Well first off I would like to know how to import an emoticon. There is another site that I visit regularly that has a smiley head with a stick in it's hand beating a horse that is laying on the ground. Pretty funny actually.

Now to relate two first hand experiences:

First on how important the wind is..... i was on a hog hunt in Brady, TXsitting in a ground blind fashioned out of tree limbs that formedthe blind on two sides, a tree(read tall bush...remember it is texas) formed the third side. It was roughly 80+ degrees out and high humidity, with an occasional breeze. I had a doe walk out of the trees from upwind, to within 10 ft of me. She passed right in front of my blind, so close i was tempted to touch her. She then stood looking at the feeder that i was hunting for a good 5 minutes. The wind was gently blowing but in the right direction. Once the wind changed and she got a whiff of me you would have swore thatI stuck her with a hot poker, she must have jumped 10 ft in the air and hauled a$$.

Second topic is about my experience with the chemical suits that the military uses. Up until 2-3 years ago the suits that the military used were only good for less than 24 hrs once they had been removed from thier sealed packaging. They consisted of a charcoal layer that was btwn 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick and it was a solid layer of charcoal. Trust me on this as i tore one of them apart because i was going to have to wear it for 12+ hrs and didn't want to sweat to death (for an exercise). The new suits are reusable and can be washed in a normal washer and reused in a chemical environment. If that technology is good enough for a chemical environment then as long as the product put out for commercial use is 90 percent of that level then maybe it is worth a try. i cannot say how good Scentlok is, I am going to try it though this year and more importantly I am going to hunt with the wind when I can. jm2c