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The Most Special Deer Hunt Ever

The Most Special Deer Hunt Ever:  The Story of two 2011 Kids Hunting for a Cure events & St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital      

By Rex Holmes Jr., CEO, Vapor Trail Scents LLC            

Author’s note: October 2011. In Illinois 32 kids and in Tennessee172 kids hunted with guides and were set-up for the most part on private land that had been donated for KHFAC to use.  In addition, many individuals and organizations donated videographers to capture these priceless moments. Before this I had given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, but had never considered it one of my top charities. I looked at it as a huge conglomerate, but have since discovered how much St. Jude’s does for kids and their families. Although just one family is mentioned here, we met many other children who have been through treatments or are currently in treatment for cancer.  Their spirits were amazing and touching.

In early October we went to Allendale, IL to participate in the Kids Hunting for a Cure event. KHFAC is a non-profit organization which provides financial support to research hospitals & foundations like St. Jude’s which are dedicated to developing cures for cancer and catastrophic childhood diseases.  Monies are raised by children and adults through community-sponsored outdoor events designed for youth.   Often, these hunts provide the only opportunity that many of these kids will ever have to fulfill their dream of harvesting a deer.

Prior to the event a friend had introduced me to Dave Norval, founder of KHFC. Super Dave shared his goals in creating Kids Hunting For A Cure: to expose kids to God’s great outdoors; help kids see that their disabilities don’t need to confine them and in the process raise money and awareness about childhood cancer and other life threatening diseases.
We knew prior to going to the Allendale hunt that we would be paired with St. Jude’s poster child, 10-yr old Benjamin Sherman.  In 2008, Ben, from Jonesboro, AR, was diagnosed with t- cell leukemia which is not the most common form of leukemia. Ben spent five months living in Memphis at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and then spent the next two years traveling back and forth from his home to the hospital for weekly iv chemo, bone marrow tests, spinal taps and other necessary treatments.  Even before meeting Ben I felt privileged to be asked to participate in such a worthwhile cause…meeting so many children, many with life threatening diseases, but their joy and enthusiasm at the opportunity to hunt was contagious.  Ben, who is a triplet, came to the hunt with his brother Brooks, and mother Jackie.
On Saturday morning, sitting in a pop-up blind on the edge of a soybean field, we waited and waited, but did not see one deer. During that time, I used the opportunity to film Ben talking about his experience and St. Jude’s. He is a very smart young man who remembers everything to the date.  Never once did Ben have anything negative to say.  Even after all he had been through you could not make him say one bad thing about St. Jude’s or anyone at St. Jude’s.  Until he became sick, Ben was an active child who loved anything outdoors.  Ben’s love of hunting was further developed while at St. Jude’s.  His mother explained that being confined to a hospital bed and taking so many drugs made Ben sick and weak. Since he couldn’t get outdoors, Ben would spend hours watching the hunting shows on TV and say I’d like to do that someday.
Ben and I went back out Saturday evening and Sunday morning.  Before daylight on Sunday we did spot a deer, but never really got to see it.  I knew that Ben was disappointed; he had been looking forward to this hunt.  His brother Brooks did kill a coyote on Sunday morning.  I had hoped that both Ben and Brooks would get the opportunity to kill a deer.  Prior to KHFAC, Ben’s neighbor had taken him hunting and he had killed a spike horn.  From that experience, fueled by all the hunting shows, Ben was hooked.  But Brooks had never gotten to shoot a deer before. Neither of their parents hunt, but are committed to finding opportunities for the boys to follow their passion of hunting.
A few weeks after the Illinois KHFAC event, another hunt was going to be held in Fayetteville, TN.   I talked to Ben’s mother about a week before the event and she said Ben was very discouraged because he had not seen a deer in Illinois.  A few days later one of the local guides for the TN hunt called to tell me he had been out to the property where Ben and I would be set up.  He had seen 6 bucks that afternoon.  I couldn’t wait to call Ben and relay the information to him.  Everyone felt that there was a 99.99% chance that Ben would get his deer.  I asked Ben if he was ready to go and he said, “definitely.”
