So you think a Buck can tell how far away you are regardless of the strength of the scent you are allowing to escape?
Just curious!
I believe, to a deer, human odor is human odor which to a deer = predator. As to how strong your scent is, I think you may be able to minimize it, but you can not change what a deer believes you are.
In my area I doubt a Buck spends many days out of the year without encountering human scent. I think the strength of that scent determines how they react.
So you are saying the strength or amount of human scent a deer encounters determines how they will react to it? How can the deer determine if the little bit, or a lot of scent spells danger? By determining how far away you are?
If I depended on
luck onlyI doubt I would ever do much good, as I have never been lucky. It does seem
the more I hunt,
the more I watch my scent,
the Luckier I get though
I never said to depend on luck only. If I did that, I would probably see less deer also.
I do have to say though, hunting more, and smarter, hunting the wind, and being still on stand probably all play a much greater roll in our sightings/success than using scent killer. Myself personally, I am leaning more and more towards Arm and Hammer and just plain old low impact disturbance, along with stand placement to take advantage of the wind and a good old healthy dose of luck every now and then.[8D]
Heck, it works for GregH. Gospel!!
LT