Whitetail Myths...here's one

[fabsroman]

Yeah, I am not too worried about scent either. I thought about getting one of those scent-lok suits, but then thought better about it because I really haven't had too terrible of luck. I've had tons of deer under my portable stand, and I put it up every single time I go out in the woods and usually pick different trees. While rifle hunting, I killed one decent buck out of that stand after running the truck up to the tree in the morning and hanging the stand with the lights from the truck shining on the tree. That buck came walking along headed right to where I was. I shot him as soon as he stopped for a split second at about 100 yards.

Killed another decent buck while slug gun hunting and walking a trail. The buck had half of his body behind a tree and he was looking right at me as I raised the gun. He never he moved until I pulled the trigger.

Some days, you can get away with a lot. Others, you can't. I have seen guys smoking in stands and killing deer. I have seen guys peeing off the side of stands and killing deer.

In the end, I think a lot of this cover scent and carbon clothing is only around to make us poorer. Same with the new short magnums, but that is only my opinion.

Like Billy said, how did our ancestors kill deer with crappy muzzleloaders 100+ years ago? How about the Indians?

My pet peeve is the farming of land to attract deer. 100 years ago, do you think anybody left crops standing in the field to attract deer, or that they would plant several acres of clover and other "special" feed just for deer. The sport has become one of who can kill the most deer, who can kill the biggest deer, and people are willing to spend tons of money to do so. It really does bother me. People go to great lengths to develop deer herds and keep them around.

Now, I am not saying that we shouldn't have habitat around for wildlife, I just think people are taking it way too seriously. Kind of like the scent-lok stuff and the one million other gadgets out there to make us better hunters.