'Curiosity'; scent stick success

[exocet]

awesome, however, shouldnt you be feeling the breeze on your face and not back of your head???? that may account for inactivity as you stated

[MikePal]

awesome, however, shouldnt you be feeling the breeze on your face and not back of your head???? that may account for inactivity as you stated

Not when you hunting in the centre of the bush....a breeze will always be in a 'wrong' direction...that's why I started to use the scent sticks to mask my scent. Turns out they work well.

[exocet]

ah yes the thermals and swirling air, right you are, i get that in gorges alot, cant beat it, so you just play along

[brent]

So when I watch a deer walk in downwind, from 100yds out and walk straight into the smoke trail and put their nose on the scent bucket.....I am seeing them 'NOT" working ? ...LOL...

Until more is know about the olfactory senses of deer and how they respond to different stimulus /odours, most conversations about 'scent control' is anecdotal.

[Hawkman]

Congrats on the fine deer MikePal.

Using the stick was a smart thing under the conditions that you have describe and I am glad it worked for you.

[MikePal]

Until more is know about the olfactory senses of deer and how they respond to different stimulus /odours, most conversations about 'scent control' is anecdotal.

Probably the smartess thing you've ever posted Brent....LOL

..without quotation marks however, it's just plagiarism..

[Richie Hastings]

Looks Like I'm going to have to add another deer lure to the arsenal! Good to hear others chime in on the effectiveness of such scent lures. Kind of like fishing with scents - some have confidence in it, and others look at it as a deterrent. To each his own.

[400bigbear]

Probably the smartess thing you've ever posted Brent....LOL

..without quotation marks however, it's just plagiarism..

LMAO Mike . Good poke and a double lunger at that . .

TD

[Doug]

Not when you hunting in the centre of the bush....a breeze will always be in a 'wrong' direction...that's why I started to use the scent sticks to mask my scent. Turns out they work well.

I also hunt trails inside the bush, used the curiosity scent stick once this year, just as a cover scent 'in case' something went behind me. It worked to cover my scent, I had 2 bucks bed down behind me, dead down wind. It never bought them in, they did raise their heads a sniff, then went to bed down. On another day, I was later able to take one of these bucks, if he had scented me on that first day, he very well may have changed his routine, his bedding area, he didn't. What I believe helped bring him in was the scent drags I had used coming into the stand, both dipped in artificial scent by Code Blue, one in Doe Estrous one in Buck Scent, they were hung up in a tree in front of me. He had been on path to go behind me, then he turned left and was coming straight to the scent drags, I even bumped my stand, he stopped and looked at me; but sniffed the air and kept coming. ( BTW, the heart was ruined by the arrow head slice it open. I did save the liver though)

Since I took photos before tagging him, I cannot post after the shot photos without breaking the rules on the site, so here is a before the shot photo of the deer.

[red-oak]

I just picked up some sent sticks today and would like to ask if any one made a chimney or how hey actually burn them ???