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Leather or rubber boots
StihlCuttinIt
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Someone was telling me not to wear my leather boots because leather holds too many human scents. Those big sloppy rubber ones like the farmers wear don't look too warm. Maybe get them bigger and wear my Sorrel liners.
Anyway, rubber boots, are going to smell like....rubber. Archery season comes in Saturday. Haven't had any time to practice those angle shots from tree stands, but i did measure off some distances at the stand and color code. Should i aim a little low, just to be safe?
Joe
Anyway, rubber boots, are going to smell like....rubber. Archery season comes in Saturday. Haven't had any time to practice those angle shots from tree stands, but i did measure off some distances at the stand and color code. Should i aim a little low, just to be safe?
Joe
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As far as shooting from elevated stands...I bend at the waist and hit my target. Unless I can't...bend at the waist. I'm sure the fella's will add plenty more useful posts. Good luck Saturday.
Lmbhngr
Always try and bend at the wasit to shoot from a tree stand. I have had to make several shots while sitting, got cought looking the wrong way. Taking a shot while sitting is not a problem but you should pratice it some first.
Hornet
I wouldn't go back to wearing leather boots for bow hunting.
Just go buy a pair of $40 knee high rubber boots, not the * farmer type and bury them in a hole today and leave them in the dirt until you leave tomorrow morning.
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Just go buy a pair of $40 knee high rubber boots, not the * farmer type and bury them in a hole today and leave them in the dirt until you leave tomorrow morning.
Rubber it is!! I filled them with leaves and buried them. They were only 22.00 at Walmart. I won't be walking much, and i'll wear two pairs of hunting socks if it's cold. May get something better with thinsulate later on.
Joe
Do you hunt around Charleston all the time or do you ever venture north any? I hunt Ritchie county some, been two years though. My brother and I used to go to Cheat Mountain some two, I haven't been there for 4 years now.
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I hunt mostly close to home, but also own some acreage in Jackson Co.
Went out yesterday, nothing stirring, not even a squirrel. The wind was real fast and blowing all over. The boots were got a little cold, even with two pairs of socks.
Joe
Rubber is the way to go, but some rubber I think smells. I like to step in stinky stuff (deer poop, cow poop, mud, swampy things, etc.) before I get in the stand.
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I haven't been seeing as much as normal this year, to many does and not enough horns. It sure makes a 3 hour sit worth while if you can see a little antler, least in my book. [:D]
You might want to try another brand of rubber boot, the Walmart ones are gonna make you catch a cold.
Good luck
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"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
About the boots, i spooked some deer (didn't get a shot) and the doe was pawing and snorting. Figured the area was ruined because they deposit a warning scent when they get scared and stamp their feet. so i left the stand and went walking up the trail. Looked back around bend and there's a deer following in my tracks about 100 yards back. Which proves the rubber boots must not leave a scent. But the trouble was when i stopped behind a tree and waited she didn't catch up. So, i'm trying to be quiet and get closer to see. Not very good to stalk in[:(].... they clomp when you bend your ankle.
Finally had to go to top of rise to see what happened. She had veered off the trail to get down wind. She was eyeballin me, then pranced uphill a little. That must have been when she caught my scent, and she was gone.
I think it was all the noise that clued her in to check the wind. Otherwise she might have proceeded up the path.
Oh well. I'll stick with leather till i get someplace with a good selection.
Joe
Also, it is likely that that doe did have a scent on your trail and was following it out of curiosity. That happens all the time. A big deer will usually stop, look, and methodically back out of the situation. However, a younger deer will sometimes just keep their nose to the ground and follow the scent right to you.
Ben
I root for the
Stihl, I have never heard of deer depositing a 'warning scent', are you sure that is true? I would like to know, because that is very interesting.
This is true. They have glands between their toes, I think they are called "interdigital glands".
You know all of those times you had a deer looking at you right in the eyes, ten yards away? They bang their hoof on the ground. Sometimnes once, sometimes a few times. The deer is dispersing a scent that says "danger". Actually, they always disperse the scent, but when they bang their hoof, it disperses more, which tells the other deer in the area that things arent right. If another deer comes into the area later on, and smells the scent, it will be skittish.
They actually sell the stuff in bottles. Some say it is a good scent to hang on a boot drag, because deer always emit this scent HOWEVER, you do not use too much-if you do, the deer will get spooked.
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
Suspension, Jackson and Ritchie are separated by Wood county. Maybe we'll run into each other some day, since it's such a small world.
About the boots, i spooked some deer (didn't get a shot) and the doe was pawing and snorting. Figured the area was ruined because they deposit a warning scent when they get scared and stamp their feet. so i left the stand and went walking up the trail. Looked back around bend and there's a deer following in my tracks about 100 yards back. Which proves the rubber boots must not leave a scent. But the trouble was when i stopped behind a tree and waited she didn't catch up. So, i'm trying to be quiet and get closer to see. Not very good to stalk in[:(].... they clomp when you bend your ankle.
Finally had to go to top of rise to see what happened. She had veered off the trail to get down wind. She was eyeballin me, then pranced uphill a little. That must have been when she caught my scent, and she was gone.
I think it was all the noise that clued her in to check the wind. Otherwise she might have proceeded up the path.
Oh well. I'll stick with leather till i get someplace with a good selection.
Joe
Hey neighbor! Man it is a small world. I looked up a county map, actually we go directly across Wirt county from you. we hunt where Wirt and Ritchie meet in the southeastern corner of the Wirt, southwest of Ritchie. We pass through Munday, WV and hunt about 20 miles from there in Ritchie county. Crazy huh. Maybe we will meet up sometime. I doubt either of us goes down this year though, we normally try to if we are going to hunt rifle season through Thanksgiving, but our mom requested a big family get together this year so we'll be having beers and turkey instead of hunting. [:D]
I'm from Tuscarawas county Ohio.
The boot clomp you mentioned does suck. It burns me every year at least once. I tend to flex my feet while I'm in my stand and if a deers under me they always hear that clomp from the rubber boots. Oh well though. [:)]
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