Originally Posted by tfd1224
the brutal truth about it is you can take scent free showers, wash your clothes scent free, use scent free deodarant, scent free tooth paste and mouthwash, scent wafers, scent killer spray, put your clothes in a airtight container with a bucket of pine sap and oak leaves, and if a deer gets downwind of you it is gonna smell you. now is the deer gonna care or be alarmed that it smells you? sometimes yes, sometimes no. better to hunt thermals and wind because you will always be a human and you will smell like one as well

I agree totally. The most frustrating part is about 90% of the time the wind switches directions every 10 minutes and cuts off at least half the ways a deer could come from. I tend to think about it and feel it doing it enough to become frustrated and letting it ruin my confidence and hunt. I've hunted the flattest of flat land to some of the "hilliest" places in Alabama, and this is the case in all of those areas IMO, especially around sunrise and sunset. It makes hunting these "stupid" things extremely challenging and frustrating at times.


Originally Posted by BPS
This is Aldeer! The place people come to vent their frustrations and completely change their stance a few minutes later... grin