Coffee in Tree Stand

[clfergus]

I was considering trying to take it into the stand with me this year. Was wondering if anyone does it and if so..do you simply take a thermos?

I have a pee bottle to hold the aftermath so I don't go on the ground. Just curious if the smell might spook a deer. Its foreign to them but not human per say.

I am inclined to say it sounds like too much trouble to ruin a hunt over but if its common I might buy a smaller thermos and give it a shot.

 

[Expat]

I never have. The thermos stays in the truck with any other food or drink.

 

[gregkl]

As long as it's nice French roast, the deer won't mind at all.

 

[booey50]

Is there a reason you are not?
If you are worried about smell, that is BS.
I drink coffee all the time in the tree stand
I also smoke in the stand and it never hurts anything.

 

[tom1025]

I wouldn't worry to much about the smell of coffee. I was setting in my stand last and took an 8 pointer while I was smoking a cigarette.

 

[Que]

So, what's all the fuss about scent control? All of that stuff can get pretty expensive and they even have a breath gargle.

 

[clfergus]

I wouldn't worry to much about the smell of coffee. I was setting in my stand last and took an 8 pointer while I was smoking a cigarette.

Smell was one of my concerns but based on what you guys are saying...sounds like a non-issue.

 

[Bunnykid68]

So, what's all the fuss about scent control? All of that stuff can get pretty expensive and they even have a breath gargle.

Good marketing.

 

[buckstopshere]

Playing the wind is more I portent than scent control.

To spook a deer, you typically have to do 2 things wrong at the same time. Ay combination of

Scent
Sound
Movement

You can smoke a cig, not make a sound or any weird movement and pop a deer. Or, you can be scent controlled, sit quietly and still for hours and then sneeze or cough and spook a deer. That's why it's called huntin and not killin

 

[HICKMAN]

My cousin has more wall hangers than I can count, smokes/eats/drinks in his stand and kills all the deer he wants, wearing his Dickies.

I know many folks who smoke their clothes (like natives used to do) to kill human scent, because smoke isn't an unfamiliar smell to them.

Deer don't see in color, so camo patterns don't really matter.

His tips to me:
- sit high in the tree
- play the wind
- during the rut, be in the tree ALL day.

 

[JetGirl]

Smell was one of my concerns but based on what you guys are saying...sounds like a non-issue.

Think about what's been getting the job done for DECADES. Ask old-timers what they've done. I'm betting they didn't spend tons of money on scent control detergents and fabrics and sprays...

So, what's all the fuss about scent control?

$imple an$wer.

 

[HICKMAN]

So, what's all the fuss about scent control? All of that stuff can get pretty expensive and they even have a breath gargle.

someone has to sell something to pay for all those so called huntin shows on TV.

 

[tom1025]

Smell was one of my concerns but based on what you guys are saying...sounds like a non-issue.

I really think its just a matter of opinion. Until deer start talking we will never know for sure.

 

[smokingman]

I really think its just a matter of opinion. Until deer start talking we will never know for sure.

I had a conversation with a doe the other day in my front yard.She actually likes coffee and asked for a cup if I was getting a refill.I was having a cup while sitting on the swing.

I went to go get her a cup,and the dog saw her from the front window and starts yelling about trespassing and needing permission to be on the property under penalty of death.She took the dog seriously and ran off.

I have always had coffee in a thermos and do not think it has hurt my hunting at all.

 

[jeremy]

So, what's all the fuss about scent control? All of that stuff can get pretty expensive and they even have a breath gargle.

Marketing....

I hunt in Carhartts, if it is cold out, the rest of the time in whatever I happen to be wearing that day.

 

[peberly400]

Smoke rises so cigarettes won't bother deer. And if your hunting in rut, a buck won't care about anything. I think you should be fine drinking a cup or two up in a stand

 

[Que]

Well, I gotta' get a nice bib and jacket for the picture, if I take something this year.

 

[woodsie57]

Have killed deer while smoking also-Movement,I believe, is a much bigget concern. Peeing on the ground, or, against the trees, doesn't seem a biggie either. Have a diabetic relative,swears deer are attracted to places he's recently urinated! The scent of alcohol is thought to mimic fermenting fruit-politically incorrect and logical.

 

[snapping turtle]

Even with human scent the deer has to equate that smell to some type of danger.

We had a big tree on the outside of a buck bedding area go down a few years ago. A guy was cutting up firewood all fall right within 20 yards of where I had seen many a buck hold-up. Even with the gas, truck and trailer, human scent, and all other items left behind the bucks were still coming out of it during the season.

I do think that scent control might be a small factor in nailing a real big older buck. they seem much less likely to be around when I am in stand than when scouting at distance. Also the deer buck lures do seem to work but mainly on the basket size younger deer than the older bucks.

I do watch what I get on my clothes, around items like bacon cooking, gas, excessive clothing while walking to the stand, ect.

UV killer clothes wash is a good item when you think of how a deer sees in the natural world. Take a black light to hunting clothes and that glow os what the deer sees.

 

[HICKMAN]

Well, I gotta' get a nice bib and jacket for the picture, if I take something this year.

keep at it. I've taken 2 does in 4 years. I'm hoping to break the "every other year" streak this year.

I've got a few ladderstands in places I've seen does. Figure if I hunt them, I might have a shot at a buck as well.