im going to be smoking my hunting clothes and gear out this year, and ive never really done it before, so i was wondering how far in advance do you usually smoke your clothes prior to hunting season and how often do you do it?
natives would smoke themselves up in their teepees before hunt
I think it might be a mistake to compare what/how odors a human detects to how a deer detects odors. I believe that's how we humans have the wrong impression about cover scents. Our ability to detect multiple odors is not even in the same universe as what deer, dogs, etc can detect. No doubt, to us smoke is cover scent. At best, we humans might be able to detect only one or two additional odors simultaneously. Deer on the other hand have the ability to identify thousands of odors all at the same time. Heck, they recognize individual deer by odor alone. Trying to fully comprehend a deer's olfactory abilities is like trying to describe color to a blind man.I stuff pine needles and oak leaves into the smoker. I don’t do it fresh for every hunt. I just smoke my clothes and store them in a box. All I smell when I open the box is smoke, no matter how many times I sweated in the clothes on prior hunts. I stayed at a friends camp and he asked, are you hunting in the same clothes again. I said smell it and tell me what it smells like. He said smoke. After an evening hunt we all hung out around the fire. Others were dodging the fire and changing there clothes before coming to the fire. I stood in the smoke. Lol one day I even held my clothes over the fire on a stick. They were just shaking their head. I shot a hog and a deer that trip. They just shook their head. Lol
Excellent idea! Thanks. I have a cold smoke generator for meat processing that I’ll set up inside the blind with all the washed hunting clothes.I have a blind my Dad gave me several years ago. I set it up. Put all my stuff inside and then start a homemade bee smoker inside. I do this a few days before season and don't do it again for the whole season.
I have a blind my Dad gave me several years ago. I set it up. Put all my stuff inside and then start a homemade bee smoker inside. I do this a few days before season and don't do it again for the whole season.
Just remember to pass after 2 puffsI never heard of this before. Now I have to buy a smoker and some medical marijuana.
I think it might be a mistake to compare what/how odors a human detects to how a deer detects odors. I believe that's how we humans have the wrong impression about cover scents. Our ability to detect multiple odors is not even in the same universe as what deer, dogs, etc can detect. No doubt, to us smoke is cover scent. At best, we humans might be able to detect only one or two additional odors simultaneously. Deer on the other hand have the ability to identify thousands of odors all at the same time. Heck, they recognize individual deer by odor alone. Trying to fully comprehend a deer's olfactory abilities is like trying to describe color to a blind man.
No.Aren't the deer alarmed by the smell of fire?