Do you urinate off your bow stand?

I normally don't have to but will if I need to.

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deer can't tell human piss from animal piss

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Heard the same and decided to test it out a few years ago.
Right before the rut, when the bucks were really starting to work the scrapes pretty good, I took a huge piss right in the middle of a fresh scrape one morning and put a camera on it to see what happened. He came back within hours and reworked the whole scrape. The next morning, I had just drank a whole pot of coffee and pissed all over his scrape again. I thought for sure the strong coffee smell would be too much. Nope. He came back and reworked the whole scrape yet again. Seemed like he got even more aggressive with protecting his territory no matter what the piss smelled like.

Took a piss off my stand last year after holding it in as long as I could. Less than 5 minutes later I shot the biggest buck of my life within feet of where I pissed. Deer can't tell what species the urine is. Just that something has pissed there recently. I'm it saying treat your stand like a urinal, but pissing off the side every now and then won't ruin your hunt.

Yes.

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piss is piss, that a deer can't tell human piss from animal piss

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Yes I piss off my stand if I have to piss. I hunt out of an open front climber 100% of the time and on public land and ideally I find a spot above water. I plan to have to take a piss every time I hunt because I drink a big redbull before every hunt. I don't know if the water hides the smell of piss or not, but it does in my head and I stay confident. Walmart used to sell this scent attractant that came in a bottle similar to a shampoo bottle, and the apple smelled like apple shampoo. It said on the bottle to keep it out of deers reach because it didn't taste good to them. Probably shampoo with a different label on it. Anyway, there was one in sweet corn scent and I would take a piss and then immediately pour the sweet corn scent stuff on top of the piss puddle and I've killed deer doing that. I also have a video of a deer feeding about 6 inches from a fresh piss stain I had just put on the tree next to me. The deer was standing almost directly under my climber. So I have no clue what deer think about human piss. I know how to somewhat cover the smell and I try to cover it whenever possible. I don't believe that "piss is piss" though. Humans drink different stuff than just water, whereas animals only drink water. Drink coffee and take a piss and tell me if it smells anything like deer piss....

Yea man. I hunt superior national forest in northern Minnesota. When the rut is on. These bucks don't care about anything but a doe. Make noise, piss off your stand. Don't care. Lookin for females.

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I may start trying it. I'm tired of worrying about empty bottles in my pocket to piss in.

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I used to carry water bottle and ziplocs to piss in but once I forgot it and pissed out the window of my box I saw a deer 5 minutes later, I never brought another piss bottle/bag with me again. Every scrape I come across I piss in it.

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I always wondered how much of a gimmick the scent blocker market was

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Huge gimmick. Everything to do with scent control is about making $$$$$. Myth Buster did a segment where they dressed in a gas mask and rubber suit duct taped so that air couldnt get out. They went hide and a tracking dog found them in 15 minutes I think. You cant hide from a deer that uses its nose for survival.

ScentLock/ Scent Blocker doesnt do anything along with sprays. Use the wind. Use cheap scent free soap from the dollar store. you can get a few bars for a little more than a dollar instead of playing 5 bucks for a single bar of soap but thats as far I would go. Wash your clothes with baking soda instead of that washing detergent that claims its scent free.

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Use cheap scent free soap from the dollar store. you can get a few bars for a little more than a dollar instead of playing 5 bucks for a single bar of soap but thats as far I would go. Wash your clothes with baking soda instead of that washing detergent that claims its scent free.

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I use to use all scent free soaps, detergent, deodorant etc. would keep my clothes in a charcoal lined bag, take them off right after the hunt and put them back in the bag. I was getting busted constantly.

I've learned a lot bow hunting about deer while also realizing I know absolutely nothing about them. One thing is for sure, if I take a shower with my normal body wash, wash my hair with Head & Shoulders and let my wife wash my hunting clothes with the rest of the laundry I have killed my 2 best bucks with a bow and have not been winded. Nobody believes me but I'm confident in it.