En route to the TN hunt, the landowner, Hue, called and said he wanted to take us out to the property as soon as we dropped our stuff at the lodge (which was exceptional). Hue is a gracious gentleman who only lets the St. Jude’s kids hunt on his property. When we pulled into the property with him we immediately saw 3 does on our left and 2 really nice bucks eating acorns to the right.  I videoed the bucks to show Ben and Brooks, to encourage them when we met up later.
Later that afternoon I took both Ben and Brooks out to the property for a sneak peek.  On and near the property we saw about 21 deer total, many of them nice bucks.  Needless to say, the boys were now pumped for this hunt.
Early Saturday morning Ben, Brooks, another guide (country musician, CJ Garton) and I loaded up and headed out.  Our “blind” was a small equipment lean-to that had been set up with a camo tarp for us.  We had talked to the boys about waiting for “the” buck, but the first deer to come out was a doe. We had told them that the decision to shoot or wait would be theirs. I asked Ben what he wanted to do and he “definitely” wanted this doe.  We eased Ben into position and when he pulled the trigger the deer hunched and back kicked and ran out of sight.  I looked at the footage and it looked to be a good hit, so now it was Brooks’ turn.  It didn’t take but about 30 minutes when 4 does came down the hill to the left.  They were about 50 yards away.  We got Brooks settled in for the shot.  He made a couple of shots and downed his doe. One doe for each boy – they were elated.  After finding the does and taking pictures we went back to the hunt headquarters.  We were one of the first groups to check in with the game warden, but soon there was a line of trucks stretching through the fairgrounds out toward the gate waiting to check in.  There were some nice 10 pt, 8 pts, 6 pts, etc., along with a lot of does killed that morning.  It was a site you really had to see. The smiling faces of the kids said it all that morning.
Because Ben was discouraged from the IL hunt, he had originally wanted to come, hunt in the morning, then leave.  However, the morning experience had definitely changed his mind. Ben and Brooks couldn’t wait to get back out that afternoon – they had bucks in their sites. That afternoon we were joined by a local businessman, Steve, who knew the property and just wanted to be there to watch the hunt unfold. He was under a piece of brown burlap to our left side, the four of us still under our camo “blind.”   Steve could see further to the right than we could and we hadn’t been in the blind long when Steve said there was a respectable 8 pt coming in.  We asked Ben if he wanted to shoot it or wait, being the young man he is he definitely wanted to kill it.  At 80 yards the buck was standing broadside, when Ben pulled the trigger. At the sound of the gun the buck hit the ground, jumped up, he was still able to stand, but I was sure Ben had made a fatal shot.  Ben got nervous, so his next two shots were high, we told him to breathe, settle down, shoot lower, and pull the trigger. One shot later equaled one downed 8pt and one very happy boy.
We knew the buck was down, so we set up for Brook’s shot.  Soon a spike, a small 6 pt and couple of 8 pts came through the trees, but we didn’t want to chance a shot. Soon an 8 pt came down.  Although there was a spike standing to the right, slightly in front of him, he was broadside at 80 yards so we got Brooks set.  Steve said there was a much larger buck coming out of the woods, so we asked Brooks what he wanted to do. Brooks immediately answered take the shot, “I want that one.” At the sound of the 243, the buck hit the ground.  He was broke down but still trying to get up.  We hurriedly took Brooks to about 10 yards to finish off his 8 pt.
A doe each in the morning, an 8 pt buck each in the evening was more than I had imagined or hoped for Ben and Brooks.  One thing I know for sure was that God was there with us every minute.  I captured the successful hunts of two very happy boys on video that day.
I can’t encourage hunters enough to take your kids or someone else’s kids hunting, or volunteer your time for a youth hunt.  You will receive more blessings than you can ever imagine.
It’s true that kids say and do the funniest things and that last afternoon in Tennessee was no exception. Ben and Brooks never argued over who had the biggest doe or buck.  However, they did argue that day about which buck had the biggest set.
Getting kids in the great outdoors is such a worthwhile endeavor.  If you loved hunting before, the joy and enthusiasm these kids show will definitely be reward enough in its self. I received such a blessing from their resilient spirits.  I can’t thank KHFAC enough for letting us be involved and giving us the opportunity to spend time with the Sherman’s.  Their story is a tribute to the good work that St. Jude’s is doing to prevent, cure, and treat childhood cancer and catastrophic diseases.

