I've been out 5 times now (not near as many as I'd like) but I've really been scouting since late spring. Trail cams and slow walking around. I thought I knew more but the 1st 4 sits I've only seen 3 deer. Nothing close though. My last sit was this last Sun morning and I had a group of about 15 deer or so come out just before shooting time. They got behind me and somehow scented me and took off. I would've sworn I was 100% scent free. Maybe I need to bury my clothes in a dry dirt pile for a week? Anyway when I leave I went about where the deer scented me and I find another stand has been hung. So maybe it wasn't me that they smelled and someone else was just really not caring about their scent. I hope the best is yet to come but is anyone else getting frustrated like me? If so, any hints on getting thru it without going bonkers?

You can't be 100% scent free, you can only do your best to reduce it and hope it buys you enough time to make a shot.
The other stand may have had something to do with it, and yes putting lots of time & effort in with not seeing anything is frustrating but hang in there.

just remember you cant kill em sitting on the couch. just remember to enjoy the hunt with out having a kill

persistence pays, probally why im broke