Scent sticks?

[Splaker]

Hey folks, a few years ago I recall a scent stick thread and I believe a few if you swore by them. So far I've been unsuccessful (mostly bowhunting) and I am starting to think of alternative approaches, including using commercial scents. Currently I am trying peanut butter, leaving my clothes outside then in my truck that has apples in it (clothes absorb the apple smell!) and I wash clothes with a scent free product that is used for athletic wear.

I've read up a bit on the deer quest sticks. HAs anyone used them recently with success? I think the "Curiosity" sticks are the most popular but there's also the "Rutrageous". What about the Tinks products?

I hunt public land for the most part but my particular spot doesn't getting hit that much..

Thoughts? Worth a try? thanks!!

[punkrockerpj]

i saw them at tsc for like 15 bucks. worth a try. who knows, maybe you might be a believer next year!

[topher]

I'll never use em again. . Waste of money... never saw a deer.. in 2 years with those.. only times I saw deer was when not using

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[fratri]

I think Mikepal used them before (if I remember right) and he was successful.... but as far as scent on clothes..... Mine just hang in the garage and get washed only when there is too much blood on them..... never worry about how they smell only worry how the wind blows the smell......

-Try and find where they are feeding and then setup along the edge or just off the trail they are using to the feeding grounds....
-Look for scrapes or rubs (find a concentrated area holding lots of them) and setup on the downwind side of them off a trail/clearing.
-You just might be over thinking it......find the trails you will find the deer.....once the trails are found you need to find a way to get in there undetected and stay undetected until they show up..... It usually only takes less than a minute from the time you see a deer to the shot is taken but that one minute may take a long time to come.
Best of luck, I am rooting for you.

[Splaker]

I think Mikepal used them before (if I remember right) and he was successful.... but as far as scent on clothes..... Mine just hang in the garage and get washed only when there is too much blood on them..... never worry about how they smell only worry how the wind blows the smell......

-Try and find where they are feeding and then setup along the edge or just off the trail they are using to the feeding grounds....
-Look for scrapes or rubs (find a concentrated area holding lots of them) and setup on the downwind side of them off a trail/clearing.
-You just might be over thinking it......find the trails you will find the deer.....once the trails are found you need to find a way to get in there undetected and stay undetected until they show up..... It usually only takes less than a minute from the time you see a deer to the shot is taken but that one minute may take a long time to come.
Best of luck, I am rooting for you.

You're right... and on two occasions, they were definitely behind me - one was confirmed because i was generous to bring my cousin along and he had a shot at three does where he set up in a clearing -barely 75 yards east of me! I might just move my stand closer to that spot.. it's a clearing very close to a ridge where there even appears to be a spot where they descend. He was on the ground and took a shot at 50 yards and missed... I think they might be avoiding my stand if they are coming from a more easterly direction (it was morning) since prevailing breezes are westerly... I think they were blowing west to east that morning. On the second occasion, there was definitely a deer there.. it was dark and the thing made a lot of noise.. discovered a very fresh scrape very close to where he missed. SO it may be a case that they are east of me in the moring.. no idea about the evening as it was dead quiet the two times I sat in the PM. I know one thing; they are enjoying my free apples! They are gone after every time I return to the spot! Probably gone nocturnal

[Splaker]

Frat do you use calls?

[fratri]

Frat do you use calls?

I carry a grunt call and a doe in a can call....
Have had deer come to both.... I use the grunt call the most.... but sparingly...... a serious of 3-4 grunts every once in a while and almost always during the last couple of minutes (right before I pack it up) of legal light just in case there is a buck just out of sight, nothing to loose at that point...
I have been trying some rattling this year without any success but got to believe its just a matter of time before it happens......
Tomorrow should be a good day (with everything wet, easy/quiet walking) for an afternoon still hunt....

[Species8472]

I use scent sticks made in Cuba. I think they are the Cohiba brand. They work great.

[x_xeon_x]

I wouldn't use them myself. With all the things that can go wrong vs. right for you in a hunt I'd hate to add just one more thing to the wrong pile.

[MikePal]

I have and will continue to swear by them...I shot a Doe last year as she came out and stuck her nose on the smoke bucket during rifle season.

A fella at the camp used the Tinks 'Rut' last week and had a nice Buck come out within 45 minutes and walk straight into the smoke trail right to the scent stick, like his nose was on a rope.

It's all about the timing, when to burn them and of course having deer in the area. I've shot many a deer while burning them. It's amazing to watch when, even 200 yds out, their nose hits the scent trail and they turn and come in hard.

I don't over use them, just add them to the inventory of 'lures' you have to use when it's the best time.