Do you think adding my haircut trimmings to a deer feeder would cause deer to be more at ease with my scent while hunting? I've seen deer on my trail cam come in less than 24 hrs after I refill my feeder when I know my scent is still there. Obviously good scent control will be a must but was wondering if this would help if they have almost 5 weeks to get used to my scent. I live in KS where it is legal btw.
I did a test a couple of weeks ago. Put out a pile of corn, wiped my face and arms with my hands (was quite sweaty, by the way), then ran my hands through the corn to spread it out a bit. Set the camera and left. Checked the camera a few days later, corn was gone and the camera was full of pics of deer (bucks, does, and fawns) and a young bear eating the corn. With that said, come 9/28, the deer will alert at the slightest whiff of human scent.
Yeah, you can try peeing and taking random dumps around too, that way you don't have to leave the stand when "they are comfortable with your scent"........
There's no way around scent cover/scent control and playing the wind. There just isn't. Deer are wild animals and their nose is their protection.
i have heard this too. i really dont think it will help cause its just your hair not the smell of the inside of your truck or what you did that day or any other factor of scent on you but who knows you might be onto something
If You want to punk your hunting buddie's stand go get dog hair clippings from a groomer. Irish spring laundry detergent is great except hard to explain bubbles if it rains. We always put a sweaty tshirt on an elk or deer kill to ward off bear and yotes till the next morning.
i feel like this is getting to the "does scent control really work" discussion. my father in law doesnt believe that deer will react to your scent as long as your not seen. out of sight out of mind right.
Well I have 2 different properties I can hunt. I went ahead and set up a regular auto feeder at the one with big bucks. Going to try the hair on the other property that mainly has does in a bump feeder. Will let y'all know how it goes.
like if you get it pass me the cool hwip what? cool hwip you mean cool whip no cool hwip say cool cool now whip whip now cool whip cool hwip your eating hair!
You're still serious..... this is a joke...... Redneck testing at it's best, the results of this "test" are pretty much worthless, there is no control(you're testing 2 different properties with different deer) there are no standards, you can't track behavior based on putting some hair on a feeder.....you're wasting your time....you'd have better luck rubbing bacon all over you and "get them accustomed to the smell" that way you can eat a big fat bacon breakfast before you go hunting.......i'm being sarcastic of course......
In the Summer before hunting season, I take a camo shirt I used for hunting the previous year and I wash it and dry it. I go through my normal scent elimination routine and I wear the shirt as I walk down to my stand. I climb the tree, take it off and wrap it around a screw in step I have in the tree and leave it there. I have done this many times. For me, it gets the deer use to my scent. So once hunting season comes, it helps levels the playing field a little for me. With that being said, deer have the innate ability or the "six sense" of still knowing when you are there. I hope this helps!
I dont think it will work the way you want it to work. Your scent will already be around the deer feeder, doesn't matter if there's hair in it or not. Therefore, they should already be used to your scent around the feeder. Plus, I imagine deer will be able to tell the difference between your hair and sweat, stinky feet, or any other body part that they might pick up. Id stick to playing the wind, deer won't ignore a fresh scent. Just my opinion but let us know if you try it.
