[HonestChieffan]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

After essentially a 2 year hiatus from bow hunting due to work, I made a priority to make myself get out there. I've been freezing my ass off this week but I've been sitting with mixed results.

I've seen a few bucks and have passed a couple of have been thrilled to get in the past but I'm really trying for a good one right now. Yesterday I got close and had an awesome 12 that would score big numbers at 60 yards for about half an hour. He was behind me with a doe rubbing on a tree behind brush so no shot, but man it was a blood pumper. Wind was wrong there today so I went after one I've been trying for on my own farm. No luck.

The first couple days out I got busted by wind. I'd been careful, washing myself in the right soaps and my cloths which I kept in a container. Deer gets down wind....busted.

I decided to think outside the box and tried so,thing. Ew the last two days and it has been great so far. Instead of the anti scent.....I fired up my bee smoker with pine needles. I smoked my back pack, boots, cloths in the container and then when I'm dressed.

Today I had three bucks down wind that didn't even flinch. I'm sold.

Good stuff. I killed my best ever buck in early October. Been bored as shit since. This weather sucks. I want a fat doe in freezer buy not at 55 degrees