RE: Elk Camp Setup
YES, YES, YES!!!
Having a camp fire is a really enjoyable part of camping. BUT, you are not camping, you are hunting! So many times hunters will camp in the middle of the hunting area so they don't have to hike so far from camp to hunt. Then to top it off they have a camp fire and cook greasie foods outside. All they do is stink up the woods around them. Then they wonder why they had to hike 5 miles from camp just to see an animal. If you are going to be camping close to where you plan to hunt, then try to camp on an opposite ridge or canyon from your hunting area.
The other complaint is that they use scent cover up, but still get winded by game. They think that if they can't smell all that smoke on themselves, then the game won't either. WRONG! No matter how much cover scent you put on, the animals are still going to smell the smoke that is on your close, skin, hair, boots,etc..
The best thing to do is to use a propane heater and propane stove. There stillis a little bit of smell to them, butits better than smoke smell.
BM