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Tree stand Height- wind blowing over the top of deer

I’ve hunted a river a lot lately, but with my back to it, in most situations it’s pulling the air down. I’ve also been trying Scentlok for two seasons, and this season I had many deer dead down wind that did not bust. I’ve been pretty aggressive about putting it through a dryer cycle before my hunts, based on data so far I’m gonna keep using it. If it were me I’d either try that tree in Scentlok or see if there were a spot for a downwind ground set, but I know in that case you lose the other trails, so sounds like go for it. Maybe the most important thing is trying some arrows from height so the first steep angle shot you take isn’t on a deer… or maybe just don’t hunt crazy high, it still might work. I think I’d hunt high if I had practiced some shots high, or just hunt regular height if I hadn’t tested the shot.

Edit: bring milkweed.
I’m still digging through the Scentlok materials and trying to learn more so forgive me if this is ignorant. Do you need to put it through the dryer cycle before every hunt? I understood it was good for 30 days or so and I planned to just keep it in the back of my truck in an airtight container during the season. Happy to learn more.
 
I’m still digging through the Scentlok materials and trying to learn more so forgive me if this is ignorant. Do you need to put it through the dryer cycle before every hunt? I understood it was good for 30 days or so and I planned to just keep it in the back of my truck in an airtight container during the season. Happy to learn more.
I honestly don’t know… if it were kept truly air tight I’m sure that helps. I don’t fully trust the rubber gasket around most airtight containers, especially where there’s little seal pressure in the middle of longer containers, so I keep the Scentlok in a vacuum bag inside the container as well. I’ll wear it for a day maybe a weekend, but ideally I heat it up if it’s been sitting for any length of time, I just have a hard time believing a small amount of activated carbon doesn’t saturate fairly quickly, and I want any advantage I can get. Two seasons and the clothing still looks good, but these days I’m lucky to get 12-15 hunts in per season.
 
I’m still digging through the Scentlok materials and trying to learn more so forgive me if this is ignorant. Do you need to put it through the dryer cycle before every hunt? I understood it was good for 30 days or so and I planned to just keep it in the back of my truck in an airtight container during the season. Happy to learn more.
Here is a glimpse at Johns process if your interested.
 
I have had great luck since switching to Scentlok a couple of seasons ago. The season prior I tried to play the wind but kept getting buster due to swirling winds. It was nonstop. After switching no more getting busted (for scent, still for movement sometimes). If it is early season I run it through the dryer after every hunt, Once the sweaty season part is over I do it every two or three hunts. This season I had two coyotes trot within 7 yards of me dead downwind while sitting on the ground. They didn't skip a beat. If that isn't a test, I don't know what is.

You can email John and he will gladly email you all the scent control documents he has. People think it is a major hassle to do scent control, but I find it is not too bad once you get your system in place. I find it is more of a hassle getting busted by deer.
 
I’m still digging through the Scentlok materials and trying to learn more so forgive me if this is ignorant. Do you need to put it through the dryer cycle before every hunt? I understood it was good for 30 days or so and I planned to just keep it in the back of my truck in an airtight container during the season. Happy to learn more.
I think on most garments, it's closer to 30 hours that it's good, and like 10 hours for headcovers.

I always run mine through the dryer every time I get home from a hunt. But If I'm camping for two or three days, I'll just use it all weekend. I have read that ozone is actually more effective at de-adsorbing it. I have a small portable ozone generator that I put in a rubbermaid tub with my backpack while driving to hunt. I'll occasionally use that on my Scentlok clothes on multi-day hunts, but not too often because it's hard on elastic and such.
 
I rarely hunt higher than 15', just due to the shape and density of the trees where I hunt. I agree that higher is better to keep your scent over top of deer, but if you're just going in without any scent control, they will still wind you at some distance. It might be 200 yards out, but your scent will reach the ground somewhere.

I've also dropped milkweed in a steady breeze and watched it head toward the ground 15 yards away. For whatever reason, where I was the wind was skimming the treetops and then sucking down toward the ground. In that spot, they would probably be in my scent stream regardless of how high I was.
In this situation, not likely. 200 yds downwind is water. Whenever possible I try to use the terrain to put some sort of barrier that prevent deer from getting down wind. I use the river a lot. sometimes it a marsh, a house, a fence, a cliff. etc. I will definitely bring a cattail pod to check what the wind is doing. At 26' I'm hoping my scent will just blow over them on the close downwind trail. All the other trails including the primary scrape are upwind.
 
Totally depends upon what the wind is doing. Some days, times, and locations you're good at any random height. Other days, it's dropping right to them. I never count on height making me not detected by scent, it's just a nice bonus when it happens.
 
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