ORIGINAL: shed33
I am willing to do some extensive testing while capturing it with my video camera.... I will purposely be setting up at bow rangewere I will get windedduring the hot summer months on feeding areas. I have several spots and I know exactly how the wind works from these stands.
I would like to test basically three different tactics.
1. No scent control
2. Using the soaps/shower, spray and clean hunting clothes stored seperate (I will supply all the materials plus the video camera)
3. All of #2 plus the use of carbon and silver fiber clothing... (I have both)
It would be interesting to see how this all played out. I have a couple areas that deer feed regularly and the age structure and buck to doe ratio would be balanced enough for us to get reactions from young critters, does ..older does...and older bucks...
Anyone interested in helping me write up the constants and variables and frequency ......shoot me a pm and we will get this experiment planned out, and can share with our members..
Troy
I hate to say it Troy..........but you would be wasting your time. The variables are unlimited and thus any perceived information obtained will have absolutely no viability to be applied elsewhere. All you will be doing is documenting one big "One time when I was in the woods" story. If these kinds of case-based "experiments" held any value whatsoever you would see every company out there doing them and showing the results. Much the same as the experiments that showed favorable responses to new car scent in scrapes and hawaian shirts as good camo would never lead anyone to believe those were the best ways to hunt deer..........all this will do is show one of the zillion responses you might run into in the dynamic world of a whitetail........then tomorrow you may see the exact opposite. If there was a sure fire, black and white, yes and no answer to deer hunting we would know it by now. For every story you hear there are 10 more that tell the opposite tale. You could spend 80 hours a week peparing for this and a few months doing it and recording it and still be left with nothing more then subjective data.
Neat idea though.