The most popular cover scent available when many of us started deer hunting was a handful of pine needles. I can remember rubbing down my clothes, boots and hat with needles until I smelled like a turpentine still.

Today’s hunters have many more choices when it comes to selecting a cover scent. A walk down the isle of a sporting goods store can leave one confused as to what are the best scents. There are urines, both real and synthetic, along with candles, wafers, gels, wicks and poppers. The number of different cover scents is enough to boggle one’s mind. One also can find bottled pine, acorn, sassafras, squirrel, skunk and fox cover scents. You name it and someone has probably tried to market it.