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I had been watching a tall 6 point for over twenty minutes. Current distance: 2 yards! He'd been all around me this particular evening grazing and checking scrapes. It was still pre-rut so he wasn't "nose to the ground" yet. There was a swirling wind that night about 9 mph. With the thermals dropping I was waiting for him to catch wind of me, snort, stomp and a "see you later" tail… But it didn't happen. I had turned to watch him leisurely disappear over my right should when I heard a "crack" about 30 yards away in the opposite direction. I slowly turned my head in that direction.
What I saw made my eyes bug out of my head. There, walking straight for me was incredibly wide 14 point with "stickers" all over his main beams. He was also coming in to check who'd been in his neighborhood recently. This was one of those bucks that will make your heart race like a kid on Christmas morning when he sees all those presents under the tree and I wanted to bring him home for Christmas dinner!
Well, there was a present, it was under my tree and I was about to "pull the bow" to open this package. I drew back on my new Bear Code bow and released a 125 grain Grim Reaper Razortip to finish unwrapping this package. I shot him between the shoulders dropping his front legs straight to the ground. Distance: four yards! He never knew I was there.
AN OLD PROBLEM
So, what is the final analysis on getting that close and staying undetected? There are a lot of contributing factors such as: stand location, camo pattern, scent free body wash, quiet gear, cover scent and slow calculated movements. I could go on with the details, but when they get that close there is only one thing that a deer counts on above all other senses to bust you…his sense of smell. The deer's sense of smell is its most important sensory capability, allowing it to detect predators from a long distance away. And just who are a deer's predators?
Ever find an arrowhead? Historians and archeologists tell us that American Natives have lived on our continent for thousands of years. They were hunters and they hunted deer. Next came the European settler, our forefathers, who hunted. Today we have nearly one million hunters in Pa. and over 17 million nationwide. Surely deer have to avoid more hunters now than at any time in the historical past. Humans have always been involved in hunting… and deer in avoiding humans. Today we participate in an old game. Deer have had a long time to develop a strategy to avoid hunters. If we plan on winning, we had better understand the game.
The way they identify us is by smell. We emit the odor of a predator…their prime predator. A deer's nose is at least 10,000 times more effective than a human's nose. Think of it like this…a deer sees with his nose. Have you noticed how a deer's nose is shiny black? That wet nose is a strategy to amplify its ability to detect odors. Have you ever noticed how your sense of smell is amplified right after you blow your nose? For us that is a trailing return of nose blowing but to an animal whose life is dependant on detecting predators that want to eat him it is an important strategy that allows him to both notify adjacent deer to be on the alert and to amplify their smelling ability to detect you. So the deer snorts for two reasons. It's a survival strategy.
A TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SOLUTION
With that kind of defense you need the best scent protection possible to suppress human odor…and PolarMAX has the solution. That evening in my stand I was wearing their new XGO base layers with SCENT PREVENT and XSTATIC silver technology to help mitigate odor by wicking the perspiration into the fabric, where odor causing bacteria are destroyed by two kinds of anti-microbials. The patented SCENT PREVENT anti-microbial agent is permanently applied to the fabric and is still active after 70 washings. The XSTATIC is the authentic mechanical anti-microbial which uses a patented process using silver fibers to manage human scent. The silver fibers inhibit bacterial growth on your skin. Unlike carbon, which has a multitude of challenges including the dubious claim that it can be recharged in a dryer, no one challenges the ability of SCENT PREVENT and XSTATIC to perform.
Cutting machine# PolarMax and XGO base layers are manufacturered in America for hunters and outdoorsman who take it to the edge.
The XGO fabric is engineered with micro-fine polyester fibers in the garment to pull or wick away moisture from the body. XGO calls this proprietary tech fabric ACCLIMATE. Keeping your body dry is critical for scent management. The perspiration that your body emits creates a greenhouse for human skin based bacteria that will ultimately manifest itself in the form of body odor. It's this human odor that will be detected the deer's wet nose. PolarMAX has been shown to beat the competition on wicking by an amazing 400%. I'd buy it if it was 10% better but 400%… that's amazing. That's why the US military chose XGO for our troops. Actually that is where the high tech fabrics that PolarMAX and XGO came from. Programs designed to develop the best high tech base layers for the US military. Now it is also available to us hunters.
Brent in XGO# Serious hunters like Brent Henderson, rely on the 2006 technology of XGO. Wicking ability plus 2-layers of agressive anti-microbials make XGO the choice of the tech savvy hunter.
The XGO fabric has been put through strict military testing for moisture management and scent control and passed with flying colors. With all of the controversy around carbon clothing why take a chance on a crumbling empire? Chose the tech fabric that is proven not only to destroy human odor, but to stand up to machine washings and keep the moisture away from your body so that you can stay warm, dry and in your treestand longer! If you want the best…go with the X. PolarMAX XGO!
Modern technology has made some amazing strides recently. The computer age who gave us the internet and cell phones are electronic examples of high tech solutions that we are comfortable with…although I don't really understand them. Both of those advances were pioneered via military and space research. High tech base layering is yet another way that technology contributes to the life of bowhunters. When we can foil a nose of a whitetail at 2 yards with technology…well, that I can understand. And for Christmas dinner…bacon-wrapped back straps at my house.
