Time for Doe Scents

You spend hundreds of dollars on a gun, warm clothing, a scope, binoculars, hand warmers, licenses and ammunition, so adding a few bucks to buy a good bottle of deer scent should be a given. Right now is the prime time of the year to fool an old buck into thinking you’re a hot doe. The way to do it is with a doe-in-heat scent.

There are dozens of brands and types of scent on the market ranging from some that will cost you around $6 to some that can cost as much as $20. Is the $20 bottle that much better than the cheap one? Some would say yes, but I think either will work if conditions are right. I guess I’d go for something in the mid-range.

Deer scents have been around for decades and have lured many unsuspecting bucks to the sights of a gun or bow. Used properly they can make the difference between getting a trophy and going home with nothing. The use of a scent surely doesn’t guarantee a deer but it does help.

Probably as important as the use of a scent is that the hunter be scent free himself. That means clothes washed in non-perfumed detergent, and stored away from household smells should be a number one priority. Also the hunter must be scent free, with no aftershaves, cigarette smells or other human smells like gasoline or food. Take care to be as scentless as possible, use a small amount of a good doe scent and you’ll have a good chance at that trophy.

post by: Dan Bomkamp 
author & host of "How's Fishing"

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