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when to smoke

Paddling out last night I seen 5 raccoons....I got to thinking about this thread and using cover scent..... So what if u made some coon or possum booties to help cover ground scent. Shape it like those little booties some workers will put on before coming in your house or get in ur car etc....I worry about ground scent more than my person and I hear other people will put coon pee cover scent on the bottom of their boots.... Fur on the outside/bottom of a coonboot would quiet your steps and cover ur scent possibly? Definitely look funny/weird....maybe I should post on the timberpimp thread?
My wife has a pair of those. They're called fuzzy slippers lol.
But seriously, I treat my rubber boots inside and out with O3 and also use antiperspirant on my legs from the knees down. Ground scent is no longer an issue for me...it USED to be, but not anymore.

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I've tried antiperspirant on the feet... Doesn't work 4 me...I too sweaty I guess.... What is O3?

I don't think I'd realistically have/use what I described ... Just thinking out loud
 
Since you all have bee smokers now, another tip / use of them. You can make a DIY exhaust / vacuum leak detector with it.
 
Just caught up to the end of this thread. My 2 cents on using smoke: I burn red oak shavings ( run a chainsaw with the grain with light pressure) in a new smoker. I'll mass smoke all clothing, boots, saddle, and ropes in a closed up blind for about an hour. Out of the blind and into an action packer tote.
On hunt day, I'll park, light the bed smoker, and proceed to pull items out of the tote all while fresh smoke is covering me and refreshing the clothes. Extinguish the smoker, and hunt.
Been doing this is southeast Ohio for 3 years and will continue it this year with great success. So far so good.
 
Just caught up to the end of this thread. My 2 cents on using smoke: I burn red oak shavings ( run a chainsaw with the grain with light pressure) in a new smoker. I'll mass smoke all clothing, boots, saddle, and ropes in a closed up blind for about an hour. Out of the blind and into an action packer tote.
On hunt day, I'll park, light the bed smoker, and proceed to pull items out of the tote all while fresh smoke is covering me and refreshing the clothes. Extinguish the smoker, and hunt.
Been doing this is southeast Ohio for 3 years and will continue it this year with great success. So far so good.

Do you use this for less busts overall or will you actually go hunt an unfavorable wind with it, damn the torpedoes?
 
Do you use this for less busts overall or will you actually go hunt an unfavorable wind with it, damn the torpedoes?
I use the smoke as a cover. Between the non-alarming smell of smoke and some benefits of the bacteria killer in the smoke, I don't worry to much about the wind. I like to bowhunt, so I go bowhunting when I can, regardless of the wind direction.
Best I can describe the smoke cover effect: Downwind, a deer might pick up your scent 100 yards away, with smoke he he will think he is 100 yards away when he is actually in bow range. I used to swim in DDW spray( great product). I have had countless deer I could see downwind of me and seem unaffected by the smoke smell. Maybe deer I can't see are skirting me, don't know.
I allow an extra 15 minutes to my routine on hunt days for lighting the bee smoker, smoke up while dressing, and extinguishing. Off to the stand.
 
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