Arrows Stink

[awshucks]

Op needs to let the dog teach him, lol. IOW, watch the dog face the wind. Bet the dog's success ratio drops like a brick on contraband hidden down wind.

The reason you can't find 'scentless glue' is simple a one.

There's no demand for it. Nature [and business world] abhor a vacuum. I pop in on several hunting forums daily, this is a 1st.

I've been mulling this over in my mind for too long, just can't stop laughing.

Hate me if you must!

[wabi]

Been avoiding this thread, because there's not much I could say without a chance of offending the author.

My limited experience with a deer scenting an arrow was when I missed (yes, I actually missed a shot ) one with a recurve. The deer jumped to the side, circled cautiously, and came back and sniffed the arrow. Like it was thinking, "What the heck kind of a bird is this?"
No panic, no fear, just curiosity.

I'd have to guess it was more than the scent of the fletching cement. Like maybe the scent of a human carrying freshly fletched arrows.

If I was convinced the fletching cement was the problem I'd probably try using smoke on them.

[sumner4991]

Arrows do have a scent . . .not sure it scares a deer, but, they do smell.

I also missed a shot while stalking. The arrow did a worm burner along the ground and burried up. I couldn't find the arrow. I gave up looking due to darkness. After the morning hunt the next day, I decided to take another jab at finding the arrow. I found it . . .apparently a racoon or fox or coyote or a possum . . .something dug it up. There it was in the path it was taking, but, it was clearly dug up by a critter that must have caught the scent.

I don't use scent blockers and I had a mature buck within 5 yards of me this season and I was just sitting on the ground, no cover. That's happened several times over the last 35+ years. I touched a small spike once with my foot and I didn't even have camo on . . .just my blue jeans and a old brown coat.

I'm sure there are countless times that I scared them off and never knew they were there.

Do everything you can think of . . .and you are most likely to still get busted. Or you can do nothing and you might get lucky.

That's the joy of hunting.

[one shot scott]

If'n ya have stinky arrows, you might have bought them from boo.
Hehe

[muskyman454]

i have hunted on the ground all my life.i don't like tree stands.i have never used any sent blockers.i do get winded sometimes and sometimes i don't but that's hunting and i don't care what you do if the deer gets down wind of you it will smell you.leave your arrow's home and give it a try.you train dogs you should know the only way to beat the nose is down wind.