Thorny-61
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I'm looking for some more direction to hunt some more.
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Post by Thorny-61 on Mar 20, 2017 22:24:33 GMT -7
I know this is a very rookie question but I guess I'll toss it out there anyway. I know you always want to spray yourself down for protection from bugs, and you also want to spray yourself down for sent. Does one compromise the other or does it matter?
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Post by broper on Mar 21, 2017 5:08:32 GMT -7
I don't spray for anything. Just make sure you are clean, use scent free bath soap, don't use deodorant, cologne, after shave, etc. Make sure your clothes are clean and odor free. You can hang your clothes out the night before or cut sage or juniper boughs, put them in a large plastic bag with your clothes overnight. But I don't really go to any great pains, just make sure myself and my clothes are clean and odor free. Make sure the wind is in your face. Of course you can use one of the sprays if you prefer. Bugs have never been much of a problem.
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Thorny-61
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I'm looking for some more direction to hunt some more.
Posts: 25
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Post by Thorny-61 on Mar 21, 2017 14:37:49 GMT -7
Thank you very much for the reply proper. Much appreciated.
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Post by broper on Mar 22, 2017 14:37:14 GMT -7
Yeah, everybody developes their own little twerks that work for them. No two coyote hunter/callers do it exactly the same. Keep at it and you'll come up with your own system that works for you. Try to hang out around some experienced callers, listen and watch. That's helped me the most but I've still got to learn.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Mar 22, 2017 18:20:29 GMT -7
Mark,
What broper should have said was this: You can't fool coyotes nose! No matter what you do to prepare for scentless calling you still smell, your body has odors we can't smell, if you get dressed in your camos in the morning and you cook breakfast, you have that odor on you, if you stop and get coffee on the way to a calling location you have that odor on you, the worst thing you can do is stop in the morning and get gas in your vehicle, because the vapors get all over you, and if you smoke, you know how that gets all over your clothing and hair, and breath!
here is an analogy that will help you understand how sensitive a coyotes nose is: Imagine one drop of sweat from your body, dropped into an Olympic sized swimming pool, the coyote can smell that drop of sweat diluted that much in that pool!
So you see there is no way to make yourself completely scent free, just reduce your scent footprint as much as you possibly can, and then make sure the wind is not blowing into the area you want to call into! If your scent cone is not blowing into the area you want to call the coyote can't smell you, or you vehicle!
I hope that will help you with the scent question!! No amount of cover scent will cover up your smell, not even skunk scent in a bottle, it is a red flag for coyotes! They can smell you right through cover scents!
Gary
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