Hey folks!
Just a little introduction to myself first - I am 23 years old, been hunting since I was 12 but this was my first bow season. I bought a brand new Bowtech Tomkat, and I love it. It shoots straight, I'm as accurate as I need to be according to targets. Here's my dilemma - Bow season started in mid september, and doesn't end until January 31st where I'm hunting at. I've hunted religiously one entire daya week, if not more. I've seen a total of 6 deer in 4 months, while in stand. Here's my routine - I wash ALL my clothing before I go to bed in "scent free" wash. Throw it in the dryer with a dirt scented fabric softener flag. I get up 2 hours before sunrise, shower with scent free shampoo, body wash, and freshen up with scent free deoderant. I dry offwith a towel that was washed with scent free soap. As I put clothes on, I spray each layer with dirt scented scent eliminator and cover scent. I don't smoke, and I'm set up about 40 yards away from a 2 gallon pile of corn and apple buckjam. I've put salt licks out, but the deer do NOT eat them. There are deer tracks everywhere around me. I've hunted all hours - I usually get to stand at least 45 minutes before sunrise. I see nothing all morning. I'll sit until 1 hour after sunset, and still no deer!! I will sitcompletely still in that stand all day, andnot see anything. I've sat as late as 11 p.m. and still not seen deer. And i'm hunting a management unit that is so "full" of deer that we can hunt them an extra month! I KNOW deer are around, because as soon as I start the truck and head back home, I can see up to as many as 30 deer. Within 2 miles of my stand in whichever direction, they're everywhere. I continue to refill my corn pile, and since there are deer trails that go to it, they are the ones eating it. But they are just NEVER there when I am for some reason. Oh, I'm also about 40 feet up in a pine tree, with plenty of cover. I know they can't see me. Shouldn't be able to smell me, so what gives? What amI doing wrong? [:@]