I am confused.   We have at Big Birds,  Dead Down Wind products (www.deaddownwind.com) ; Invisible Hunter (www.invisiblehunter.com) ; Sports Wash (www.atsko.com) ;Fresh  Earth Wafers ; Mule Deer Jack’s Cover Candles (www.MuleDeerJack.com) ; and Nose Jammer ( www.NoseJammer.com).    All these products have some big name hunter or expert backing them.  Last year we sold cases of Dead Down Wind field spray.  This week we have carefully laundered Bird’s hunting clothes in Sports Wash and stuffed them in special bags to keep them from getting re-contaminated till he gets to his antelope and elk hunt.    Then Nicki comes in and tells me that last year, while in the blind, a doe stuck her head in and was eating the leaves they brushed in the blind with, while Nicki was eating and smoking a cigarette.   Last year a fellow came in and told me that he went to eat at Gray’s and purposely sat near the kitchen and ordered bacon and fried eggs so that he smelled like grease. 

A web search on scent prevention led to more confusion.   On “archery talk,” this fellow from Florida was adamant about not needing scent prevention.  Other posts, on archery talk, were really pushing the use of wind detection and staying downwind of the animals.   A few posts, addressed the age of the deer.  Old deer with big racks can smell better or interpret smells better than young deer.  Young deer are somewhat stupid.  Maybe that is why the two young deer came within a yard of the blind I was setting in and hung around even after I shot and missed.  While the old one that had the hams of a small horse, never let me see his head and was swiftly out of there.

Let me know what you think.

Have fun and be safe.

Mrs. Bird

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