ORIGINAL: Justin
Greg - do you account for wind direction when planning your entrance/exit routes from your stand, or just your actual time in the stand itself?
One last thing. I always take precautions to get to and from my stands undetected. This means visually, audibly and by scent. There are no shortcuts when it comes to fooling a whitetails senses
Also, if you don't use any scent killing products at all, how do you minimize the amount of scent you leave behind traveling to/from your stands, and while being in them as well?
I keep my clothes clean and only use them for hunting. No restaurants, gas stations or bars will see my hunting outfits.
I know we've discussed several times that you hunt certain stands on numerous occasions throughout the season. To me, it seems like there would be a pretty definable scent trail to/from these locations as well as around them if you're not using any scent killing products at all while hunting them. I picture it as drawing a line on a piece of paper every time you walk in and out from these spots. After enough of these trips that line gets pretty thick.
Again...
One last thing. I always take precautions to get to and from my stands undetected. This means visually, audibly and by scent. There are no shortcuts when it comes to fooling a whitetails senses
In addition to this, I also take several different paths to and from my stands to prevent this "line" from occuring. I also DO NOT touch anything with my bare skin. I prepare my trails to and from my stands by pruning a clear path.