With bow season around the corner, a lot of us are either in the middle of hanging stands or will be doing it within the next couple weeks. The #1 things most hunters battle is scent and scent control. It is a known fact that a mature-wise buckmay change his pattern and never be seen again in an area after he has caught wind of some human action.

So....when it is 80-90 degrees outside, your hanging stands, and sweat is dripping off your face likea leaky faucet...how do you handle this? A lot of times I'll be sweating to death hanging stands andI think.....if a mature buck is around here, he will never come back, this place is infested with human scent now.

I try to take as much scent control percaution as I can. But when you start sweating, you can't stop it. Of couse I have a climbing treestand, so I'm sure that will be a lot of peoples comebacks. But I also have some chain-on and ladder stands as well. So don't get me wrong, I love my climber...but I also like the ease of use when climbing up a ladder stand.

So am I misunderstanding something about mature bucks and their patterns? Will hanging stands (and dripping sweat all over the woods) not affect my hunt as much as I think? And what does everyone else do?