The First Buck I Killed with a Bow using The Vapor Maker

By Rex Holmes, Jr. inventor of The Vapor Maker and scent authority

It was January 2010 when I decided to embark on a hunt on public land in Mississippi. This hunt included a walk-in of about a 1 mile with 2 hills to climb that I’m sure were as big as Wolverton Mountain.  Believe it or not, we do have some big hills and gullies in Mississippi. Needless to say if you go hunting at this particular spot you are not looking at getting a small deer. If you kill a deer here you are looking at 4-5 hours to get him out of the woods.

Because of all the gear - like my tree stand - I had to tote into the woods with me, I didn’t take the video camera.  After the walk in with all my stuff I was soaking wet with sweat even though it was a cool day.

The tree I was climbing was a sycamore about 20” in diameter, straight and tall.  It was located right at the base of a big hill where 3 ridges came down to a swampy area. The water was about 50 yards out in front of me.  I put the stand on the tree facing straight to the west toward the water.

The wind was out of the SE and about 5 yards to the right of me was a switch cane thicket about 6 feet by 4 feet and about 6 feet tall.  When I came to the tree, I came in from the east using The Vapor Maker to spray Doe-N-Heat as I came.  I sprayed the bushes out in front of the stand using the Vapor Maker and thought, “what the heck, I might as was well spray the switch cane.”  When I finished, I climbed up into the stand and got all settled in.

In a few minutes I looked out to my right to the NW and saw a buck coming toward me.  I could tell he had plenty of horn, but it just didn’t look right.  He was walking into the wind on a trail coming out of the swampy area. He came straight to my stand and walked right in front of me at about 10 yards.  He was about 14” wide with plenty of horn, but it was like he had an extra main beam on the right side.  There was 3 points that came out of the right side that looked like a shovel on a caribou.  I got my phone out and took a picture as he walked by.  He turned and headed straight for the swampy area and I thought he was gone.  I looked up and he was coming straight back to the tree looking and smelling everywhere.  He walked back to my left, then went to the ridge about 30 yards away to rub on a small sapling. Pretty soon he came back around in front of the tree and finally went on out to the swampy area and left.  I have never been a fan of deer with messed up horns and had only seen one deer uglier than this one. I could have shot him probably 10 times over, but with messed up horns he wasn’t worth hauling out of the woods.

I settled back in and about 15 minutes later I heard a deer in the thicket to the right and behind me.  I stood up (mostly because I was tired of sitting) and faced so I could see down into the thicket.  It was a spike walking straight toward the switch cane.  I was standing watching him come to me when suddenly he made a u-turn and went the other way.  I just stood there, totally puzzled, and watched him go up the ridge.  I was certain he didn’t know I was there.   That’s when I heard something to my left coming down the same path the messed-up horn deer came. He was coming straight at me and because my attention had been on the spike he was already within 10 yards of the tree when I saw him.

He had his head straight up in the air and I can’t believe he didn’t see me.  He had to have had his mind on that Doe-N-Heat. He walked up to the switch cane – head up in the air slinging his head from side to side.  I’m standing looking at him – a beautiful, perfect 10 pt with a nice set of brow tines, about 6” G2’s; but only 13“ wide. I’m thinking he isn’t big enough, but it would be the first deer I would have killed with a bow and arrow while using The Vapor Maker. 

I’m thinking what a hard job it will be to get him out of here and asking myself if it is worth it. So, I make a bargain with myself.  I decide if he gives me a perfect quartering away shot that I’m going to shoot him.  He finally lowers his head out of the switch cane for just a moment.  I slowly pick up my bow and hook on my release.  I have to say it was probably one of those God things, because he just turned, quartering away and stopped dead in his tracks as if to say go ahead and shoot.  I drew back the Mathews and put that pin right behind the last rib and released.  That arrow went behind the back rib and straight through the heart.  I watched him go no more than 20 yards and it was all over with.

I thanked God for a perfect hunt that day, I just wished he’d come down and help me get that 10 pt out of the woods.

How Animals Really Disperse Scent

This article would be helpful for all hunters who would like to improve their hunting experiences.
 

By Rex Holmes, Jr., the World’s Foremost Authority on Animal Scents

And The Inventor of The Vapor Maker ® Scent Dispersal System

Did you know that the rut has happened as early as October in Illinois?  There is one factor that will start the rut a month or month and a half early.  Do you know what it is?  Temperature!

The reason the cold temperature will trigger the rut early is because that is how nature helps put the scent of does in heat all over the woods.

