Thermacell

  • rubber
    river falls wi
    Posts: 64
    September 13, 2013 at 1:35 am #205054

    Just bought my first thermacell and started it up tonight and they advertise the they are scent free but I smelled the pad and it shure had a smell to it so I’m wondering if anyone has ever had a problem with deer smelling them

    john_steinhauer
    p4
    Posts: 2998
    September 13, 2013 at 1:42 am #131841

    I’ve had a couple pads where I can smell it a little. But to answer your question I’ve never had one spoil a hunt for me. I never hunt without mine in the early season.

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13651
    September 13, 2013 at 1:58 am #131842

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    I’ve had a couple pads where I can smell it a little. But to answer your question I’ve never had one spoil a hunt for me. I never hunt without mine in the early season.


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    flatlandfowler
    SC/SW MN
    Posts: 1081
    September 13, 2013 at 2:37 am #131844

    Personally I do not hunt with one. I have a Thermacell and often I can smell a bit of something. Maybe it is just me being paranoid and inducing a placebo like reaction, however, I look at it as another item that increases the potential for being detected. Not only have I watched friends’ videos, but personally seen, mature bucks far down wind of another hunter change its path, even though I know that hunter is quite scent cautious (not tied to Thermacells).

    Likely I am just OCD on scent control, however, ever since I really took it hardcore serious, I have so many deer (including mature bucks from unsuspected locations) come right up on me and never know. I hunt a lot, and getting winded a time or two in a season will cause me to really consider my routine, not to mention all but abandon the set I was winded in. I am just always thinking “whats my potential for scent contamination, whats my routine, wheres my entry route, wheres my wind, and are there mature bucks acting different due to any disturbance I may have created now or before.”

    Just my honest opinion from a scent control stand point, nothing more. Good Luck

    super_do
    St Michael, MN
    Posts: 1091
    September 13, 2013 at 5:04 pm #131858

    Don’t they sell a dirt flavored (scented) pad now?

    ccales
    Posts: 32
    September 13, 2013 at 8:04 pm #131864

    I’ve been using a Thermacell for the past 4 years and there is a faint smell to them, however, in my experience the deer do not react to it. I have had them come in from downwind relaxed as can be. I know if I can smell it they can but for whatever reason it does not put them on alert. Swatting mosquitos however does seem to alert them 100% of the time.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22538
    September 16, 2013 at 1:16 am #131899

    Do they really claim they are scent free ?? I smell mine everytime… in fact, after a week of bear hunting, your clothes even start to smell of it. I have used the original and the earth scented, I believe the earth scented smells “more” than the original… all be it earthy smelling I swear by them as working and not alerting the prey

    mike_j
    Nashua Iowa
    Posts: 754
    September 17, 2013 at 1:10 am #131943

    I always hunt the wind but never had deer act adversely from them. Without one my son would never get a deer. youth season is in sept here and the misquitos are bad that time of year he would never stop moving swatting them.

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    September 18, 2013 at 6:24 pm #132006

    They don’t claim to be scent free that I have seen, but do claim the scent doesn’t alert deer. I use mine all the time early season and haven’t been busted to my knowledge.

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