Module 9 of 14 Core
Gear, Clothing & Beating the Deer's Nose
Equip the hunter for SC's wide weather range and teach the wind/scent discipline that determines success more than any gear.
Best after: Know Your Quarry: Biology & Behavior Reading the Woods: Sign & Woodsmanship
Lessons
6 lessons in this module · 90 across the path
- Gear & Pack Essentials The day-pack kit: light, knife, drag, tags, water, calls, safety gear.
- Layering & Cold-Weather Clothing Dressing for SC's warm openers to cold late-season sits.
- Camouflage & Concealment Breaking up outline and why movement/skyline beat pattern.
- Wind Reading & Wind Strategy Reading prevailing wind, using indicators, and never hunting a fouled wind.
- Thermals & Air Movement How rising/falling air on hills and hollows carries your scent.
- Scent Control & Scent Strategy Hygiene, storage, and playing the wind to manage human odor.