Whitetail deer are crafty critters, and to bag one, a hunter has to be even craftier. Deer have natural instincts that help protect them, and they also have some powerful senses. Their daytime and color vision are nothing to write home about, even though their night vision is better than a human’s. They don’t have the best hearing in the animal kingdom, either. According to a study conducted by Dr. Gino J. D’Angelo at the University of Georgia, deer can’t hear much better than humans can, although they can hear higher frequencies. Where whitetails really trump humans is in the smell department. A human has about five million olfactory receptors, while a deer has almost 300 million. That’s more than a dog has.

Obviously, if you hope to fill your freezer with venison this fall, you’ll have to focus on scents. Actually, it’s often more important to subtract a scent than it is to add a scent. In other words, your human scent needs to be effectively neutralized. What’s the best way to get rid of your “human smell”? Before using expensive hunting scents, try to naturally remove as much