I am here to say, once and forever, scent doesn’t matter when it comes to hunting deer. Don’t get me wrong. I have been fanatic about proper scent. I scrub my hunting clothes in scent-free soap, then ...

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Folks who are not familiar with deer hunting sometimes joke about deer hunters using deer pee when hunting. Well, it’s no joke. In fact, deer urine and a myriad of other items are frequently used to ...

THREE RIVERS AREA — Since man first started hunting deer centuries ago, he has asked himself, “How can I defeat the deer’s keen sense of smell?” To do so, he developed masking scents that obscure ...

GREANEY -- When Dennis Udovich first tried collecting deer urine to use as scent for hunting, his methods were rather basic. "A cup on a stick," Udovich said with a chuckle. "That's how we started." ...

Scent control is a big topic of conversation amongst hunters around the world. This is a specific part of hunting where “common knowledge” has really changed in the past few decades. As a bow hunter, ...

A heavy-antlered 12-point buck materializes on the trail. He’s only five steps from bow range, but then he throws his nose in the air, goes rigid with nervousness, and waves the white flag. Game over.

We really don’t know how much deer can discern from scents, but given their complex sense of smell it’s quite likely a lot. The sun had set and the woods were growing rapidly darker when I heard ...

Gene Scapecchi Sr., 64, of Farmington, Ill., goes deer hunting the old-fashioned way. He wakes up, pulls on some old clothes and marches into the woods. “I just go sit on the ground with my shotgun,” ...

Like humans, deer use the five senses to interpret the world around them, especially to warn of danger. But unlike humans, who rely heavily on sight, whitetails have a highly efficient sense of ...