Do you Chew, or Dip while deer hunting

[flathunter]

I thought I would start this poll since there was one on smoking while deer hunting..I have always dipped Copenhagen while deer hunting...I am not a pro by no means but I have shot quite a few Ohio deer, most have been while dipping...Do you think it hurts?

[OLDHAT]

I can honestly say that at least 90% of the time that I am hunting, I have a chew of Copenhagen in my mouth.

Never spooked a deer that I know of (from the chew), but I could have been winded and not know it, but I probably smell a lot worse than the chew (and it smells pretty bad).

OLDHAT

[lureboy98]

I dont want to touch the stuff, so nope!

[flathunter]

Good for you Lureboy, very addicting stuff, stay away from it..But I sure do enjoy it:D

[wild bill]

just about every time i am out hunting i have a chew in.doesnt seem to bother them one bit.

[Spitfire]

I never have. I just figure why go to such extremes to keep your scent down with Scent Lok, scent-a-way spray, coon urine and the like. After being completely scent free and then have a big chew in just never made to much sense to me. I always put a big one in after the hunt though.

[Q2XL]

not while huntin but nothin like a chew of levi after im done

[Pike]

I dont chew on stand, Like Q2, I sure do enjoy a chew on the walk out, or just after I harvested a deer sitting in my stand waiting to go recover it. Just remember, Its not just the deer that you have observed that you could of spooked, but how many of the deer that you ddint see didnt come in because of it? If its only 1 deer, its one deer too many!! Pike

[Ohio Bill]

Yes.....Skoal Mint Longcut.........;)

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Depends on the mood,i use to all the time but talked to a hunting buddy about it and he convinced me not to on stand ,but on the way out(always) or over my dead deer i will put in a big fat one.The only time i will a have a big one in on stand now is if i'm gun hunting or if some jacka comes walking bye all the time and blows your setup then its time for a big one.I have shot deer with a dip in and without a dip in.

[Ðe§perado™]

I don't smoke or dip, but to each his own I guess.:)

[atrkyhntr]

The best answer I have seen:
Its not just the deer that you have observed that you could of spooked, but how many of the deer that you ddint see didnt come in because of it? If its only 1 deer, its one deer too many!!
I always ask my clients if they smoke or chew. I hear the same old answer many times from the ones that do " I see deer all the time and they are never spooked" I always ask how much they spend on gear every year and how much time do they practice... After hearing their answers I simply state that why would they invest all that money and time then take a chance on spooking an alpha buck, once in a lifetime, by thinking wrongly as they do...
I quit smoking at the bell for 2003 and even though I smoked (wish me luck on quiting) I never ever did in my hunting clothes, going to or from my stand or especially in it... Again do you guys that do really think your not spooking any deer? Sometimes the wind will be in your favor and you'll see a nice deer now and then but why take the chance? Younger deer you may see but mature deer will be far and few between;)

[flathunter]

I dont pay any attention to scent what so ever, dont try to mask it or cover it up..So I guess that is why I will chew while hunting.

[redneck66]

I usually have a pinch of copehagen in and havent visually spooked any deer but who knows, like Pike said I could be screwin myself and not know it. Ill have to work on it.

[Ðe§perado™]

atrkyhntr Congrats on quitting smoking. people will fine if they quit smoking they breath and smell things better. Hope you can do it. I hear it's hard.;)

[Farmbear]

I smoke cigars & dip. I don't do it in the woods. When I work I dip Smoke other times. The deer can smell the smoke or hear me spit. So no I don't.

[atrkyhntr]

THANKS Ðe§perado™
I am going thru DT's as I type LOL
It is not as bad as I thought by being 45 and having smoked for 28-30 years... Had a complete physical back in Nov and X-rays showed no damage to the lungs (X-rays are not all that great for detection but...) so I said it was time to give quitting my best effort... Any support from any source is greatly appreciated :D
I am at that point where I could kid myself into having just one smoke LOL I promise not to give in :cool:

[Ðe§perado™]

Good for you!! Just keep it up. They say that your lungs and heal back up in a year. Also should be starting smell things better very soon.

