WHY YOU NEED SCENT CONTROL WHILE TURKEY HUNTING!
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Scent control during turkey season?! But turkeys can't smell! While this is correct, many other critters that share the turkey woods can smell very good. One critter especially, is the culprit to many frustrating turkey encounters and busted calling sets. If you haven't figured it out by now, it's the DEER in the turkey woods that often alert a would-be hot gobbler that's ready to close the distance on your calling set up. Turkeys and deer often accompany each other while they go about their daily routines. They follow each other around and share the same food that's available. They love each other's company and really do "feed off from each other". This happens so routinely that I often use this tactic while bowhunting deer. It tends to paint a calming picture into a mature buck's head. Add a few light turkey yelps and clucks every so often while you're in the deer stand and see the results for yourself. These two critters trust each other's survival instincts so much and that's what makes it a deadly weapon come archery season. When something isn't quite right, they both have ways of alerting the silent woods. Turkeys will putt when they feel danger is near and deer will do the ever-annoying snort and alert everything within ear shot distance. This puts all wildlife on high alert as they now all know something isn't right and to beware. How about a turkey's eyesight? Can you beat it? Good luck, it's one of the best in the natural world. Now add a Whitetails nose to the mix and you have yourself one steep task ahead of you. Have you ever had a deer wind you while turkey hunting and blow out your woods? This used to happen to me quite often every season until I realized and adopted the same scent control tactics I use during deer season, now for turkey season. Now I treat every turkey hunt like a deer hunt (more like an elk hunt if you've ever experienced that) and I rarely get busted from a wary deer's nose anymore during those exciting encounters with a hot gobbler. So bust back out your scent free clothes and tactics and tip some turkeys in your favor! Now I'm curious, how many of you do this or have ever experienced this while out in the turkey woods?