RE: Deer keep smelling me and leaving
The best spot in the world isn't going to do you any good if the deer know your there. If this is the only spot you can hunt then you'll be better off to just hunt it every once in a while when the wind is right.
You need to have several places to hunt so you can spread you time out in several stands. This way they can't pattern you.
Once I had a hot spot over looking a corn field. The first time I hunted it I saw 19 deer. Every time after that I saw less and less until nothing showed up during daylight . It will not take long for deer to pattern you. So the best thing is to keep them guessing. Hunt different areas instead of just the one spot.
Now in the rut when bucks are on their feet all day you may get away with over hunting a stand more because a lot of different bucks will be searching for does. New bucks will be in your hunting area that may have never been there. Good luck.....