Favorite Scents to Use and why?

[JacobMHD]

What are your favorite scents to use while bow hunting?

I have found that the all purpose scents by Trails End 307 works best for me. It's not too strong or dominant and can be used all season.

[bottomdweller]

I have used all kinds and the 307. I quit using them, I have had too many deer react funny to them, didnt like the smell, than I have that liked it. But if I remember 307 didnt bother them as much as others.

[Bear55]

I gave up in scents a while back, sure they might pull in a young buck from time to time but I have even seen the young guys blow past my scent to get to a doe. The mature bucks know the difference between the fake stuff and the real thing. I might still use a little if I was hunting with a decoy but other than that I try to smell like nothing.

[DoubleLunger]

Try Whitcombs freshly frozen deer urine. Otherwise Golden Estrus when the chasing is in full swing.

[Stratosman]

I too think scent is a waste of money...

[Archerysniper]

The best scent to harvest a big buck is no scent at all.

[tracker x-2]

Hunter specialties primetime estrus. because i watched the biggest deer shot in my family fallow my trail with the drag line right to my stand and gave me a perfect broad side shot. nough said

[buckhunter21]

I tried Code Blue doe in estrous scent a couple years ago and have stuck with it since then. Its a couple bucks more but I think it does makes a difference being from only one deer.

[B-man715]

The only scent I ever use is cover scent (and eliminator)

[tunrevir]

I like to use regular doe urine early in the season. I spray it around the area where I am going to hunt just a little each time I go out to make it look like does were in the area. My favorite scent is I use the tarsal glands off the does I shot the year before, freeze them and then use them as a drag on the way into the stand. Last week of October I'll put some golden estrus on the tarsal gland and drag that into the stand. I have had does and bucks work right up to the tarsal gland and smell it on multiple occassions so I know it works in my area. I think one of the biggest things with scents is people overuse them and aren't careful when dispensing them so you get the deer scent/human scent factor and the deer sitting up in a treestand factor which isn't natural and can spook animals. Another tool that when used carefully, can improve your odds at a shot IMO.

Tunrevir~

[DonBo]

I rarely use scents. I try to be carefull with my own odor and stay as clean as possible. Hunt downwind of where you think the deer will be and leave the woods as natural as possible.

[deerminator]

I bought a scrape dripper last year with a 4 oz bottle of doe pee. One day later before I could put it up, I got my buck. So I have a one year old bottle of deer pee that's been in the garage through cold and hot temps. Whatdaya think? Who wants to buy it? Half price? : )

[Wanderer]

For me, it's been a carp shoot.

I've had deer spook at scent - even Golden Estrus but have also had a buck pass the doe he was following to put his nose to the wick.

Last year I was using Musker's and thought it was pretty good except for the leaky bottle. Twice I had a twelver come to it but it was too dark to do anything about it.

I buy new wicks and new scent every year and keep them double bagged in ziplocks. I don't directly touch the wicks or the bottle at all.

I would say don't use any if you're in a pressured area. A lot of others might be using them and if they're using them wrong, the deer will learn to avoid certain types.