the search function, as many will probably not want to repeat themselves. That said, it does work, at least on elk. But not just any wood smoke, gotta be green pine boughs.

[Bob B.]

Hardwood smoke kills bacteria that causes odor, piney woods do not.  I have used wood smoke with good success.  That said I believe the odor that most often betrays humans is breath odor.  I have found that being clean with clothes hung outside and breathing through my nose has helped me to maintain physical closeness to deer and remain undetected.

Bob

[The Night Stalker]

I have a wood stove outside and you can smell wood burning from neighbors. We used a bee smoker with great success.  That smoke smell is hard to get ride of. I have a friend that swears by smoking his clothes during elk season.

[hogless]

My dad and his cousins used it back in the day but I haven't used it sense scent away came out. The other thing they did was smoke in the woods they said it didn't spook the deer they were used to smoke it was the movement that spooked the deer

[monkeyball]

It is a yearly thing for me,it starts with this...........


 

[monkeyball]

And ends with this. I just hung my clothes out last week. Then they get crated back up again. Up behind that big Maple is my fire ring and I can guarantee you that deer are not alarmed by wood smoke.


 

[Jerry Jeffer]

I sit around the fire every time I'm going hunting and get my clothes plenty smokey. Works very well now for many years. If I get busted, I'm pretty sure it is because I moved when I should not have.

[Legolas]

http://www.scentsmoker.com
This is how I do it. I use to get busted all the time with descent sprays and the like, then I used this.
Also once you make the investment it's cheap.

[Butchie]

Bought a bee smoker this year and look forward to using it.  So many positive reports on "smoking" not to give it a try.  In fact, I don't believe I've ever heard a negative comment from anyone who's  tried it.

[DaveT1963]

I have used it and it appeared to work.  But I also agree with mouth odor and your head.  Most body heat is escaped or lost through your head..... I picked up a tip from Myles Keller 30 years ago - get a shower cap/plastic bag, cover your head with baking soda and then wear the cap.  Combining all three I have had deer sniff my ghillie suit at a few feet. Nothing works 100% of the time - I always try to keep the wind in my favor - but I do believe these this helps dilute the concentration of odor - which to me is what spooks deer?

[Wannabe1]

From my readings, I have found that early Native Americans had two methods of disguising their scent before a hunt.

1. They would sit around a smoky campfire for hours and allow the smoke to permeate their clothes and skin. [campfire]

or...

2. They would gather lots and lots of fresh dung and mix with water to form a paste. They would then smear this all over themselves including hair and face. [Frown]

For some strange reason, those who used method #2 ended up single and living alone. [help]

Historians believe method #1 was the favorite.
 

That's just too funny! I plan on using the smoke method this year also. Taking my hunting clothes with me camping tomorrow and will smoke them over the next 4 days.