ORIGINAL: Virginia7
Oh yeah, "scent-free deodorant"???
You're kidding, right?
I've used such as Irish Spring, Ivory, and Dial soaps for showering in the mornings, and I've had deer walk up with 10-15ft. of me, even when I used to smoke.[:'(] It's movement and odd noises that spooks 'em.
No I'm not kidding.... I hunt public land and constantly have to play the wind and be as scent free as possible
(without going to extremes like scent-lock camo suits and/or keeping my clothes in an air tight compartment). The only time I had a deer 20 yards from me was when it was bumped by another hunter and it was very skittish and then tore off outta there! [:'(]
Anyway, thanks for all the advice everyone on the rifles. As you see in my signature, I have a little "one of each" type of thing going. The old Marlin 30-30 is great and is zeroed to 100 yards. That's the way I keep it. I love it dearly for hunting the thick stuff. But with a nice .270, I could really extend my range to double (heck, even triple) that of the 30-30.