>>>>Killed a Buck after Peeing out of Treestand<<<<

[rjtfroggy]

Years ago when I was able to hunt I used to pee in fresh scrapes, usually the closet one to my stand. Two days later when I would come back they looked like they were redone with a bull dozer.
I also used to hold it as long as possible then climb down creep 60-75 yards away and then go, but after watching the deer pass by those spots unaffected, I said what the hell and let it go from the treestand. It never bothered the deer or their movement by my stand.
In areas where there is humans interacting on a daily basis I don't think it matters much, but in areas where people are far and few between I believe human scent of any kind makes a big difference, but honestly I don't know for sure.

 

[ragsflh]

i never had a problem.back when i smoked i had them come smelling the smoke

 

[Bojo]

I pissed twice right next to the chair I was sitting in before I shot this on Friday.
Good piss smell recipe properly made the night before is :
Jack Daniels whiskey
Canada Dry ginger ale
Fresh cut fries with powdered hidden ranch dressing
Spicy Buffalo chicken samich with fresh parm cheese.

 

[howl]

Any new smell in a previously unhunted area will attract deer as they id what it is. If they connect it to danger they will avoid it. I've been trailed to a stand multiple times by old does and young males. The does want to know about everything in their area. Spikes are lonely and ignorant.

I usually kill the buck the first couple sits or not at all. While I doubt deer think other deer have started drinking coffee, I don't think peeing immediately affects them. It's the stand you want to hunt many times over a long season that is affected by an accumulation of foreign odors.

So, I try to keep all human scent I can from the area.

 

[Ray123]

Urinating in the area can change your hunt... I had both good and bad experiences with that. Bow hunting a peeing hunting partner cause a big cow to whirl and run off, just as I was about to loosen an arrow. Rifle still hunting in the mountains of the west, I had to pee hadn't seen any elk that morning. Over looking a clearing in the pole thickets I scraped out a hole to pee in..as soon as I was done a cow and calf stepped into the clearing...the cow alerted to scent stopped and was sniffing the air...the calf milling around not caring...all of the sudden out of the brush a bull ran past them at a full sprint at about 100 yds, had to shoot him on the run. With out peeing would I have spooked the bull out of the brush? That day it all worked out.