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Post by wesb81219 on Aug 28, 2016 18:58:01 GMT -5
So my wife says my approach to scent control is ridiculous. From the de-scenting the inside of my car to de-scenting my bath towel for my prehunt shower. What are some methods no matter how extreme it may seem does everyone use? Just curious and maybe get some ideas.
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Post by bill9068 on Aug 28, 2016 19:07:25 GMT -5
Unscented soap, get as high as I can in a tree. I do those things but also carry all my gear in a plastic tub with two charcoal cans inside with my clothes. Lots of scent killer.
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Post by wesb81219 on Aug 28, 2016 19:30:40 GMT -5
Also to add, which clothing items do you put on before you leave home and which do you put on in the field?
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Post by bill9068 on Aug 28, 2016 19:35:10 GMT -5
Depends on where im hunting, if its a 5 minute drive then most of my hunting clothes except maybe my jacket, hat. If its an hour away wear street clothes and change.
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Post by sakorifle on Aug 28, 2016 19:50:16 GMT -5
greetings
lol
I am so sorry but being a brit, i have to agree with your wife, lol
The only scent control i use is i don't wash my stalking jacket.
Yes i use a rifle but some shots are in bow range and all are in deer scent range, and i always hunt from the ground,with dog beside me, and she is not going to take kindly to a scent free shower is she. lol
If the wind is right you should be able to smoke a cigar and kill deer, and if the wind is wrong all the scent control in the world is not going to help you.
Oh and im dropping great big hints as big as nuke bombs at work to try and get to go to the sika rut in october on our southern part of the district, watch this space, lol
regards
Billy
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2016 20:01:55 GMT -5
I wash my hunting cloths in unscented, non UV detergent and place the cloths in a cedar chest. I only wear my hunting cloths when hunting. I am also walk with light cloths so I minimize any sweating. I put on my cloths after I'm in the tree. I prefer to hunt with no or very light wind, so control does matter.
PS: If you goal to get a deer it's easy. Just take your chain saw and cut a tree down in the middle of the woods. Sit back in your chair and they will come to investigate. A tractor ride through the woods also works.
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Post by dbd870 on Aug 28, 2016 20:02:28 GMT -5
Agree with Billy
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Post by sakorifle on Aug 28, 2016 20:14:04 GMT -5
greetings
I also hunt in light and no wind, although there is always air movement, in fact i hunt everyday, and if you get it wrong scent control will not make a blind bit of difference your deer will be gone.
regards
smelly Billy
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Post by wesb81219 on Aug 28, 2016 20:24:49 GMT -5
Depends on where im hunting, if its a 5 minute drive then most of my hunting clothes except maybe my jacket, hat. If its an hour away wear street clothes and change. I have about a 20 min drive to where I hunt. I keep clothes and gear in a tote with leaves and dirt. Perhaps I'll try changing there and light clothes for the hike to my spots. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Aug 28, 2016 21:39:22 GMT -5
Only scent control I use is deodorant. Degree to be specific
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Post by jackryan on Aug 28, 2016 21:55:36 GMT -5
greetings lol I am so sorry but being a brit, i have to agree with your wife, lol The only scent control i use is i don't wash my stalking jacket. Yes i use a rifle but some shots are in bow range and all are in deer scent range, and i always hunt from the ground,with dog beside me, and she is not going to take kindly to a scent free shower is she. lol If the wind is right you should be able to smoke a cigar and kill deer, and if the wind is wrong all the scent control in the world is not going to help you. Oh and im dropping great big hints as big as nuke bombs at work to try and get to go to the sika rut in october on our southern part of the district, watch this space, lol regards Billy I agree with you more than I disagree. I just hedge my bets a little trying to minimize mistakes I know I'll make. Kind of the same things can be said about camouflage, but I still wear camo. I wash my cloths in scent free, UV brightener free soap. (Car wash soap a lot of times.) I hang them out side on the porch most of the hunting season. I use unscented bath soap, Dove. Use the same bar soap, what ever I use, for shampoo. I'd prefer rubber boots but I don't always wear them. I put my tree stand as high as I can stand during gun season and over 20 feet a lot of times in bow season. I don't smoke. No smoking in my vehicle, ever. I don't hunt with people who smoke. I don't wear a set of hunting cloths more than 8 hours, a morning and evening hunt. Sometimes I'll take a shower and put on fresh cloths after one hunt. Most times when I'm on something really exceptionally good I'll take extra good precautions. If all I was doing is whacking does I'd probably wear a flannel shirt and every day blue jeans. If I'm planning on some special trick like laying scent trail or putting out scent lures I'll take more scent precautions, but generally my motto is look like nothing, sound like nothing, smell like nothing. Sit up wind, shut up and sit still. |
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Post by jackryan on Aug 28, 2016 21:57:20 GMT -5
I wash my hunting cloths in unscented, non UV detergent and place the cloths in a cedar chest. I only wear my hunting cloths when hunting. I am also walk with light cloths so I minimize any sweating. I put on my cloths after I'm in the tree. I prefer to hunt with no or very light wind, so control does matter. PS: If you goal to get a deer it's easy. Just take your chain saw and cut a tree down in the middle of the woods. Sit back in your chair and they will come to investigate. A tractor ride through the woods also works. Ditto these. I'd rather smell like chainsaw gas than Irish Spring. |
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Post by duff on Aug 29, 2016 4:43:59 GMT -5
I don't do much scent control but what ever gives you confidence in your persuit will do you well.
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Post by antiwheeze on Aug 29, 2016 6:53:58 GMT -5
If I had the space, I would have a seperate washer and dryer just for hunting clothes. Just can't get my wife to buy in to unscented fabric softener. Whites washed in non-uv detergent look dingy.
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Post by trapperdave on Aug 29, 2016 7:09:13 GMT -5
I just hunt.
I use scent killer spray when I leave the truck. Come November I smoke my hunting clothes once. Deer in freezer every year. Hunt the wind.
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Post by tenring on Aug 29, 2016 7:47:46 GMT -5
Learn the travel lanes and hunt the wind.
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Post by firstwd on Aug 29, 2016 10:21:12 GMT -5
I try to keep the sweat down and I hunt between a cow pasture and a hog barn.
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Post by medic22 on Aug 29, 2016 10:52:06 GMT -5
I try not to sweat, but I naturally sweat a lot. I wash everything in dead down wind. Store my clothes in a scent lok bag with a carbon filter. Wear rubber boots, and change when I park. I dont put on my final layers till i get in the stand or blind. I hunt the wind as well.
Ive used cover scents in the past with success, ill likely not use any this year, but I may try evercalm.
I have my deer so well patterned this year that i think my spot selection alone will equal success. As of now the wind is doing exactly what it was last year so that is working well for me
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Post by scrub-buster on Aug 29, 2016 11:13:30 GMT -5
I use scent free laundry detergent,body wash, and deodorant. I use the scent eliminator spray a little here and there. I keep a pile of walnuts next to the garage. I stomp on one and smear it on my boots before I hit the woods. I have deer walk my same trail coming to the stand and they don't scent me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2016 11:23:08 GMT -5
Same way as scrub! Instead I use cedar, but I do like the black walnut cover scent on the boots. I once was hunting in an old beech tree and didn't feel good at all. About 8 feet from the tree was a deer tail. I got down and sat against the tree. I fell asleep and slid down the hill and laid across the trial. It was about 5 hours later a buck stood above me and woke me up snorting and stumping the ground. Since then I have practiced the same scent ritual.
The buck never smelled me. I guess he heard my snoring or didn't like the log moving or what ever I was doing.
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