Recent content by mk117

Is it necessary to use a detergent made by a "scent blocking" company or would any scent-free detergent be effective?

I've been using HuntStand. It's free and fairly easy to use. You can plot all kinds pins, pull up property boundaries, and sync the weather to see where on the property to hunt based on wind.

What are some ways that you show appreciation to landowners that allow you to hunt their property? What kind of things can you offer to do to help maintain/improve their property?

So as a follow up question, do you guys hunt all day? Or do you leave late morning and come back in the afternoon? Is there a certain time in the morning that deer typically stop moving?

I'd like to take my oldest boy out hunting with me. He's 7, and like most 7 year olds, he has a lot of energy and a short attention span. I was thinking of taking him out in a ground blind, portable heater, and snacks. Plan to stay for a few hours - try not to drag it out, but hopefully enough...

What time of day typically produces the most deer activity?

Will the odor from a portable propane heater in a ground or elevated blind spook deer?

Newb-type question: will coffee and snacks in the stand get you busted by deer? What do you guys bring in the stand? “‘The best thing about hunting and fishing... is that you don’t have to actually do it to enjoy it. You can go to bed every night thinking about how much fun you had twenty...