So your wear the exact same amount of clothes every time you hunt? So you set you climber up in exactly the same spot in exactly the same tree every time? I didn't think so[:-][:'(]You can't practice for EVERY scenario until your in that scenarioIf you think you can then you are more naive than I originally thought[:-]

Well I didn't really say I had killed anythingBut am I to assume that you are saying you are a better deer hunter because you don't take a practice shot[:-][:'(]That sure seemed to be what you were saying. I was just reminding you in a round about way that my reocrd speaks for itself and before you go acting like anyone that shoots a practice shot is stupid; you might want to stop and consider that

Well that's great for you. You sound like a guy that believes in scent lok and most anything else the hunting industry will try to sell you. I personally do not have the amount of faith in the capabilities of the whitetails nose that you do. For me, being prepared is more important than taking a chance that a whitetail will smell and arrow that I touched (but not smell the 62 limbs that I inadvertently rubbed into on the way to my stand). I think at times their noses can be exceptional but most of the time they just aren't. I have had too many deer straight down wind of me while I was on the ground and in the tree that never smelled me. I have had too many deer bed right under my tree on no wind days that never smelled me(scent molecules had to be falling to the ground). I have spit dip on SEVERAL deer that were right under me that never smelled me. I have had to many walk up to the base of my tree and sniff where I just climbed that could smell something but couldn't tell what it was to be worried about a deer smelling where I touched an arrow.