Also, my son wanted me to tell you that we have a local Amish man who makes our deer scent. I have no idea what is in it, but them deer love it.

We also take 20 frozen apples (locally grown) and rub them on the trees and on ourselves. And throw the rest out into the open.
We then take the deer scent and make 6 scrapes and 4 walk lanes right to the stand. And the deer lanes (travel trails) are 200 yards (fanned) in the upwind direction.

The deer followed the west trail right to the stand. He had a large 6 point buck right under his stand...lol They could see him munching on one of the apples. I have never seen that before. Apples are for cover scent. But he must have been hungry for it.

I just told my son to realize that what happened that day is not the norm, rather to just enjoy the memory and realize that hunting is a lot more work than this.

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