Don't believe this for a second. A deer, especially a suburban deer willknow the difference from house smells and the smellright in their immediate area. If you treat all deer as having superior smell to the point of giving them too much credit, your sucess will go up. I've been hunting suburban deer for 24 years and believe thatin order for them to survive, their smell differentiation skills are much better than the deer that have less human contact. Otherwise, they'd be too scared to move around, which most mature bucks won't if they detect a scent out of the ordinary.
greg.....I admit I've gotten lazy on 3 occasions, this year.....and not de-scnted (showered) after work. I felt like I was in a race for time to get in stand....and I knew the wind was right for the spot I was going into.
I probably should have just stayed home. I won't mention whether or not I killed anything or not. I haven't killed a buck....so that accounts to substantiate your post (in theory, anyways).
I just can't cut corners.....and I TRULY appreciate you giving the "suburban" deer his due. I hunt deer that DO come into contact with humans.....probably more than a lot of people's herd does. They have their own challenges...and they're by NO MEANS "dumbed down". They have US patterned.....instead of the transverse. They know the difference between a little human scent....and a little more, also.
Thanks for posting that.