The concern I have with wood stoves is the lack of control of heat. I had an ice house with a wood stove, it sucked. You get there, its cold, you light it, it takes awhile, smoke billowing, all windows and doors open, once it is going, you are either hot, or cold, very little time spent with "ideal" temp. You add wood because you get cold, 30 minutes later, you turn the flue off, and have the windows open. Then when you leave, you have to worry about a hot wood stove burning when you arent there.
I use propane heat now when needed, the advantage, easily lit, easily able to adjust temp, and when you walk away, just shut it off. The downside is condensation with ventless heaters. Below 30 I usually have the heater on some setting between pilot light, and high depending on temp, and if the sun is out. Above 30, and no wind, no heat. I usually sit with at least 1 window open, depending on wind direction, and where I suspect the deer to come from. My deer are not trained to come in and leave on trails. They just wander aimlessly, coming from usually the least suspected area, but I try to guess.
I burn wood to heat my house, the wood boiler is about 75 yards from my apple orchard, trust me, deer dont mind smoke. Years ago when we would spend 10+ days hunting here with no electricity, or running water, we would have a camp fire at nights, and smoke our clothes, and ourselves to mask our scent. It seemed to work. We did still go into town and shower, but it was like every 3 days whether we needed it or not. lol
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