Common Scents Strategies : Tricks of the Trade for Attracting Deer

by Combs, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781580113076
• ISBN10: 1580113079
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr

Summary

Common Scents Strategies encompasses an in-depth look into tactics for hunting deer while focusing much of its content on deer scents and the deer's sense of smell. Chapters cover such topics as how the sense of smell works, using the wind, reducing scent, attractant scents, and natural vs. synthetic scents. Additional chapters cover hunting tactics focusing on other deer senses, including the whitetail's eyes and ears. Common Scents Strategies discusses the use of decoys, calling deer, creating mock scrapes and rubs, manipulating habitat, and Zen deer hunting.

Author Biography

Richard P. Combs is a field editor and columnist for Bowhunting World as well as a freelance writer whose award-winning articles have appeared in many outdoor publications. He is also an experienced and well-traveled wild turkey hunter. Richard resides in Cincinnati, Ohio with his family.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	vi
CHAPTER 1 THE SENSE OF SMELL: HOW IT WORKS	1	(6)
CHAPTER 2 SCENT AS COMMUNICATION	7	(12)
CHAPTER 3 PLAY THE WIND	19	(12)
CHAPTER 4 SCENT REDUCTION	31	(10)
CHAPTER 5 ATTRACTANT SCENTS	41	(8)
CHAPTER 6 COVER SCENTS	49	(6)
CHAPTER 7 NATURAL VERSUS SYNTHETIC SCENTS	55	(8)
CHAPTER 8 SMELLING IS BELIEVING	63	(6)
CHAPTER 9 DEFEATING THE WHITETAIL'S EYES	69	(28)
CHAPTER 10 DEFEATING THE WHITETAIL'S EARS	97	(14)
CHAPTER 11 HOW SMART ARE DEER?	111	(6)
CHAPTER 12 HOW ONE MAN TURNS THE TABLES ON WHITETAILS	117	(8)
CHAPTER 13 DECOYING DEER	125	(12)
CHAPTER 14 CALLING DEER	137	(12)
CHAPTER 15 CREATING MOCK SCRAPES AND RUBS	149	(12)
CHAPTER 16 MANIPULATING HABITAT	161	(10)
CHAPTER 17 ZEN DEER HUNTING	171