What about the smell of horse' s? What' s the concensus there?

Walk with the wind in your face and you won' t have to worry about how you smell.
when i use to guide,we would spike out over night and would have a fire and we never had any problems.But with archery its a little different you would want to control your scent as much as you can.

I think they smell them as a non threatening animal. Years back when I was riding up in the Cascades with my Dad, we walked within spitting distance of Elk while on Horseback. They really paid us no mind. Bad part was it was July and Elk season wasn' t til Nov.[]

I got camp clothes and hunting clothes so never needed to think about it

i would not have a fire if i could not help it no fire we dont eat

when i go hunting i only bring food for a few days then your on your own so i go and get squirrels or birds till me and my hunting buddys get a camp deer then we are set

Simply put if you need to get within 50 yds for a shot then scent is an issue. Unless the wind is blowing hard your scent may be picked up, especially in the timber where your scent has a tendancy to" soak" the area and winds swirl. Campfire scent is very strong and alarming to animals even if its only in your hair. By the way you hair soaks up scent very well. If you don' t need to get closer than 50 yds, it makes no difference.