(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best hunting scents & scent eliminators

http://www.amazon.com/Buck-Stop-Natural-Skunk-Scent/dp/B0000AVW8L

Maybe for under US$5 you can find out? http://www.amazon.com/Buckstop-Buck-Stop-Skunk-Scent/dp/B0000AVW8L

Here you go.

^This is the right answer.

Man, that is not cool.


I am not making a suggestion or anything but one could put this next to their air vents/windows https://www.amazon.com/Buck-Stop-Natural-Skunk-Scent/dp/B0000AVW8L

Glitter packs together if you put in too much and also gets heavy, also it makes noise if the balloon is shaken.

[Foul smelling gases, however, do not. :]](https://www.amazon.com/Jacks-Juice-66023-Shrimp-Scent/dp/B000EYUIWW)

Wildlife Research hunting soap/shampoo. It is available in the sporting goods department or from amazon at reasonable prices. Their clothing wash is what I use for laundry along with a cup of apple cider vinegar.

edit: I think a whole lot of people here haven't made this connection yet. Its natural for these people to try to wash fastidiously and only worsenss the condition. I used to get horrible rashes until I quit wearing underwear. If you wipe your but right you don't need them anyway.

Do they have cars? Usually I don't advocate fucking with a man's ride. But get a bottle of this stuff and dump it into the fresh air intakes found at the bottom of the windshield.

Dude, fuck yeah. They even have flavoured ones.

Go to your local sporting goods/hunting store. Purchase deer rut. Go to your local drug store. Purchase insulin syringes. Go home and find the car, probably in your girl's parking spot. Draw deer rut into the insulin syringes and inject it into the rubber window barrier thing, essentially down into the inner framework of the car. He will never figure out what the smell is or where it is coming from and it might even make him have to sell his car and get a new one. Or just complain to the management more. That might work too.

I used to use the Dead Down Wind spray and got busted multiple times and never saw many deer. I switched to these dirt scented wafers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000AW001/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_lF6VDbQP0DPM4 and I haven't spooked a deer yet. I'm seeing deer more often than not this year too which may partly be due to more scouting but they really do seem to work. I put my hunting clothes in a duffle bag with a couple and then pin one on me too when I'm out. Even when I was hot this summer I just smelled like hot dirt and not sweat. I also use an odorless deodorant.

I'm no expert, so take the following lightly.

I've got a young lab pup (about 7 months) who I've been working with for the past few months teaching him to shed hunt. This is my first time teaching a dog to do so, but I think he's got a pretty good chance at finding some this year and what I've done is the following.

First, I starting working with him on fetch (assuming your dog already does well with retrieving something and bringing it back to you, this is probably not necessary). I just wanted to get my pup into the habit of bringing things back to me.

Next, I started adding RACK WAX (Amazon link to RACK WAX) to a ball, and throwing it into the yard at first, letting him find something having that scent on it first, and slowly progressed into throwing it into thicker coverage so he was now following that scent to find the ball (and hopefully bringing it back every time!).

Then, after he could consistently find the ball with his nose, I started using the wax on some antlers I had in my garage (older ones, have been sitting for years some of them), and tossing the antler into thicker cover like I was with the ball and letting him get used to finding the antler with the scent now, since he already knew to follow the scent!

Slowly, I used less and less wax to really test my dog's nose. (Here is where I will add, if he was having trouble, him being such a young pup through a lot of this training, I would throw out a few easy ones that would bring his spirits back into it. I could visually tell he was getting frustrated when he really struggled some days).

Now, I leave my dog in the house for a few minutes while I go into the woods and throw the practice antlers with no added wax on them (like I said a few are even pretty old) into some of the thickest stuff the pup is willing to go through. Most of the time, I don't even know where the antlers go so if he doesn't find them, neither will I! Then I go back to the house, bring the pup, and let him run some until he winds them and he is now finding them very quickly and consistently.

As for the getting distracted, I purchased a remote shock collar for him that I only use when we're shed hunting. He knows (from his invisible/underground boundary fence) that beeping collar means he's doing something wrong and might get zapped. So if he starts trying to eat sticks, or deer turds, I beep him a few times and usually straightens him back out onto the trail without even needing to shock him.

As an added tid-bit since I've already written a whole lot more than I thought I was going to end up with, I'd say just to watch your dog when he seems like he's getting distracted! You know your dog better than anybody else can tell you, if he responds to your voice telling him to stop, that's great! If he needs a corrective collar, that's ok too! That's what they're for (within moderation of course, don't want a hurt pup on your hands!). It's a lot of gauging what the dog is able to do, and how they feel about it. My older dog has no desire to find sheds. And when I say older I mean 4. Also a lab, actually the father of the pup. But he just doesn't care to find them like the young one. And that's ok! Some dogs just may never want to really pursue it. So if a dog is continually getting distracted from finding sheds, but isn't distracted easily any other time, they may just not enjoy it.

I know with my pup, he also loses interest/gets frustrated when he is tired. Dog's brains have a huge portion allotted to smelling, so using their nose really intensely will tire them out! And as they tire out, they will have more trouble finding sheds. So don't be afraid to take breaks. Personally I never go past finding 4 sheds in a session. I can tell that's just when my pup started to get tired and had trouble. There's always another day to go back out. Just have to get a feel for the dog individually!

Hope this now-novel helps! If anything isn't clear, feel free to PM me! Happy hunting!