This is how nature helps the bucks find the does.  When a deer smells you 99% of the time what does he smell?   He smells your perspiration.  He also smells it in a liquid state.  In fact, all animals smell in a liquid form.  Even a snake runs his tongue out to pick up the moisture from the air to help him determine what is around him. When you are really hot and it is very cold outside, you give off a lot more perspiration.  The same is true with a doe in heat.  This is why it is called “in heat.”

I believe a doe’s temperature rises to about 112 degrees when she is in heat.  An example of this theory can be seen if you have ever peed outside when it was very cold.  Steam from the warm liquid goes straight up and then down and all around.  A deer has a normal body temperature of 104 degrees.   When she is in heat, the scent steam is coming off of her private parts and everywhere she goes it floats all through the woods sticking to every bush, blade of grass and tree it comes in contact with.

 If you have ever owned a female dog that has come in heat, you will notice every male dog around – most of whom you’ve never laid eyes on before is at your house trying to find your female dog.  How did they know where to come?  Scent.  Specifically, the scent of the dog in heat which has been carried throughout the neighborhood and deposited on every bush and blade of grass around.  That is why male dogs go around smelling every bush they come by.

This is similar to the steam or preparation coming off of the doe in heat and being carried down through the woods by prevailing winds and sticking to every bush it comes in contact with.   When a buck smells this scent, especially a 5 or 6 year old, he smells the liquid form of the scent and knows it is the real thing.  He won’t question scent in a liquid form that is disseminated through the air.  He will come straight to the source – or doe – to mate every time.

This is where The Vapor Maker® comes into play.  The Vapor Maker® is the only scent dispersal system on the market that you have total control of.  It requires no batteries because it is a pump up bottle that holds 16 oz. of liquid.  It has a special atomizing tip that will take any kind of scent and put it in the air exactly like nature does.  It also has a 3 foot hose with a clip to hook to a limb down wind or out to your side in a tree stand.  Because the bottle is made of a durable plastic you cannot hurt it or break it if you drop it from the tree stand. You can turn the bottle on by turning the ball valve, and with a 3 mph wind it will carry the scent 1/8 of a mile through the woods.  The more wind, the further the scent will go.  As you walk through the woods you can spray the bushes and low hanging tree limbs to lay a scent trail straight to your stand.  Because scent in the air in a liquid form is the natural way deer smell, it needs to be watered down.  A deer can smell 1000 times better than you and I.  If it is strong to you it will overpower the sensitive olfactory system of a deer.  You have to make the smell the same as nature does in order to fool the deer.

Deer are naturally inquisitive and may do anything at any time, but we want them to do it all the time because it is a natural instinct.  So a 1 oz. bottle of a strong scent would need about 8 oz. of water to make it smell natural.  At Vapor Trail Scents, L.L.C. our scents are 100% natural – made from a food source deer and other animals love.   We gather the food source and make the scent ourselves. All of our scents, attractants and cover ups come in 4 oz. bottles and sell for just $7.00.  We have found that 8 oz. of water to 4 oz. of our scent, My Shelia Doe in Heat, is perfect to fool all the bucks in your neck of the woods. 

We also make the only cover scent and attractant – 33 Point Buck – that will eliminate the smell of gasoline.  We have tested it against all the top scent killers on the market and the 33 Point Buck consistently beat out the competition in eliminating all types of scents.

We are confident the 33 Point Buck will totally cover up your scent.  Used with the Doe in Heat, these two make an unbeatable pair to optimize your hunting experience.  We recommend 4 oz. of 33 Point to 4 oz. of water.  You can also spray it directly on your clothing using The Vapor Maker®.

Our company also makes Dominant Buck and Wapiti Scents.  Read about us and our products at www.vaportrailscents.com

