to each his own, but I dont leave home without something to eat in my stand...even if its just for a morning or evening hunt...I tend to feel warmer if I eat and drink something when sitting in the stand...and I also tend to be more aware of whats going on around me...I do always make sure that what I am taking is quiet.....so no cans of pop or bags of chips and I try to make sure its nothing that smells to awful bad but I dont take that scent stuff to serious.....I used to, used to spend hundreds and hundreds on scent free clothing and washing detrgent, deoderant and all the goodies.....now I just go hunting.....make it simple and try to be a mirror image of me sitting at home in my recliner....works for me and helps me pass the time.
I do hunt with a fella on occasion who refuses to take any food or drink with him to the stand, and he uses all the scent stuff....he normally gets him a good buck each and every year so I know it works....but dag gonnit, when my belly growls, it will scare away all deer within a few hundred yards so I am going to feed that belly.