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Dipping or smoking while hunting!???

Posted By: Chief Wang

Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 04:15 AM

Does it matter if you are dipping while you are hunting pigs?? Either from a stand 100yds away or from a bowstand 20yds away???

I really dont think it matters!

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 04:29 AM

not from a stand 100 yrd away but from a bowstand it would. i think i got bit by a spider being up in that bow stand! woulda killed a hog if you would of wanted to go in the morning!

Posted By: Chief Wang

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 04:34 AM

nah we have a lot more time

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 04:37 AM

dude for real i got bit! i have a lump on my elbow with 2 little [censored] holes!

Posted By: ccbaseball

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 04:38 AM

I was chewing tobacco and spitting on the ground from my tripod from 130 yards away from my feeder when I shot one. Last weekend I had 6 come out and I shot one from 50 yards away. They had no idea. I have dropped a empty beer can and the 200 lb sow i shot from 130 yards stayed there until I laid her down

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 04:40 AM

yea but form a bow stand 20 yrds away??

Posted By: SLT

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 04:50 AM

Quit both you will have more money and live longer !!

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 05:01 AM

haha SLT im gana ask this dude in a few days about coyote huntin. me and Mr Chief Wang see some big coyote tracks!

Posted By: coonsaw

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 05:03 AM

im certainly no authority when it comes to killing hogs but i have a little bit different take on the subject. i really dont think it matters from a treestand no matter how far away you are. it probably does not help. i smoke and have been on a bunch of trips and have never seen hogs when i was not smoking due to being told i would not see them if i did smoke.

i think the thing that matters most is if:

A) you own your own land and know the terrain well enough to stalk them close to their trails, bedding areas, watering holes etc... i would think in this case scent matters most.

B) if you day lease like me or go with friend from time to time to their lease... you got to go to a place where there is consistent food supply day in and day out and the hogs have developed a ritual almost like deer.

who knows. truth is they are too unpredictable and everybody is going to have their own opinion.

i have tried just about everything, smoking, no smoking, no munching on crackers, peeing off the treestand, peeing in a bottle, scent covers, lots of different baits, lights, times of day, coffee, no coffee, beer no beer, etc.... all the things i have control over.

the only thing that i think ever made a difference was if the hogs had a reason to be at the one spot where i can shoot them. under the feeder where they go everyday to munch. if there is no food there they they will just go somewhere else. and maybe swing by at a later date to see if there is something to eat again.

when i was a kid just starting to go deer hunting with my dad he always made us be super quiet, whisper, etc.... now i know that it was totally unnecessary and when i go with my brother now to the same spot...he dips, i smoke, we ave big coffees, laughing, talking and we practically cant scare the deer off. as long as there is food....they will come. i think it is the same for hogs.

coonsaw

Posted By: SLT

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 05:03 AM

Prob was a house cat

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 05:16 AM

house cat my [censored]!!! more like a baby mountain lion!!!

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 05:17 AM

yea its a feeder..we know dipping dont matter from a 100 yrds with wind to the face. but at 20 yard i think it would but one day we will find out.

Posted By: Chief Wang

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 07:51 AM

ill prove it too you man ha and its original so it smells like dirt anyway!!

Posted By: kilt it

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 01:53 PM

dippin smokin, none of it matters. If you get scented, you are done. hunting and chewing is like peas and carrots.

Posted By: bjankowski

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 03:42 PM

I only bow hunt and I always dip, but I don't spit so it really doesn't affect my hunting at all, deer or hogs! I've had them both five yards away without getting busted.

Posted By: rifleman

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 04:34 PM

I've killed quite a few under 20yds from the ground with a big dip of snuff in.

Posted By: BYPATHofNIGHT

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 05:17 PM

Just stay down wind from them, and it really won't matter much what you have in your mouth.

Posted By: TonyLama

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 09:41 PM

I have had deer and hogs right on top of me while smoking and havent gotten busted yet *knock on wood*

Posted By: Driller

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 10:12 PM

I had 9 deer in a field with me last season while hunting from a ladder stand hung on an Oak tree while spitting Red Man down the side of the tree. I ended up taking 2 does at just over 20 yd and the other just under 20 yd. I have smoked with deer close before aswell just to see if I could get a reaction. It depends on the wind and the animals IMO. Glad I have kicked those habits.

Posted By: Closed Traverse

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/21/10 11:16 PM

probably doesnt help....

Posted By: kilt it

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 01:57 AM

once i spit on a buttonhead's head.......boy are they dumb

Posted By: kilt it

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 01:57 AM

oh, and he was smelling my flashlight that i dropped

Posted By: sqiggy

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 02:09 AM

It's our body odor that gets us busted. That's it!!

Posted By: kilt it

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 02:10 AM

and movement

Posted By: sqiggy

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 02:55 AM

Originally Posted By: kilt it
and movement
Yeah, that too!!!
But sometimes you can fool their eyes, but not their nose!!!

Posted By: SLT

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:14 AM

Very true !

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:22 AM

how far u think them piggys can see? id guess 20 yrds but idk

Posted By: SLT

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:31 AM

Sounds about right

Posted By: varmit slayer

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:34 AM

if ya dippin just swallow it dont be scared if ya cant handle that then ya dont need it that bad

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:38 AM

im sorry but i dont swallow... hahahaha

Posted By: SLT

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:40 AM

LMFAO !!! He does !!!!!!!!

Posted By: varmit slayer

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:43 AM

man ya'll aint right ya just keep talking ill keep shooting ya just remember i got to hit a silloute at 200yrds with a .22 ill do it in 30 shots

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:45 AM

whats a silloute.?

Posted By: varmit slayer

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:46 AM

idk how to spell it ya know a target of a human outline

Posted By: SLT

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:47 AM

We will see lets put a little $$$ on it

Posted By: varmit slayer

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:49 AM

well im broke so ill just post on here you are a better shot if ya beat me

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:53 AM

oh yea i know what ya talking about. i gatta watch this Brandons gana loose!

Posted By: varmit slayer

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 03:54 AM

o look at slt i got some backers on this

Posted By: Chief Wang

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 04:04 AM

haha Brandon its all good jake still needs to get in the pond naked!!

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 04:06 AM

if anything you do for cheating! i dont get it i was tearin them up the day before lol

Posted By: Chief Wang

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 04:07 AM

well the day before wasn't that day!!!

Posted By: coonsaw

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 04:56 AM

you 3 have a hard time staying on topic. get a room would ya!

sqiggy...is that sarcasm?

coonsaw

Posted By: Driller

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 05:05 AM

Bromance...

Posted By: Chief Wang

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 05:11 AM

if you dont like it i mean u dont have to stay on the topic...just sayin!!

Posted By: schuler23

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 05:39 AM

hahaha

Posted By: Chief Wang

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/22/10 02:44 PM

yeah thats right

Posted By: Honker Jake

Re: Dipping or smoking while hunting!??? - 07/23/10 02:45 AM

Originally Posted By: Driller
Bromance...

Broke Back Mountain.....

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