No idea why Cohibas are so pricey. I'm not that impressed with them. Any good Cuban seed cigar is generally good, and the Dominican and Honduran grown tobaccos are better to me. When I was hanging around the Carribean, I smoked alot of true Cubans, and think they are over rated.
Today I snuck up on a doe, was maybe ten to twelve yards away, and was smoking my pipe. She was downwind, in a very light breeze, and totally ignored me. She finally noticed a puff of smoke, and was alerted a bit, but only wandered off slowly, still feeding. I believe the smoke was helping to cover my scent.
On an aside, this morning I was where I wanted to hunt about half an hour before shooting light. Below me, a bull squealed. I answered back with my cow call. About ten minutes later, he responded with a full scale bugle from about 3-400 yards. I never made contact with him, but was pleasantly suprised he was still bugling after the rut. I've seen him before, and he's a big ol' hawg I'd like to bring home with me.