Deer attractant scents can be the perfect tools for drawing deer into shooting range and putting a big buck on your wall. Here are 10 thing you need to know for best results.

Hunting: Using common scents for your deer hunt We really don’t know how much deer can discern from scents, but given their complex sense of smell it’s quite likely a lot.

Shane Steiner killed this 180-pound 8-point in central Baldwin County Saturday (Jan. 12) morning as it cruised downwind of a doe-in-estrous scent trail Steiner had put down with the use of a drag rag.

There are other scent dispensing devices on the market, notably the drag rag. The drag rag is a piece of cloth the hunter soaks with scent, and then drags behind him as he walks to his tree stand.

Deer scents Deer scent manufacturers produce a vast array of urine and estrus blends fresh each season, but scent makers recently have come out with lines of powerful cover scents.