Scent control has been a hot topic in deer hunting for a long, long time. In fact, it was probably a real concern even as far back as when we were wearing animal hides and hucking spears at critters.
Modern deer hunters obsess over this aspect as well, but it’s still up for debate whether you can actually beat a buck’s nose. Plenty of hunters think that you really can’t, and that if a deer gets downwind, it’s pretty much game over. But downwind at 15 yards is different from downwind at 50.
This content is restricted to subscribers of OutdoorNews.com. If you are already an OutdoorNews.com subscriber, you can log in here. If you are not and would like to read this and all the other great content OutdoorNews.com has to offer, click here.