LT, It's about business. To have a secure business you "Find a Need and Meet that Need". To start a new business where one did not exist before theres a different slogan: "Make a Need, Make a Product to Meet that Need, Tell PeopleThey Need What You Have".
I think we all get caught up in alot of Hype from time to time in our desire to outwit a Whitetail. We want to believe that we're doing everything possible to tip the scales in our favor so we Buy,Buy,Buy!
I also think when we start depending on something other than our skills in the hunting woods we becomewilling victims.
If a product has even the slightest chance of increasing our odds while hunting...someone will market it, someone will buy it, and someone will swear thier success was based on it.
Some of the products out there today have made people more successful but I have a question:
Why were so many very nice deer killed before any of these products, specificallydesigned to catch hunters dollars,became availible???
IMHO...Hunters were in the Right Place at the Right Time.
Amazingly enough they had no "Camoflage","Gum-O-Flage", or "ScentLoc Clothing".
Could it be true they figured out how to get it done without all these things? YES
Could these new products help people who dont have the time to put in scouting or figuring out deer patterns? YES
Which group spent more money..but had the same success????
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...and before any of you gather the torches...
I've bought and use Camo and Fresh Earth Scent because I believe it helps me blend in better than without. My Dad however never used these things because they were not availible...but he killed deer just the same.