If an animal can smell your food that you are carrying they probably can smell you too. I would have thought the same for soap scents etc as humans would have a particular smell irrespective of their hygiene (or lack of it ) practices.
Your firearm probably gives off a real reek of gun oil and burned powder smell anyway. At least my dog thinks so and gets excited as soon as he picks up its whiff.
A bow ..... ?
I think wind and scent direction is far far more important.
Some ideas to ponder on however.
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Talking about woman coating themselves in peanut paste ....
I knew a girl once who used to put her whole hand into jars of peanut paste and/or vegemite and then slowly lick it off.
It did look disgusting too though she was very pleasant to look at.
-------------------- John aka NitroX
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Govt get out of our lives NOW!
"I love the smell of cordite in the morning."
"A Sharp spear needs no polish"
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