re: Deer hunters

Since I moved to south Texas I quit bow hunting because it is miserably hot and I'm getting old. So i don't do the anti scent deodorant or detergent.

I haven't worn camo to hunt in the past 9 years.

Also, the biggest buck on my wall I shot 21 years ago, and I shot it after working in my cousin's chicken houses for 2 hours. I smelt like sweat and chicken shite and I shot the buck behind a hot doe down wind of me at about 50 yards.

I could make a case for minimizing scent if you are a true trophy hunter.

Being in the right place at the right time is what it's about.

I've killed deer in tennis shoes, sitting on the ground in a bottom, making noise etc.

I've been within arms reach of deer walking to my stand. If you are meat hunting, as long as you're out there, and there's plenty of deer, you'll succeed. Young deer don't give a shite about the wind, your scent etc.

Trophy bucks do though. And you'll seldom kill them out of a box stand. Lots of scouting and knowing their patterns. I don't have time for that shite.

I haven't killed a deer in 2 years because I'm trying to get my kids their first one. Thanksgiving week they should each get a shot. If they miss, we try again later or next year.

My bottle of hunting laundry detergent that I bought 10 years ago is on pace to last another 5 decades, so I’m not too concerned with the cost.

Timing too. During they rut they chase and are likely to ignore you. I've shot at least 2 from a tree within a half hour of pissing out of the stand. Late season that probably matters a lot more.