Does smoking cigarettes while hunting scare away deer?

Does smoking cigarettes while hunting scare away deer?

This story was originally published in November 2022. Every year, deer hunters spend millions of dollars on products to control their scent. White-tailed deer can smell odors from far away. Often, if a deer smells a hunter for any reason, it will steer clear. Hunters use everything from special clothing, to scent-reducing laundry detergents, soaps, shampoos and sprays, to cover-scents designed to place close to the stand or blind to mask human-r…