Attract Deer to Your Deer Hunting Tree Stand
by
Marty Prokop
Last week I talked about how to get deer,
and even big bucks, to follow you out to your deer hunting
tree stand or deer hunting blind.
Today I am going to talk about how to attract more deer and
bigger deer to your deer hunting tree stand or deer hunting
blind.
Marty Prokop asks, “How Many Times Has
This Happened to You?”
You are sitting in your deer hunting tree stand or deer
hunting blind. You see a big buck walking in front of you,
just out of range.
Suddenly, the big buck stops and begins to circle your tree
stand or blind location. As you sit in your deer hunting
tree stand or deer hunting blind watching the buck, you
notice the wind direction has changed slightly and is now
blowing your human odor in the direction of the big buck.
No worries, you figure, he will keep coming towards you,
because you have sprayed cover scent all over your deer
hunting gear and deer hunting clothing.
Then it happens.
The buck stops in his tracks, throws his head into the air
and snorts loudly as he catches your human odor. The big
buck turns and runs deeper into the woods, not once offering
you a clean shot.
Your deer hunt doesn’t have to end this way.
In order to attract more deer and big bucks for a clean shot
from your deer hunting tree stand or deer hunting blind, you
must keep your human odor as minimal as possible.
Marty Prokop Reveals Using Deer
Attractant Scents to Lure Deer Closer
In addition to my cover scent, I hang multiple scent wicks
around my deer hunting tree stand or deer hunting blind
location.
During the pre-rut, I used doe urine and buck urine scents.
During the rut, I use doe estrus and dominate buck scents.
Here is how I make handling these scent wicks less messy to
make and quicker to hang in the field.
The scent wicks I hang in the field around my deer hunting
tree stand or deer hunting blind are saturated with the same
scents as my drag lines. (We talked about this in a prior
newsletter and blog post.)
The day before I go deer hunting, while preparing my deer
scent drag lines, I saturate six additional scent wicks and
place them into the zip-top bags with the drag lines.
One bag contains three additional scent wicks saturated with
buck urine during the pre-rut and dominant buck scent during
the rut.
The second bag contains three additional scent wicks
saturated with doe urine during the pre-rut and doe estrus
during the rut.
In The Field with Marty Prokop
In a shooting lane directly in front of my deer hunting tree
stand or deer hunting blind, about 20 yards out, I hang one
doe-based attractant scent wick and one buck-based
attractant scent wick. I make sure all scent wicks are four
to five feet off the ground so wind can help disperse the
deer scent.
Then, I walk twenty yards to the right of my deer hunting
tree stand or deer hunting blind and do the same. I move
twenty yards to the left of my deer hunting tree stand or
deer hunting blind and hang the remaining buck and doe scent
wicks.
What is the purpose of hanging the scent wicks to either
side of your deer hunting tree stand or deer hunting blind?
It is to help cover your human odor if the wind currents
change and to stop deer from catching human odor and bolting
when they circle behind you or are down wind of you.
I’ve had big bucks circle to the side of my deer hunting
tree stand, catch the smell of the scent wick and turn back
towards my tree stand. This allowed me good shots before I
was winded by the deer.
The next time you head into the deer hunting woods let deer
attractant scents and the wind currents do some of the work
for you. Place your scent wicks in front and to the left and
right of your deer hunting tree stand or deer hunting blind.
Do this and you could attract more deer to you, without them
knowing you are even there.
Good Luck and Great Hunting!
Marty Prokop
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About Marty
Prokop
Deer
hunting expert
Marty Prokop reveals closely guarded deer hunting
secrets on how to get deer every time. Get his Free Deer
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Marty
Prokop has 24-years experience deer hunting, processing
deer for deer hunters and venison sausage
making. Marty Prokop teaches deer hunting, hunter
safety, deer processing and deer sausage making classes.
Marty Prokop has processed 7,805 deer, field dressed 422
deer and made over 991,990 pounds of sausage, smoked meats
and jerky. Marty Prokop worked with Minnesota DNR programs.
His deer hunting videos are used in statewide
advanced hunter education classes. Marty Prokop is a
successful speaker, outdoor writer and published author.
