Scent

[Wake]

How long does human scent stick around. I realize there are alot of factors, but lets say your sitting at the base of a tree and no rain. How long till your scent won't effect deer?

[CorporalK]

How long does human scent stick around. I realize there are alot of factors, but lets say your sitting at the base of a tree and no rain. How long till your scent won't effect deer?

Until you leave, and hours after? lol It's why scent control/ wind set up/ thermals are important to success.

[cantgetright]

I was always told that your scent can stick around for 24 hours after you leave an area. If its someone walking a dog you can double it. I have no scientific evidence to prove this however. Although I have harvested 2 bucks in the past that I likely shouldn't have due to improper scent control.

[punkrockerpj]

I was always told that your scent can stick around for 24 hours after you leave an area. If its someone walking a dog you can double it. I have no scientific evidence to prove this however. Although I have harvested 2 bucks in the past that I likely shouldn't have due to improper scent control.

yup! i think of the first buck i shot. no idea how he didnt wind me.

[Wake]

May have answered my own question. Went in and raked a trail to one of my stands this morning. Probably 200 feet or more which took some time, made some noise and had to have left scent. Then I went for lunch and when I came back around 2:30 there were 3 sets of tracks walking down my path.

[SongDog]

Your scent will be there for days, weeks. A hound dog could track your cold scent that could be days old, So a deer will smell it

A smart deer will know how fresh it is and how big of a threat it is, my dog knows its a fresh track before I get 10 feet from it to look at it. He catches the scent and wants to go and then I know for sure its a hot track. If he shows no interest then its cold enough not to bother.

I use a hound as an example, A deer can smell better than a hound.

Have had deer hit my fresh boot tracks and turn on a dime and gone. Other times my tracks might be 4- 5 hours old, Deer will be on alert but might not spook.

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[fratri]

Weird, sometimes they cut my track and turn and run, other times, decide to follow me in...It might depend on the deer and time of year....Definitely setup and keep downwind

[js4fn]

I say BS to all of that I smoke fart wear lucky pair of black pants with three other deers blood on them next to no camo
I had three deer come out tonight where we recovered the doe on Monday night. One work d her way eating brush leaves right where doe ran into bush blood trail started there Another worked her way to my range targets 6 red dongs hanging big 3x3’ bullseye target 5 gallon pails

79yd from my blind I had to make noise spook them away to exit blind

[gbk]

js4fn-if You are pop up blind hunting,many things do not matter..........

For the OP,deer does what deer do,hard to know for sure how they would react.

I think about this issue differently-i can not fly-can't I?(i wish sometimes i could)i have to get to my spot somehow,Don't I?
There are things You can not avoid.If You are sitting ,you will leave scent.
If it will spook a deer?-maybe.What is Your option anyway?Perhaps not to hunt a spot more then once twice a month?or less.
Sometimes that is doable, sometimes it is not.

Do some precutions(less scent the better-You can go miles with scent control)watch the wind,do not walk all over the area while hunting,and Good luck.

ps-deer hunting suppose to be fun,no need to "sweat it"

[js4fn]

My blind. You know the one no one else better touch enter blind is a 20 year old u-haul wood shipping crate