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title: "Deer Scent Overload: How Much Deer Scent Is Enough?"
description: How much deer scent should a hunter use in the woods? How to bring in big bucks with deer scents depends on your discipline to avoid the fatal mistake.
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# [Deer Scent Overload: How Much Deer Scent Is Enough?](https://resources.mossberg.com/journal/deer-scent)

 Written by [Jason Cruise](https://resources.mossberg.com/journal/author/jason-cruise) | Oct 5, 2016 1:26:46 PM

Deer scent is past the debate of whether or not they work. Deer scents do work at times, and too many hunters have seen that fact played out in the woods year after year.

The magic question, the X-factor so to speak, for deer hunters when it comes to employing deer scents into their hunt is, "How much deer scent do I use?"

It's not an easy answer.

Jason Cruise, the host of [Mossberg's Rugged American Hunter](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbseTHRyg6oa4QlIi8EHvMO006zhtbOYI), gets right to the point about using deer scent to bring bucks closer.

[View full post](https://resources.mossberg.com/journal/deer-scent)

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