[DZtaxidermy]

I chew Sunflower seeds!:)

[whitetailhunter1]

I dip copenhagen while hunting and I usually get a deer. So I dont think it hurts any at all.

[Thunderflight]

I dipped copenhagen for almost ten years. I've been "clean" since January of 1998. I've done alot of challeging things in my life, but quiting dipping is still the most difficult.

I used to carry a 16oz plastic soda bottle and spit in it. I don't think deer care about dip spit or it's smell though. Dipping did cost me a 25 yard broad side shoot at a 140 class buck once.

As I drew back my spit bottle fell out of my jacket, hit my treestand, and then hit the ground. :( That buck was later gut shot by a shot gun hunter. :( He had a very distinct rack...

TF

[george tinkham]

i have never smoked or dipped or spat backer...i know of several pet deer that loved toobacker ...an the pot growers have more trouble with deer gittin there cash crop then the feds. gittin it.

[Mathewq2]

It just depends where i am hunting at. If i hunt on the ground i wont put some dip in. If i stand hunt i will put a dip in.

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Never leave home without it ,Kinda like my american express card.

Boys there is no better feeling in the world sitting 30 feet in the air watching the beatiful wildlife all around you waiting for mr big to show up,Does not get any better than that with a big chew in to boot.

[Spitfire]

I thought you only chewed after the hunt!

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Before during after **** i can't remember any more they say thats the first thing that goes you know.I usually will not chew while hunting unless my hunt gets screwed up by someone or something then it big chew time you know what i mean.

[Spitfire]

Oh yea, I know what you mean. Sorry again for screwing up your hunt on opening day last year but that was for a good reason. Besides that was worthy of a big fat chew!
You lost your memory years ago I hate to know what youve lost since then. LOL!!!!!!

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Last years opening morning could not have went any better,i will get out of my stand "anytime" and help any of my hunting partners and put in a big chew for a morning like that again.

I want tell you what goes next i will let you find that one out:mad: and lately that is true

[Spitfire]

Sorry to hear about your loss!:D ;)
That must really suck, oops, wrong choice of words. LMAO!!!!!

[Spitfire]

I have my eye on one but I would like to get a trail-cam to help me out a little. You going to be over this year for opening day? Jonathan said he was.

[Thunderflight]

You know I was amazed at how much money I saved when I quit dipping.

I always had gas in my truck or a few cent's to buy a soda. I used to dip two to three cans a week. I was so additiced that from the time I woke up to the time I went to sleep I always had a dip in.

Kodiac, Skoal, and all the othe sissy brands didn't have anything on Copenhagen... It's amazing what the nicotine addiction will do to ya. I remember buying copenhagen in the middle east. Man..... that was some nasty stuff.... It was full of fermaldihide and really hurt your gums, but you dipped it anyway....

To this day I still find myself craving a dip. Shoot, I want one right now....:eek:

TF

[george tinkham]

to me taking a dip means to go swimming,use to skinny dip in my hippie days...then the huntin bug got me again

[CARPN-JAKE]

I used to dip a can and a half of cope a day but quite 4 yrs ago...Quiting that stuff was the hardest thing I've even done and as TF said...i still find myself craving one now and then..
I used to kill deer with a dip in...heck, I've even had does under my stand licking the ground where I'd been spitting...
My take on it is if you just wanna go out and shoot any deer having a dip isn't gonna matter....But if your after a better than average deer then those are the ones that have been around long enough to be wary of unfamiler smells...

[CatDaddy]

I always take a empty water bottle w/ me so that im not spitting on the ground. But you gotta love that copenhagen! I do need to cut back on it though...Im only 19 and chew a can a day.

