as the season starts, I wash everything down with a brush water and baking soda, ( stands ,ladders, anything that goes out. then spray and outside to dry) and of course clothes, scent free soap , and line dry with at least a rain or two. a shower, and then out, and try to dress at the hunt sight and I have been busted early season, far too many times. As the season goes on, I get lazy, and scent control suffers, and I swear I get busted less, and I drive to the sight with clothes on because it is cold.and have deer closer then early season. Two days ago, a beautiful 8-10 came in after my decoys, ( buck and doe), he circled around, stood behind my ladder so close, that now and then, I could hear him shift his feet and if I looked straight down, I could see leaf movement. Now maybe rut plays a big part of this. and I was also on different property, and mayby on my familiar hunt grounds, they finally get used to the scent intrusion. By the way the buck circled came in in the dekes, I pulled back to shoot , and my release let the arrow fly and land at his feet at half draw, and he walked