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Muck Boots and scent control.
#3000227
01/01/20 09:30 PM
01/01/20 09:30 PM
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Pisgah Al
Bigbamaboy
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14 point
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14 point
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Pisgah Al
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I’ve always been told that a deer can’t smell where you walked while wearing muck boots. Is there any truth to this or is this just a saying that got preached as gospel?
I’ve honestly gotten to where I really don’t like rubber boots. They have their place, but I hunt mostly mountain sides and field edges, and I think I’d be better served with some good lace up boots. Also, mucks freeze my feet.
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#3000238
01/01/20 09:35 PM
01/01/20 09:35 PM
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Fosters, Alabama, USA
Shaw
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Fosters, Alabama, USA
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The rubber doesn’t absorb oders like a leather boot will. I wear Danner Pronghorns. I put them on before heading to my stand and take them off as soon as I come out. I don’t drive with them on or hang around camp with them on. Leather boots will work just as well as rubber boots if you just take the necessary precautions.
"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#3000308
01/01/20 10:30 PM
01/01/20 10:30 PM
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Cullman
CKyleC
(Can't Keep It Up...)
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(Can't Keep It Up...)
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Cullman
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I've always thought that the neoprene on the mucks will hold scent
"In Alabama, we prefer to kill small bucks on big properties"-Turkey247
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#3000336
01/01/20 10:55 PM
01/01/20 10:55 PM
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Posts: 17,407
Huntsville, AL
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Huntsville, AL
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I’ve never had any issues with my Muck boots. The Artic Pro series Muck makes are great cold weather boots.
Jesus... I hope you know Him personally like I do.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Proud crossbow hunter!
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Shaw]
#3000352
01/01/20 11:14 PM
01/01/20 11:14 PM
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SE Bama
Bull64
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The rubber doesn’t absorb oders like a leather boot will. I wear Danner Pronghorns. I put them on before heading to my stand and take them off as soon as I come out. I don’t drive with them on or hang around camp with them on. Leather boots will work just as well as rubber boots if you just take the necessary precautions. This...
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
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01/02/20 01:09 AM
01/02/20 01:09 AM
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coach41
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I've always believed rubber boots didn't hold scent until I stored mine in a barrel of corn just for good measure. I'd walk from the back of my house to a single camera where I'd put out the equivalent of a coffee can full or corn every 2-4 days. I never deviated from this routine. Based on deer tracks, they would follow my tracks up to my fence gait every evening. If the gate was open, I believe they would have been on my back porch. In this same vein, I've never understood why I've seen guys from GA to SD and all points in between at the gas pump in $400 Sikta or Scentlok outfits and $200 Lacross rubber boots standing in Diesel fuel at the gas pump 5am on a Saturday morning prior to hunting...but what do I know. LoL.
"Now boy, are you sure you can skin griz?"
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: coach41]
#3000414
01/02/20 07:03 AM
01/02/20 07:03 AM
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,047
Madison County
grundan
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Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,047
Madison County
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I've always believed rubber boots didn't hold scent until I stored mine in a barrel of corn just for good measure. I'd walk from the back of my house to a single camera where I'd put out the equivalent of a coffee can full or corn every 2-4 days. I never deviated from this routine. Based on deer tracks, they would follow my tracks up to my fence gait every evening. If the gate was open, I believe they would have been on my back porch. In this same vein, I've never understood why I've seen guys from GA to SD and all points in between at the gas pump in $400 Sikta or Scentlok outfits and $200 Lacross rubber boots standing in Diesel fuel at the gas pump 5am on a Saturday morning prior to hunting...but what do I know. LoL. Cause they ride their side by side to the “shooting house” get in watch the feeder in the food plot. Then wait patiently for the shooter to show up that they scouted for pre season... 😀
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#3000430
01/02/20 07:45 AM
01/02/20 07:45 AM
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Posts: 31,221
Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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Clanton, AL
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I've got a freezer full of meat, including an 8pt and 9pt who didn't seem to notice the scent of my leather Redwings.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#3000449
01/02/20 08:19 AM
01/02/20 08:19 AM
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Posts: 10,245
North Jackson
ridgestalker
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Booner
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North Jackson
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I believe wearing full rubber boots like Lacrosse Burlys does more for scent control than everything combined. It’s not so much about the day your hunting but the next and so on. When that buck walks thu there at midnight and smells where you have been walking into a spot I feel he puts that on his night time only spots. The rut not so much if he’s chasing does. I’ve hid from my labs wearing rubber boots and they have no idea where I’m at. I put on my leather boots and they walk straight to me.My 2
"The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: jaredhunts]
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01/02/20 09:52 AM
01/02/20 09:52 AM
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Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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Clanton, AL
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I've had mixed reviews. You have to be comfortable and confident in your equipment. Exactly why I wear leather boots
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
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01/02/20 10:10 AM
01/02/20 10:10 AM
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North Jackson
ridgestalker
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Booner
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North Jackson
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You know how you hunt a spot the first time and see a bunch of deer and spook none but the time you see less til you get down to nothing? I believe that’s we’re they are picking up your ground scent at night.
"The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#3000530
01/02/20 10:18 AM
01/02/20 10:18 AM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 31,221
Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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Clanton, AL
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Your environment plays a far bigger role than anything else.
I'm fortunate to be hunting farmland. Our deer get used to a certain level of human scent and activity.
I could jump on a tractor, right now, and probably see 10 deer before I got to the back side of the property.
They would notice me, but go right back to eating or whatever they're doing, with little suspicion.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: ridgestalker]
#3000539
01/02/20 10:31 AM
01/02/20 10:31 AM
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Posts: 3,647
bham
crocker
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10 point
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bham
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I believe wearing full rubber boots like Lacrosse Burlys does more for scent control than everything combined. It’s not so much about the day your hunting but the next and so on. When that buck walks thu there at midnight and smells where you have been walking into a spot I feel he puts that on his night time only spots. The rut not so much if he’s chasing does. I’ve hid from my labs wearing rubber boots and they have no idea where I’m at. I put on my leather boots and they walk straight to me.My 2 This. I try to where full height rubber boots anytime going to and from my stand. Where I hunted yesterday evening I had to walk through the field I was hunting to get to stand. Had several buck feed in field where I walked and never had a clue.
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Re: Muck Boots and scent control.
[Re: Out back]
#3000583
01/02/20 11:22 AM
01/02/20 11:22 AM
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Posts: 9,661
Pisgah Al
Bigbamaboy
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Pisgah Al
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Your environment plays a far bigger role than anything else.
I'm fortunate to be hunting farmland. Our deer get used to a certain level of human scent and activity.
I could jump on a tractor, right now, and probably see 10 deer before I got to the back side of the property.
They would notice me, but go right back to eating or whatever they're doing, with little suspicion. I know this is right. When they get used to a certain set of circumstances, they don’t pay any mind. Deer around where I work pay no mind to the machinery running, train cars moving, ppl moving about, etc. They don’t feel threatened by these things. I feel like remote mountain deer are much easier to spook than farm deer.
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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