What cover Scents do you use???

You know, they came out with that scentless gun cleaning kit, even had it at W-Mart...no one bought it so they marked it down to a buck...hind sight...should have bought one...for 1 buck...darn
 
I usually use the wind. If I am going out on a stand after work, I will shower first using some scent killer soap. Other than that I just make sure I don't have on any stong colonge or shampoo.

I just read an article about misting with coyote and rabbit pee dilluted in water. Set the bottle nozzle on the finest mist you can and spray it once or twice every minute while calling. The author states that the dog will still smell you but the theory is that it will smell the pee mixture first. This could give you a couple of extra second while the dog is standing there analyzing everything. The author stated that he had a couple juveniles stand there for quite some time. I think this would be a good tactic for the shooter down wind of the caller to use.
 
I agree that you can't cover human scent and etc.

Misting would be to much movement for me.

Imagine your set up is the center of a clock.
If the wind is blowing from the 12:00, i put scent out at 3:00 and 6:00. Before the yote gets down wind of you he will hit the other scent steams and stop to check them out. gives you extra time to get the shot off.
I have had it work for me with coon scent. I would try coon or red fox.

Good luck,

Scout22
 
Being a newbie of the most extreem sort I can't really say much to the necesssity of scents other than when deer hunting I never see anything but I'm very concerned with getting off to a right start with the local coyote pop. being in the mts of westcentral Maine the wind dosen't always cooperate so I'm going to start with scents I couldn't help getting hooked by these testimonies http://www.kishelscents.com/testimonials.htm
 
I like to use Man Musk and day old burrito cover scents. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif You can find lots of great cover scents in your local stop and go stores. Cigarettes, fried food, coffee. A coyote will smell all of that right along with whatever cover scent you are using. As far as cover scents, or spraying pee making a coyote stand around for a couple more seconds. Who can tell if it makes a coyotes stand there for an extra second, NOBODY. IMHO that is just a guess. I would rather go to the range and be able to shoot a couple seconds faster than spray pee all over the place. To each their own I guess.

Just a couple scents from an old Texas boy.

Todd
 
I haven't tried it yet but I've been thinking of smoking my camo clothing. I notice around here while hunting that I will smell wood smoke from people's house's. The animals are used to it so I'm thinking why not try it as a cover scent. I'm just afraid to try it on my good camo clothes. Has anyone ever tried this and if so how did it work?

ME
 
Well, here is my thoughts..
2MuchGun, not knocking you and your methods but I think we get too crazy with worry about scents and here is my logic.
Unless you are miraclessly appearing in the middle of the woods at your set up location then all the other stuff is lost. Don't get me wrong every little bit probably helps but what about after you take the clothes out of the bag and put them on and you are in your house, garage,cabin, whatever then get into your truck/car which has not been descented, gas on floor mat from last time you gassed up, smell on steering wheel from whatever, Old work smell of clothes on seat, old BurgerKing odors from last stop. All these smells are going to get into or on your clothes again....Unless you get dressed naked outside and walk from that spot to your set up....Ya just gotta play the wind cause ya can't beat a dogs nose...Just my 3 cents worth I think TxPred has the right idea also.
 
I like to step in cow-patties. Not that its gonna mask my scent or anything. But when I'm "musky" I shoot better, LOL!.

Seriously...I just watch my downwind.
 
Some of the most successful varmint callers in Arizona come to our gun shop regularly to buy scents for calling. And we sell a bunch of the stuff. No one I know claims that it will mask the total human scent, however, it does dillute enough to make the difference between long shots and closer ones. It makes a difference in success ratios, or how many coyotes per how many stands. Earth scent, sage and skunk oil are the top sellers.

Masking scent is one thing, using an attractant is another aspect of the same smelly subject. Rather simply try to dillute or hide our human scent, attractants are used to provide an appealing smell. This could be as basic a freshly killed jackrabbit or as oddball as using citrus or fruit scents.

Hint: when you shoot coyotes, do you check their stomach contents? It can be instructional as far as the use of the type of scents or especially attractants.
 
I have alot of faith in misting.Something I've carried over from deer hunting I guess.I use it religiously when rattling and I am 100% positive that the scent has fooled more than a couple bucks for me.First you fool their ears,then their nose confirms what the ears are telling them.
When calling coyotes I just change the scent.Instead of buck urine/tarsal gland concoction,I use rabbit scent.I've been using commercial scent,the type used to train beagles,and freshen it up with rabbit urine whenever I get a bunny with a full bladder.I really can't say for sure if it works,helps,or wutever,but IMO it sure can't hurt to have a coyote coming in downwind to a distressed rabbit call and BAM!He hits that scent cone and gets a hot snootful of rabbit,hopefully enuf of it to mask any human scent around.
I still know to play the wind,and am careful on my approach to a setup etc.,and I am not so naive to beleive that you can hide from a coyote,or a deer's nose for that matter.However,I see no harm in flooding the downwind with an attractive smell?I suppose that's what it is,an attractant more so than a cover scent?If nothing else it helps with the oh so important confidence factor.
Scout22,misting is too much movement for you??I'm kinda curious as to how you get those scent bombs out to 3:00 and 6:00?Slingshot?Lacroosse stick?Surely you wouldn't walk out and place them there and risk contaminating the entire area?Or would you.....? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
I know a guy who stands behind the tailpipe of his truck for a few minutes before he goes deer hunting. Here in farm country, exhaust is a pretty common aroma.
 
Melvin--a lot of old-timers used to do exactly what you said. they would stand in front of a smoky fire. two I knew used to swear by it, unfortunately both have passed on to the great cedar swamp in the sky recently.
 
You can't fool a coyotes nose. But, if you think using scent blocker or cover scent helps then that's what you need to use. Confidence is a good thing for a person in this game we play with the coyote. I don't use the stuff as I don't want to smell like a skunk or that a rabbit or fox just pissed on me and I still have deer and coyotes come to within feet of me..Good hunting,,NVWalt
 
grinr, I've been using the old mist trick for years, since the 1970s. Back then we "the CVCA" used rabbit urine thinking that if you are trying to sound like a rabbit it may be a good idea to smell like one.
Even then we knew you were NOT going to hide the human smell from a coyote. However, we figured we may be able to confuse them or better yet trick them.
It worked most of the time, when the coyote would head down wind we just sprayed the mist in the air. It would carry right to it's nose as it got down wind.
A few years later we added Coyote urine to the rabbit urine and it worked even better. This all happend out west where we have wide open spaces and always have a little breeze to carry the mist a long ways.
All the things they have today to hide the human smell just plain don't work on a coyote. This subject has been talked about many times, why people think they can hide the human smell from a coyote I'll never understand?
When these guys are talking about oldtimers how old are they talking about? I know how old you are Walt lol.....Good Hunting To All.
 
Yup...been thinking about my own question..... the short version is this.....if a predator can smell a tiny spot of "trapping bait" on a twig and zero in on it, I guess there isn't a whole lot of hope that ANY kind of cover scent is going to fix all the smells we carry with us into the field....should'a called on my trapping experiences from years back.
 
No offence to anyone that has posted here, but I think it is easier to covence ourselves that cover sent works than it is to fool a coyote's nose.

I've been hunting them for over 40yrs. and I can tell you the nose is the smartest part of a coyote.

MaBell
 
I use rabbit guts and hides, i always plan on harvesting a bunny or two before the coyote hunting start, wont guarantee it work but it beats relying on "scent eliminator" i prefer things natural to the area.
 
I like to wait till the ragweed and pollen numbers are way up before I call. That way their noses are all stuffy and they cant smell anyway.
deadhorse
 


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