j_h_smith
Ultimate Member
- Jul 28, 2007
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All of this unscented, getting back to a natural smell stuff is bunk. I've pissed from tree stands, only to have a deer come up to me an hour later. I've eaten my ham and cheese sandwich while hunting a ground blind. Both times, I went home with a deer in the back of the truck.
I think most of the deer around here are so used to seeing and smelling humans, it doesn't mean much. I can remember years ago taking my son hunting,who is now 29, so he must have been 14 or 15. We were hunting public land and late in the day, I had to piss so bad, I walked around to the other side of the tree and did my business. While doing so, my son said he was going to walk up a few trees and sit. Only problem was he didn't take the shotgun. I sit down and less than 5 minutes later, a doe comes walking up to me with her nose to the ground. She walked to within 5-6 trees. My son didn't see the deer and I'm trying not to move, but get his attention. I don't know how he could have gotten to his gun, but I eventually scared the deer away.
This all happened with a pint of piss being absorbed into the ground within 25 feet of the deer. I do believe that deer would have walked right up to my piss stain if I hadn't spooked her.
True story, I promise.
I think most of the deer around here are so used to seeing and smelling humans, it doesn't mean much. I can remember years ago taking my son hunting,who is now 29, so he must have been 14 or 15. We were hunting public land and late in the day, I had to piss so bad, I walked around to the other side of the tree and did my business. While doing so, my son said he was going to walk up a few trees and sit. Only problem was he didn't take the shotgun. I sit down and less than 5 minutes later, a doe comes walking up to me with her nose to the ground. She walked to within 5-6 trees. My son didn't see the deer and I'm trying not to move, but get his attention. I don't know how he could have gotten to his gun, but I eventually scared the deer away.
This all happened with a pint of piss being absorbed into the ground within 25 feet of the deer. I do believe that deer would have walked right up to my piss stain if I hadn't spooked her.
True story, I promise.