New Scent Dispersal System and Scents for Hunters

Found this article about a new scent dispersal system.  Thought it was interesting and could be helpful to other hunters.  I plan to follow-up and check it out.  I have included most of the article which appeared May 2011 in a Misissippi newspaper.
Rex Holmes didn't start out to invent anything.  It kinda happened by accident, he says.  Holmes has been a deer hunter all his life.  He used all the latest equipment, all the scent blockers. He went to Alabama for a hunt in 2008...walked out of the lodge, drove a short distance to a deer blind, got inside the blind to wait.  Then all 23 deer approached, turned and went the other way.  Holmes figured it's the scent.  The deer could detect his scent from a small, slit opening in the blind, although it was otherwise enclosed, and he was using scent blockers.
   "There's gotta be a way," Holmes thought while the deer went in the other direction.  It set the wheels in motion for a better way to disperse a scent blocker.  Walking through a Walmart store Holmes pilfered through a bargain bin and came across a personal mister.  That's when the idea hit him for his Vapor Maker device.  He thinks of it as divine intervention. "That type of mister wasn't even supposed to be in that Walmart store."
   "He's teamed up with a scent maker, Sammy Corley, who was making formulas for personal use before getting a patent.  Together the two came up with a way to cover a hunter's scent and attract a buck. Holmes emailed the maker of the mister he had picked up and explained what he had in mind.
   The manufacturer of Holmes' original vaporizer bottle - Misty Mate - weren't deer hunters, but they listened, went along and Holmes and Corley and their fledging company came up with a final design that Misty Mate makes for them with their trade name - The Vapor Maker.  It is designed with the deer hunter in mind.
  The Vapor Maker uses their scent that covers human scent and also acts as an attractant.  When it is activated, it atomizes the substance into the air.  They call their scent 33 Point Buck.  Holmes says 33 Point Buck is 100% natural.  It is completely organic and non-toxic.
   The product has caught on at various sports stores and they hope to expand production this year.  Right now the company is dealing with some top sporting supply stores in hopes of getting their product distributed nationwide.
   Holmes said he found out by accident that the scent they sell will cover up any smell...even that of gasoline.  He left his boat in the water on a hunt, and when he went to plug the gas line to the motor, it spilled on his hand.  A little spary of the 33 Point Buck and the smell of gas was gone.
   Two other scents are also available for the hunting season...Doe in Heat and Dominant Buck.   You can check out and order any of the products online at their website  http://www.vaportrailscents.com/

Do You Really Want to Video Your Hunt?

In 2009 a couple of hunting buddies, Joey and Ross and I decided we would go on a 10-day deer hunt to Wyoming.  In addition to the experience of the hunt, our purpose for going was to get video footage using The Vapor Maker®, a scent dispersal product that had just debuted at the 2009 Buckmasters Expo.

To get video footage of a hunt you need a video camera and an operator.  Joey and Ross had never been filmed hunting and I had never operated a video camera, but that didn’t deter us one bit.  After all I had used a Canon digital camera with success; I just needed to get a Canon video camera to take on the hunt.  I searched Ebay and purchased a used camera I felt would be just what I needed.  The purchase came in less than 24 hours before we were to leave for Wyoming, so I had no time to even test out the camera.  I purchased the tapes and downloaded the manual, how difficult could this be?

We had planned to leave in mid-September, barring no work or personal problems arising.  The day came; actually the night finally came because we left at 9 pm and drove the 1800 miles -26 hours - straight through to the house we had rented in Wyoming.  We unloaded and got everything ready to go hunting.  We unpacked the video camera and started to load the tapes, realizing none of us had ever seen a professional video camera before, much less turn one on or load a tape in it. Does this sound like three country boys on a deer hunt?

We got the camera on and loaded the tape in…no luck.  Just an error message that said “no tape.”  So we tried again and again….still the “no tape” message.  What’s a country boy to do, but call the customer service line?  We did and they led us through every step imaginable, still “no tape.”   I even called the pawn shop owner in Chicago, IL that I had purchased the camera from.  He could only offer to let me send it back.  Talk about frustrating, here we had come 1,800 miles to video our deer hunt and the camera wouldn’t work.  Trying to do too much too fast, I thought.   I was feeling pretty bad about the whole experience when it occurred to me there was writing inside the camera where we had been trying to load the tape.  Sure enough, it said, “push close this first.”  Presto, it worked, the tape was loaded and we were ready to film and hunt.  I didn’t think much of that customer service representative, and I could only imagine that she was relating to her co-workers the story of the three hunters who travelled across country to film a hunt and didn’t know how to turn the camera on or load the tape.

