I never seen the point of getting to your stand an hr or more before first light. For what? You cant shoot until its light anyways and the deer you are going to see after light arent the ones you run away from your stand on the way in anyways so makes no sense at all. I sit maybe 20 to 30mins in the dark where I cant shoot. Like I said the old saying of I want the woods to calm down is bull to me bc the deer your gonna shoot 99% of the time is too far away to matter at that time anyways. How many times do you have deer around you in the dark only to have em walk off anyways before you can shoot em.....Lol....during the rut as previously said it makes no difference at all what time you get in and for the mornings in the early season they are a very distant runner up to the evenings as far as big buck sightings. I know you cant hunt the evenings but your not missing much in the mornings if you can hunt Sept like I can. Only issue is leaving the smell behind more so than having it on you. If your that concerned I'd honestly consider a 5 gallon container of water and no scent soap products and take a whore bath truck side before entering the woods. Would only take 5mins. Good luck.