Never hunt a place when the wind is blowing toward the area you expect deer to approach. Not only will deer spook and not come within range on that particular day, but old, wise, big bucks learn humans are in the area and that may alter their travel patterns for many days, making the place unproductive. I wear all-rubber boots because deer are so scent conscious, and rubber doesn't absorb unnatural odors like leather boots do. My knee-high rubber boots are on the outside of my pants legs, because worn this way they offer the most scent protection. A bowhunter needs every edge he can get to arrow a good buck.
Many hunters insist air-drying hunting clothes outdoors is the best way to eliminate scent.
They say static-eliminators in some clothes dryers leave a lingering, unnatural aroma. Iowa buck off its feet with the use of both buck lure and scent elimination devices. Although early-season deer hunting can be like mortal combat with mosquitoes, yellow flies, chiggers, and other insects, plenty of hunters shun the use of repellents because of the unnatural odor they have. Bugs like mosquitoes and deer flies land on the net mesh, but can't bite into the wearer's skin because the wide weave cloth mesh under the net elevates the bugs too far away from its human target. The suit is ingeniously designed with openings in mitts for hunters to wiggle out fingers when it's time to shoot.