The buck I shot in rifle had a broken tine as early as the beginning of September. Every year a lot of the bucks on the property I hunt seem to have broken tines
I use spray sometimes but I think wearing rubber boots to cover ground scent is the best form of scent control. Wind is always swirling so hunting the wind is difficult.
Yesterday evening multiple 1.5 year olds were chasing does all throughout a thick bedding area. Saw one 2.5 year old and he was just feeding and freshening up scrapes ignoring all the does running by him.