Arrow Flinger
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What are the odds that a deer will bust you if they get down wind of you? 100%? For most of the people I hunt with, that is the odds. Now this is something I have never mentioned to anyone before because anyone would say I am crazy but for me, the odds are about 5% and I don't have a clue why. I average about 1 deer a year showing a negative effect when down wind of me and it is always one of those hot, humid days when I never quit sweating. I am not sure if they don't smell me or if I just put out a different type of odor that doesn't spook them. Yesterday evening was a good example. I had a doe come out in a field 75 yards directly down wind of me and she never even raised her head and fed for 20 minutes in my sight. I only take minimal precautions with scent contol and just spray down with scent eleminator and earth scent but I know that is not eliminating or completly covering my scent. I have seen first hand that there is a difference in people. When my Son started hunting with me, hunting from the same stand I had always hunted, deer winded us anytime they were down wind when he was with me but never when I hunted alone.
Does some of ya'll with scientific minds have a reasonable explaination for me?
I know that this is not just a fluke because I have seen the same thing for 30 years of being in the woods. Am I the only one blessed with this gift or is there someone else?
Does some of ya'll with scientific minds have a reasonable explaination for me?
I know that this is not just a fluke because I have seen the same thing for 30 years of being in the woods. Am I the only one blessed with this gift or is there someone else?