To pee or not to pee, that is the question

That's a great observation about the fox pee. Not to mention, oftentimes when I pee, even i can smell that mornings coffee in my urine, so then, can't deer smell that coffee, and who knows what else they can smell in that urine?

I just let it fly off the stand. I try to hit the side of a tree so it does not sound like a cow peeing on a flat rock though. Heck I even pee in scrapes to freshen them up. There is alot of urine from all kinds of animals in the woods so I do not think it bothers deer. Now then a warm pee bottle might be good for cold hands. LOL

I hunt next to a cattle farm and a cfo hog farm, my pee is the least smelly thing in the woods.

I once put some Fox urine that had a “hint of deer musk” in it on my boots. I applied it about ten yards off the road and walked in about a 1/4 mike to my stand. I refreshed it about half way in. I walked within 20
Yards of my stand and past it a ways and then circled back to it.

45 minutes after shooting light I heard a buck chasing a doe and grunting. The sounds were between me and the road. Watching, listening and gun at ready. Then here he comes nose to the ground following my fox pee trail. He followed it right past my tree and down he went at 20 yards. A nice mature 10 pointer.

The fox pee was a door prize and the bottle was in my junk drawer for at least three years.

Back to the subject - deer are urine curious or they wouldn’t make and visit scrapes . I let it fly.


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Let it fly! Even scent control nuts like Jeff Sturgis agree.

The first buck I harvested (metro-Dale, 1990) was during taking a leak. I had to pause, grab my gun and shoot, finish peeing.

A few years ago I HAD to climb down for a #2. Left me say that if I am willing to do that, It’s about 30 seconds from disaster. I assumed my hunt was ruined except for the possibility of a spooked deer passing through. Not but a few minutes after settling back in the tree, a deer (don’t remember what it was)walked righ by the unfortunate log and I shot it. Go figure.

It all depends on how calm the surroundings might be.
Twenty to thirty years ago, a quick wizz over the foot platform was the norm.
These days...not so quick!!!
Might be the bottle. Might just hold it!!!

I don’t worry about it. Pee away wherever.

Yeah I go on the way to my stand or at the base of the tree then typically hold it until I climb down.

22-1 for whizzin' off the stand versus peeing in a bottle. I'm not surprised whizzin' is winning, but I'm a bit surprised by the margin.

I've been whizzin' off the stand myself for years.