The mtn man
Senior Member
My hint would be to take the hints of Dana young and tree cutter serious.
Early season, I get super sweaty hiking in to a lot of the places I hunt. I carry an extra shirt to change into when I get where I am going. I'll grab a handful of peat beneath the leaves which just smells like earth and moldy leaves. I rub it all over me. Chest, back, arm pits, shins, thighs. Sometimes I'll crush a few pine needles and rub them too. That is the most natural cover scent one can wear!Oh and bears don't see too good they have small eyes that's why they usually won't see you unless you move fast or make noise.this also helps when you are stalking them.
Do scent killers help? yes sometimes but I'd rather smell like the woods or another bear so when I am bear hunting I don't use any kind of scent killer and no deodorant the evening before the hunt. Saw dust is good because it smells like the woods I've seen lots of bear and other game after cutting wood or have worked with wood all day carpentering. so just think about that a more natural than some of these scent killers. also little sweat and the smell of saw dust or even wood smoke smells more natural in the woods than these scent killers often do. I am not saying they don't work sometimes but I see more bears after working all day than I do using scent killers.
You, sir go above and beyond. I dont know if your trick actually works, but it is an interesting. I'm fairly certain bears don't fool with sassafrass, but wonder if the smell could prompt a curiosity response from them. All I know is that if you're boiling down acorns and spraying down with it, you just might be Georgia's first legitimate bear attack victim! Ha!my deer area is all pines and a few cedars and maples. At cohutta, i figure I will boil some oak, acorns, pine and the very abundant sassafras that grows there. Worth a try by my standards at least.
I'm not using the sassafras as an attractant. The area I am planning to hunt is thick with it. I just try to smell like where I am. I won't even pretend that I know anything about bears. I will say though that even having scouted only one day last year, I was beat to my spot I planned to hunt last year by 10 minutes, and the guy got a bear 100 yards from me, that was headed straight to my area. I do everything I can to accomplish my goals. I even built an ultralight (10 pounds) cart to haul an animal with this year. I research, study, obsess full-time. I learn and adapt very quickly. I tried my cart out last weekend with 200 pounds and it works flawlessly. It took me hours 5 to get that hog in my profile pic to my truck last year. As for being attacked? I hunt with a very custom Springfield Armory M1A SOCOM II. Yogi doesn't want any of me.You, sir go above and beyond. I dont know if your trick actually works, but it is an interesting. I'm fairly certain bears don't fool with sassafrass, but wonder if the smell could prompt a curiosity response from them. All I know is that if you're boiling down acorns and spraying down with it, you just might be Georgia's first legitimate bear attack victim! Ha!
Have saw 3 in the last week crossing roads
I'm headed up to the Cohutta WMA this weekend to hunt bear (or a large buck). I will scout all day Friday and hunt Sat and Sun. I'll be using my bow and I normally hunt from a Summit climber. While up in that area (hilly and rough terrain), should I ditch the climber? And just plan to stalk all day? I like to use my climber when bow hunting as it allows me to get high and game to get close without getting busted. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!