RE: How to descent your stuff w/o spending a fortune?
I've never been big on spending money on scent elimination...or the new charcoal-lined camo...I prefer to hunt the wind. But one pretty good tip I got from an oldtimer seems to work as a cover scent...find yourself a grove of cedars and just bust through them on the way to your stand...you'll smell like a cedar tree the rest of the day. Still have to hunt the wind though...deer can smell your breath.
Good luck!