You can't possibly know that "
nothing has winded me". How do you know that you have not been winded by a deer that was far enough away that you never knew he/she was there? They don't always go off blowin and snortin when they smell something.
Just last night I had one coming right down the path from behind me...a decent young buck...he was checking the wind as he walked and got scent of me and simply turned and walked the other way. I just happened to be looking behind my tree when I saw him. Otherwise he would have slipped away without me ever knowing he had been there.
I guess it's partly the "macho hunter" in us, but we seem not to want to admit that we miss seeing deer. I'm convinced that all of us...even the most seasoned hunters here miss seeing deer that we don't even know were there.
Just my .02, you think and do what sits best for you.
ORIGINAL: nodog
Well try wearing your hunting clothes without washing them for days, only putting them in the dryer after 3 days of hunting. If you can do that without getting busted down wind of many critters not just deer let me know. I can do just that with my scentlok. I haven't washed it once this year and have a great many hours of hunting in and some in warm weather. Nothing to date has winded me, nothing and many have been directly down wind. They are on their 3rd season. No animal has known I was there and I haven't even washed them or sprayed them down. I have been hunting in an area where animals are always on high alert and still not been busted.
Yes deer have fallen.
