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A hunter gets up in the morning, doesn't shower, puts on his hunting clothes that have been in the dirty clothes heap in the closet, goes to a fast food restaurant on his way hunting, smokes in his truck, stops at a gas station to fill up, gets in his stand wearing all the same clothing, and then decides to spray down with scent reduction products. Is that going to help him? Probably not.

I also think the notion of "playing the wind" is less valuable wisdom for people who hunt ridge and hollow type terrain like where I hunt. Hunting high in the morning and low in the evening may help, but it's rare to have a prevailing and consistent wind direction.

Sometimes, even with consistent wind, I notice that deer which are upwind have caught my scent in the air--so just because the wind is in your face, doesn't mean deer are incapable of catching your scent upwind. Since we can't see the air, we don't realize that it flows in all kinds of weird directions as it's directed by the contours of the land.

I also think the notion of "playing the wind" is less valuable wisdom for people who hunt ridge and hollow type terrain like where I hunt.

BSK,

Were you ever able to gain control over those cigarettes?

Okay, on the subject of cigarette smoke, Ive killed deer with a cigarette in my mouth. I know a bad habit but I play the wind as much as possible.Again another scent. When I go check game camera's I smoke. I don't know about all the big hoop-la over scent control to that extreme from head net to rubber boots?