Now we were ready to head out.  With the afternoon approaching we were feeling confident that we could find a good vantage point to sit and film deer.  This afternoon would be all about getting footage of how many big bucks were out there and how they were moving.  We were excited and felt blessed because we saw 7 bucks that afternoon, one of which was about 170 inches.  We felt fortunate that we got to film him sparring with a small 6-point.  About 40 yards from us we saw a doe come across the creek and pick up a 17 inch 10-pt and take him back across the creek.  It was a great sight which I did capture on video, but Joey was so amazed he forgot to even pick up his bow.  It just so happened the wind was blowing from us to the deer, but whenever the deer would get fidgety I would use the Vapor Maker® to spray scent and they would calm down almost immediately.

It turned out to be a great afternoon and I was confident I had all kinds of footage.  We couldn’t wait to get back to camp to view the footage.   Turns out Murphy’s Law had come with us to Wyoming.  The TV at our camp was so old the antenna wires were screwed to the TV, and of course, it had no cable connection to view the video.  God smiled on us again that day because the local hardware store had a box converter to hook the camera up to the TV.   That problem solved, we were now more than ready to view the footage we had taken.

We plugged everything in and sat back to relive a great afternoon.  You can’t imagine our shock and disappointment when all we saw was the camera jumping all over the place.  I was zooming in and out and moving left to right at lightning speed.   We decided day one was a learning experience and went to bed looking forward to the next day.

We slept in that morning to give the deer time to bed down so we could slip in and hang stands.  That afternoon the wind was blowing in every direction, but we managed to slip back in to our stands.   We saw several bucks and does, but only one buck came close enough for a good bow shot.  It was a small mule deer buck which walked right under the stand without picking up our scent.  The Vapor Maker® was doing a great job of attracting deer and covering our scent.  Maybe our luck would change with filming.

The next morning we returned to our stands even though we felt they weren’t in the best place to hunt and film.  The deer were just starting to move when the bottom dropped out and it came a flooding rain. We had no choice but to go back to the truck and wait out the flood to protect the camera.  Even though I had brought along a heavy duty garbage bag to cover the camera, I didn’t want to take any chances of ruining it before I even figured out how to use it.  After the rain, the sun came out to a scorching 94 degrees.  We took our climbers and headed down to the river bottom.  He heat was intense and we were soaked with sweat.

We were sure this afternoon would be great for hunting and filming.  I was going to be the cameraman and Joey the hunter.  We found a tree and Joey climbed first – another learning experience.  Never let the hunter be the first up the tree when you are filming.  But we were settled in and I had used the Vapor Maker® to spray us and our stands down with 33 Point Buck lure and attractant.  I also sprayed the ground around the tree.  

We didn’t have to wait long before we spotted three does and an 8-point about 14 inches coming down the trail.  Because our scent was blocked so effectively, one of the does began feeding about a foot from the tree.  The wind was swirling, but none of the deer had picked up our scent.  Soon we saw him – a 135 inch Whitetail following the 8-point right to us.  They were about 20 yards in front of us.  This was perfect; I had the camera right on them just waiting for Joey to take the shot that never came.  The big buck was moving in and out around to our left.  I thought he was going to go around us when he turned and angled back toward us.  But by then I had turned around so far in the tree I was about to fall out.   I kept filming (I hoped) and Joey finally released the shot at about 23 yards.

We found a little blood but weren’t sure about the shot.  We didn’t know how to replay the footage (or see if I had actually gotten footage) to check the shot.   Joey said there were about 7 deer within 20 yards when he got the shot off.  He said at 20 yards the buck was broadside but there were too many eyes too close to get drawn back.  We decided not to search for the deer that evening, but to head back and see if we had captured the shot on tape. 

Returning to search the next morning, I literally had to crawl around on my hands and knees just to spot the tiniest specs of blood or see a footprint. When we discovered the buck, Joey had hit it a little too far back. Because of Wyoming gaming laws we had to carry the kill to a taxidermist to remove the brain stem and some other organs because of CWD, Chronic Wasting Disease. 

I learned many valuable lessons during those 10 days.  One, videoing a hunt requires a lot of work and planning.  Using a video camera requires practice, more practice and patience, although in the end I was pleasantly surprised at how much of the footage I was actually able to use.  You can check it out at my website: www.vaportrailscents.com and see for yourself the beauty of Wyoming and the great deer we saw there.  Secondly, I was extremely pleased with the effectiveness of The Vapor Maker® and scents we had developed.  This was really the purpose of the trip and I felt good about what I had filmed and discovered.

All in all it was a great trip with great friends, even with Murphy.