I live in Northern Virginia, Fairfax county to be exact. The deer in this area are rampant. Our hunting season starts september 1st and goes through till March 1st. The area is highly populated with people.

My question is about scent control, specifically; do i need to be as scrupulous about scent control as someone who lives in a much less human populated area? The deer in my area are city deer, i think its safe to say that probably 99% of the deer in NOVA are never farther than 1 mile, dare i say a quarter mile, away from people.

I've always washed my clothes in baking soda, air dried them outside, sprayed them with scent killer, and stored them in an air tight plastic tote. This year im going to be hunting mainly in the evening after work (office job). Are there any measures i can take to de-scent my body, quickly right before i go into the woods??

In the mornings i take a shower with scent killer body wash and use scent free deodorant. Im confident that my morning hunts are very scent free.