ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
#2 What are you setting your stand up on? You have to be able to see, and that will determine how far you are from the site.
I am hunting on a trail that the deer follow to get to there food plot... 90% of the trees are really tall pines and the rest is all small underbrush. I am hunting in a 15' ladder stand with a rifle.
#3 Quit smoking. You will live longer (based on multiple research studies), and you will have more money to apply toward hunting.
I wish I could... old habits die hard.
Thanks for the tips so far, I also did some research and one web site recommends that if hunting in pines you take freshly cut limbs and cones. Then you stuff them in a trash bag with your hunting clothes and tie up the bag and leave it for a few weeks. Seems like a great idea.