Lee,
I think it's just frustrating for the most experienced guys to listen to folks that they're trying to help....Most have tried these gimmicks or ideas and know they don't work....But hey, you want to spend your bread on stuff that obviously doesn't work....Well, that's up to you....I guess that's what makes the world go round....
Steve
You wear a leafy suit when turkey hunting. A turkey is very sharp eyes.
Right .yet you fool it.
You wear camo to fool the eye of a turkey or ducks. And use calls to fool them.. hide in blinds right.
We sit high in deer stands. To remove our selfs from the sight of deers normal sight and smell.
As it is proven going high helps from the deer to smell the hunter in thermals.
Wind does not blow in the same direction all the time. It changes.
And in an instance. And will blow your position in heart beat..
It is impossible to always keep the wind in our face..
Lastly we sit in blinds to fool our prey.. and camo our selves from coyotes or turkey.
This is my analysis. We do the same to defeat an animals smell.
And there are different methods to throw them off enough to fool them.
And every one is right it isn't easy.
It is agreed that going high and trying to keep the wind in our face is going to help..
Now the issue here is the validity
If a hunter is able to fool a deers nose. Most of the hunters here say no.. because of the sensitivity of their nose. Which is a tough argument..
Deer have better eye sight then we do. But if we remain motionless
They have difficulty seeing us we can all agree..
If we remain very quiet, making absolutely no noise we can defeat their hearing. Yet their hearing is100 time better than ours. Right..
It is my belief that we can fool their sense of smell. Or at list confuse them. By keep our body order
At it's most minimum as possible.
Don't sweat if you are, you are going way to fast for very close encounters. 15-50 yards.
Now if you are spot and stalking from a long distance.
It has been my experience deer have a hard time smelling you.
Yes then the smell of your order will make no difference , or less of a difference., if all the conditions are good..
Just like tool we use to gain a better chance to defeat our prey, we use it.
My ancestors believe if in very close encounters 15-20 yards they had more successful hunts.
They had natural remedies, just like they had natural remedies for medicine, and survival. Was fool proof, no . Did it always work problem not. It it seem to to work for them most of the time.
Ishi when he went hunting..
He was washed, rinsed his mouth,
And wore no sandals or shoes.
Only wore a loin cloth.. be cause clothing was to noisy..
We use every tool we have to fool our prey. Smell, noise, movement..
I like the smell of sage. And sweet grass. I use them. Do they work.
For me they do because that's what I believe. And it is an added mental encouragement..
Tell people what you believe.
And that is fine , and you can have a disagreement. That's fine.
But don't ever ridicule a person in believing in their believes.
That's what I see here.
Narcissistic attitudes..
