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Post by hoosier on Oct 22, 2005 12:41:35 GMT -5
How effective is skunk scent as a cover scent???
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Post by budfields on Oct 22, 2005 14:13:28 GMT -5
I used to use the old Tex Esbell;s SKink Screen years ago. It certainly covered the human scent BUT the group of hunters I was with ALL quit using it and ALL skunk scent. We were literaly spooking more deer than we ever had BEFORE we started using it.
When you stop and consider it... When do you smell the skunk"" When it it threatended, hurt or been run over... It is an ALARM SCENT from a wild animal... A whitetail deer is also a wild animal and I am certain they know when they smell the skunk scent that ALL IS NOT WELL and they are alerted to DANGER...
After we started using the red fox and/or raccoon urine, we have had MUCH better results covering our scent and we have NOT spooked the deer while using it.
This is a GREAT QUESTION and and it is ONLY my opinion..(well, actually the opinion of a group of deer hunters and trappers that have been hunting well over 40 years each..)
GOOD HUNTING FRIENDS..
Bud Fields
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Post by budfields on Oct 22, 2005 14:14:50 GMT -5
CORRECTION.. IT WAS TEX ESBELL'S "SKUNK SCREEN"... DUMB COMPUTER CAN'T SPELL VERY WELL..
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 22, 2005 14:18:21 GMT -5
I put some red fox urine on my boots one year as I walked in to my stand prior to daylight. About a half hour after legal shooting time here comes a nice ten pointer trailing me. He walked right past the stand (well almost  ) at 30 yards and down he went. I had walked past my stand and then doubled back to it. Previously, while bowhunting, I had made the mistake of walking straight to my stand and a buck followed me in coming straight in. No shot opportunity at all. |
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Post by hornharvester on Oct 22, 2005 14:41:29 GMT -5
i used pure skunk scent one year and quit because the deer spooked everytime they walked upon the scent. h.h.
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Post by cday on Oct 22, 2005 15:25:31 GMT -5
I used to use it in my younger days and had to quit once I left the jar of skunk paste in my coverall's pocket and mom threw them in the dryer to dry them. Dang it took weeks for that smell to air out in the house. So after that I never used it again so I really do not know if it works or not.
But it does make sense that a skunk only sprays when alarmed. Also like most animals that have ever encountered a skunk they soon learn that is animal to avoid.
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Post by turkeyscout on Oct 23, 2005 8:39:12 GMT -5
from past experience from years ago, not a good idea, this smell is a warning and defence smell,i had better luck with out it , good luck hoosier turkey scout
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Post by 911 on Oct 23, 2005 8:55:47 GMT -5
I think it Stinks
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 23, 2005 13:31:42 GMT -5
DITTO.My wife is complaining enough about my Earth Scents now.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 24, 2005 9:06:32 GMT -5
From my experience skunk scent does a good job of masking human scent, but there are other "user friendly scents" that are just as effective without the offensive side effects of use, storage, & cleaning.
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Post by hotshot on Oct 24, 2005 13:01:02 GMT -5
Think about it, why does a skunk spray- other than getting hit by a vehicle.... It is in danger. Deer associate skunk smell with potential danger, thus they get out of there.
Reminds me of one of the first years I hunted.
Instead of climbing into a tree stand, I had the idea of sitting in an abandoned hog house. Made a great ground blind. In its worn condition, it had plenty of shooting holes. Just as it was getting daylight out, a skunk came ambling along right for the entrance to the hog house. I whispered to it. It quickly turned at the ready to spray in my direction. I had nowhere to go. I was hunched over with no other exit that to go towards the skunk. Some fast whispering telling him to "git", worked. I didn't get sprayed, but man it was close.
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) at 30 yards and down he went.
