Question for 'Season Long' Bow Hunters

[pafdrn]

I always hunt the wind.

[Dudley]

I maintain the same level of preparation, but the key for me is stand selection. I have 6 stands on my property - 3 for East winds and 3 for West winds. 5 out of the 6 have very "clean" entrance and exit routes, so I save the 6th one for just the right conditions. Always play the wind.

[vmont]

I quit using scent control sprays years ago and don't wash my clothes with scent free detergent. Most times I just hunt in jeans and a solid dark colored shirt. My main stand is also way up in a tree so I can get away with more than others. All the other guys at our place spray down before heading out and they don't see any more deer than me.

[BigThicketBoy]

Smoke your clothes and yourself hunt the wind and you'll be okay.
If you don't think smoke works as a cover scent and a natural bacteria killer try this.
You know that favorite cap you wear all the time , the one you do yerd work in , the one you wear clearing shooting lanes? Hold it over a camp fire in the smoke a few minutes set it aside 15 /20 mins and see if you can still smell the sweat and dirt.
I have hunted so questionable winds and have yet to get blown at.
Smoke works and its pretty much free.

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[Fishndude]

Depends on what’s happening but ya I get a little lazy and rely mostly on wind.

[rladner]

I'm pretty lax. I learned in Africa that the only thing you can really do is hunt the wind. I have an ozonics and occasionally use cover scents when I know the wind isn't great but I also know nothing is really going to work except hunting the wind correctly. No matter what I do I will have scent. Just have to keep it going in the other direction.



oh and for Smart, I use Scent Thief