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STILL HUNTING I think that I am correct in saying that every bow hunterwants to bag a deer by the lone wolf route. It is, therefore,natural to expect that the hunter will want to try his luck atstill hunting first. The still hunter has the task to perform of getting withinbow range of the deer and, in order to make this approach, hewill have to apply all the knowledge he has been able to get.He must at all times be on the alert and he must concentrateon ways to prevent the deer's getting his scent. One of the bestways to cover up the human smell is to get rid of as much of itas possible. The human sense of smell is far from being sensitive., that isby comparison with that of deer. My nose is about averagewhen it comes to smell, yet I can detect the presence of a per-son who has just had a beer or who has eaten fish or onion. Ido not happen to smoke; therefore, I can smell a pipe, a burn-ing cigarette or a cigar for quite a distance. Well, deer do notsmoke, drink beer, eat bacon or fish and they don't like onions.If I can smell these things with my dulled olfactory nerves, Iam convinced that deer can smell them at a considerablygreater distance. On the strength of this argument, I advocaterefraining from smoking while hunting. If one must havetobacco, chew it—deer are not likely to smell it in that formand, besides, tobacco juice will not start a forest fire. Avoideating foods with strong odors. The healthy human body isalways in a state of perspiration and deer are very apt atdetecting human B.O. If one is unable to take a bath beforestarting out on the hunt, he should, at least, put on cleanunderclothing each morning, especially sox. Dr. Pope recordsthat Ishi could smell a white man at 100 yards if the wind wasright; and that he said a white man smelled like a horse, madea noise like a horse, but did not have horse sense. Some peoplego to the extreme of bruising certain leaves and smearing |
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