[Aimrite]

I can deal with smokers somtimes Dipping is just plain nasty habit.I do have older friend had to be cut on and some plastic surgery due to mouth cancer from dipping.

[heydeerman]

I just put a big ol fat dip of Cope in before I got on here. I always hunt with some kinda backer in my mouth. Cope, Garret, Mail Pouch, Red Man...whatever. I had a Garret in one time and was a spittin all the way to the stand. A doe came in and winded the scent and actually jumped a fence and came right under my stand on that scent trail. I think she liked the sweet smell.

[george tinkham]

red man still around i thought the indians stopped that one...

[beaverstalker]

COPENHAGEN! If some hunters bad breath isn't spookin deer, then what is copenhagen going to do? I honestly think that scent cover is over rated, but thats just my opinion. And everyone knows what they say @ opinions... opinions are like butts, everybodys got one and most of them stink.:)

[atrkyhntr]

Facts are facts..... World class trophy hunters DO NOT SMOKE/CHEW on stand location or to and from...
You never know what you did not see...
Anyone who says:
And everyone knows what they say @ opinions... opinions are like butts, everybodys got one and most of them stink
is pretty childish :rolleyes:

[MUZZY MAN]

I dip skoal from time to time. And have smoked too. I've set a date for the end of May to stop smokin.

[ohcurhunter]

I dip in my stand, but I use a sealed bottle to spit in and have a scent-loc face mask/hood and spray alot of scent killer. Trying to quit the Cope, but don't see it happening.

[atrkyhntr]

Nice websites there ohcurhunter

Any turkey dogs available?

[ohcurhunter]

Actually one of my dogs treed on a couple of hens last fall! Using his eyes, saw some meat in a tree. The turkeys looked baffled when I walked in on them. I guess they were just freaked out with the dog barking and slobbering on their tree.

[vvarmitr]

Originally posted by atrkyhntr
Facts are facts..... World class trophy hunters DO NOT SMOKE/CHEW on stand location or to and from...
WCTHers don't do alot of things! I use to think along those lines & hated deer hunting. This year I said the heck w/ it all & I got the biggest buck of my life & my first bow kill. Did I have a chew in? Yes, until I started my stalk. Then again I didn't have my fannypack, sling, bino's, quiver, or hat on when I made the shot. I crawled 35yds on my belly to get w/in 20yds to shoot him lying in his bed. What a rush! :D Now that's hunting:p
I bet WCTHers don't do that either!

[atrkyhntr]

Since you stalked you used the wind to your advantage that cannot be lumped into the use of tobacco products AGREED? :rolleyes:
I also never said you cannot take a trophy class animal while using a tobacco product but your odds are overwelmingly in your favor when you do not...
If you choose to spend good $$ on guns & bows and good $$ on clothes & gear and spend quality time in the pursuit of trophy animals why would you risk it all for a smoke or a chew?
Kind of like doing everything right before a date but not bathing it may work out for you and may not but risk it? I'd dare say not ;)

[beaverstalker]

Hey atrkyhntr, I didn't think it was childish I thought it was a sense of humor and kind of slamming myself not anyone else. As for world class hunters, they are not hunting on the family farm in Wayne Co., Ohio either. If I paid the money they do to travel and hunt the places they do I am sure I could have more sucess also. My father gets a deer every year ( and some darn nice ones too) and he showers every morning and puts on his Auqa Velva and hearing aids before he goes out. I say use your natural instincts, skills etc. instead of spending 100's of dollars at Cabela's to improve your chances.

[atrkyhntr]

..even a blind squ... you know the rest :rolleyes:

[Airwave(OH)]

Back when I use to do that stuff I would swear that every time I put a wad of chew in I would start to see deer. It got to be so often I use to go without for a long time and then put some in and sure enough DEER. I never did draw a conclusion if it really had anything to do with it, but I sure thought so. It was just to obvious. I can tell you for sure it never hurt the action. Oh in case your wondering --Levi Garrett

Also the poll is sorta off, You see I had to answer No I don't BUT it use to be YES I did

[XX78]

Its a horrible habit, please stop. I have weekly experience with what it can do to people. Some of our Mouth Cancer surgeries are longer than organ transplant operations.

