This year, I took the ScentLok leap, despite having my doubts as to whether it actually works (from a scientific perspective).

Anyway, through five hunts, here are my results.

2006 (no scent lok) - through 18 hours on stand, 5 days afield, I had seen 7 deer.

2007 (scent lok) - logged 18 hours on stand in 5 days. I've seen 23 so far.

There are some intangibles. The weather has been basically the same (a little hotter this year),and there wasone morning in '06 where I hunted through a steady rain shower. I've hunted mostly the same stands, but in a different order (accounting for the wind).

So do you guys think this is mere coincidence, or is there something to it? Or (like me) do you think that the data is statistically insignificant - and I need to log about another 100 hours before we start making conclusions?

Also, would you expect this trend to continue throughout the season?