Don’t Defeat Yourself

One big tip that I learned from a friend this year has to do with the use of Doe urine to attract bucks.  Due to my current profession, I don’t have a lot of extra money to put into the purchase of boots and gear that are designed to hide human scent.  In these situations it is necessary to take caution in how you walk and drag the scent.  Doe urine that has been tracked through can defeat your purpose if a buck picks up your scent intermingled with that of the doe.  Dragging the doe scent off to your side and taking care not to trail it through the path you have walked should help to make a difference.  Of course if you have gear that is designed to hide your scent you will probably be better off.  Those who are new and haven’t invested a ton into equipment…watch where you walk! 

New Scent to Attract Whitetale Doe

As you will come to find out, this blog is for hunters of all experience levels.  I hope that this will attract stories, photos, and tips that hunters all across the Midwest can use and enjoy.  My story begins in 2006, my first hunting season.  My friend took me out to hunt on several different occasions but the most memorable actually happened during muzzle-loading season for whitetail deer.  We left well before sunrise in order to get into place out in the woods were my friend has secured permission to hunt.  We were hunkered down by a huge tree (this far after I can’t remember what kind of tree but it was old and huge) and had been in place for a while.  I had woke up that morning not feeling great but figured we were going hunting so I would be fine.  It wasn’t long after the legal time to shoot here in west central Indiana when my stomach began to churn and I promptly threw up all over the leaves and under growth.  Any experienced hunter will know that this is usually bad and would probably keep the deer out just because of the smell.  My friend decided that we would probably not see anything so he took a leak on the other side of the tree and we figured we would just pack it in but decided to wait just a bit.  It wasn’t 20 minutes before a nice sized doe came walking down the deer path we were watching.  We missed with the muzzle-loader on that shot and then saw another behind us that morning but couldn’t get a shot.  Our long running joke is that the combination of pee and puke must be an attractive scent.   Maybe we should bottle it up and sell it!