ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I've been thinking about this for a while, now.....and I have a different twist that I don't know has been addressed (that "might" make your guide's outlook/ideology seem a little more sound).
I would "think" that a hunter.....hunting in an "all day sit" type situation.....runs a "risk" of having to get down and relieve himself a LOT more than the hunter who is only sitting for 5 or so hours. If your guide's trying to eliminate as much human scent in the area as he can.....he may be banking on this. I don't know too many guys who can (or will) stay in their STAND all day.
I'm also not making the assumption that human "waste" is any more discernable to the whitetail than any other animals'. I'm just making an observation.
I would also "surmise" that not every hunter is as versed/dedicated/committed to their scent regimen as the guide would like for them to be. He may demand it....and, if so, I think he's doing the right thing (again....it's YOUR money.....but HIS means of making his living). He has to put another hunter in those woods after you leave. I hope the term "it's not all about YOU" isn't too harsh.....but I think you get my jist.
Good thoughts as usual Jeff. A more scent concious man I've never met. He requests his guys to have a pee bottle with them. He is the way he is to protect the intrests of all of his hunters. I think they call it integrity (sp).You kow how you hear some guides say they do it for the love of the sport? Then you hear guys say that's a crock, their doing it for the money. Well, Jim truely does this for the love of the sport.
He has a 120" min/ draw blood rule and don't recover. If you breech these rules, it cost you $300. This money goes into a fund that goes back into the whitetails of the region. He bought one of those mechanical deer that they use to catch poachers, and donated it to the local (Bow Zone) law enforcement people.
And yes, I keep praising the guy because of who/what he is. It doesn't mean he has to hunt the way "I want to hunt". I'll keep hunting with him as long as I can keep affording to hunt with him. I'm like a whitetail, very adaptable.
