Bowfanatic,

As a buckfever synthetic user, Have you personally ever watched a deer shy from your set up or had any negative responses? Just curious...

I think the major factor in negative response to a set up is human scent as well. Are you pretty careful with your own scent?

The drag rag is a nice idea, I havent done this much, but I do pour BF Rut urine on my rubber boots on my way to a stand during the rut. One time I came back to a stand a few days after doing this. I noticed in my tracks in the snow a set of deer tracks right on top of my boot tracks. Big deer tracks..and several small saplings were torn to pieces along the way...it was an awesome sight.... The deer had followed my scent trail all the way from my stand to where I had exited the woods that evening and then had followed my mile hike out to where my quad was parked... I was pretty impressed... that that deer had tracked me like that ...He either was one smart deer and had me pinned...or he liked the BF urine! Later that day...after seeing all this..my neighbor shot his biggest buck ever (grossed 151 4x5) about 200 yards from my stand! I still wonder to this day if it wasnt that buck..

Good luck
Shed