[beaverstalker]

Ya I know the rest, it's childish.:rolleyes:

[MUZZY MAN]

I'll be 50 this fall. Put a ton of weight on. I'm puttin down yhe cigs so I can walk to my stand with out blowin out a lung.:(

[atrkyhntr]

BTW beaverstalker :rolleyes:

[Thunderflight]

Am I missing someting between the Beav and Turk?

TF

[Thunderflight]

http://www.tcnj.edu/~fox2/smoking/mouth_clip_image005.jpg

[Thunderflight]

http://www.tobaccofacts.org/photos/mouth_cancer2.jpg

[Duffy]

Lovely pictures. I just did a "spit take" with my coffee all over my monitor.

[Thunderflight]

One of my Marines actually had a hole in his gum from dipping.

I didn't believe it until he showed me. He quit dipping and the hole eventually healed.

TF

[vvarmitr]

The only person I know of that had mouth cancer & eventually died of it never dipped or chewed & wasn't a smoker. She was in her 30s when she died.:(
Thunderflight: are those pic's of known 'baccy users?

[XX78]

link (http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/rr_smokeless_tobacco.html)


get checked (http://cms.clevelandclinic.org/body.cfm?id=227&action=detail&ref=179)

[beaverstalker]

Thunder, I would have to care about Turks opinion to be upset. I think some people take this site a little bit too serious. By the way what the hell does BTW mean?

[Buckmaster]

Originally posted by beaverstalker
Thunder, I would have to care about Turks opinion to be upset. I think some people take this site a little bit too serious. By the way what the hell does BTW mean?

.....by the way.

[Duffy]

BTW ROFLMAO PDQ!

[OHBOW76]

Niether I eat jerkey or peanuts.

[Caribou Dreamer2]

The bigger chew i have in the better luck i always have:D

I put a chew in from the time i get out of the truck to the time i leave the stand i don't spit so with a scent lock mask on i figure i could get away with it right guys????????!!!!!!!!! :D

[beaverstalker]

I agree Caribou, just make sure you have your carbon laced underwear on if you have to fart!:D

[shotgun]

I too think some people are watching the "pros" hunt a little to much. Do yall think thats real huntin? If so you are badly mistakin. Atleast its not like that where i hunt. Then again Im no "world class hunter". LOL Just a country boy from southern ohio. Im not saying that chewing hurts or doesnt hurt your chances, i for one dont see how the deer relate tobaco to humans:confused: And i know plenty of people that chew and kill mature bucks consistently. Personally I wouldnt stick that crap in my mouth. :p If you want to kill mature bucks the best way to do it is turn off the "pro hunters" and get out there and spend some time in the woods. I dont do alot of the stuff that the "pros" do, but trust me im happy with my results.

[beaverstalker]

Finally! I agree Shotgun, but don't let Turkhntr hear you say that.

[atrkyhntr]

...that is "Atrkyhntr" dipstick :rolleyes:

[beaverstalker]

Like I care, you knew who I was talkin about. Does the "A" stand for something?

[bowtech777]

I use to chew while huntin, but I quit smoking and chewin about 3 months ago.
but i never seen a deer react to the chew smell.
the way I look at it is, if the deer is in a position to smell the chew on your breath, hes not stickin around to investigate it with or witout the chew.
Hes what I like to call "in snorting mode" and all your likely to see is a white flag waving thru. the thicket.
if he can smell the chew, he can smell you.
so it really doesnt matter.

[Caribou Dreamer2]

All the time:D

[atrkyhntr]

I know when I quit smoking seeing deer and trophy deer went up for me... I use scent cover and that works very well too so stating that if they smell the chew they can smell you does not fit for me...