For more than 50 years Leonard Lee Rue III has observed, researched, photographed and written about deer. He has done more to educate the American public and hunters on the ways of the whitetail than anyone.
Rue observes that a day with high humidity (between 50 and 70 percent), temperature between 50 and 70 and with a light breeze makes for ideal scenting conditions for a buck. “Under such conditions I believe a deer could detect a human’s scent from at least one-half mile, or more,” he says.
How do you defeat the whitetail’s awesome nose? You can’t. You can only stay in the game by playing the wind and practicing good scent control on every hunt".
I stopped worrying about being 'scent free' years ago. I use the wind to my advantage whenever possible, and sometimes that doesn't work out.
When that happens, the deer won that round. I'll get them the next round.
These 'scent free' products are gimmicks. There isn't anyway possible to prove, 100 percent, that these things actually work. I just wish that I thought of them first, I'd be wealthy.