With such a variety of scents to choose from these days, you can be easily confused as to what’s your best choice. You must first ask yourself what you are attempting to do with the scent, and what time of the season you plan to use them. With scent being the operative word in this article, you must first address your own.

There are many scent eliminating body soaps, sprays, and washes on the market used to decrease your odor. I use a lot of these products, and do my best to eliminate scent. There are also several types of clothing and clothing sprays which claim to kill human odor. You can try them for yourself, but I’m still not convinced on their effectiveness.

Cover scents are your first choice, and should be used all season. I prefer red fox urine and use it from the first to last day of season. Although not recommended, I spray some on the heels and toes of my boots for my walk in. Most brands state TO NOT spray on your person because you may be attacked. I’ve done this for fifteen years or so, and had no problems thus far. As for the type of animal you might expect to attack? I will continue to use the fox urine until I find out!

I also, like to spray a few times around my set up. I’ve seen deer smell my foot trail when I forgot to use it, so I try to remember to apply every time. On a separate note, there are a couple new products on the market. One is supposed to clog the olfactory sensors in a deer’s nose with natural scent, thus blocking your detection. There are also electronic ozone units which are becoming quite popular. I haven’t used them yet, but plan to, and will report on their effectiveness later.

Next are territorial or boundary scents they are applied on rubs, scrapes, and licking branches. A scent dripper placed above a scrape filled with dominate buck urine can be extremely effective during the pre and post rut. They only drip during daylight hours, which can condition a buck to check while still light out. These scents are used to make your own sign post or keep a buck in the area by placing them on his, and creating a territorial response.