Scent control
- Thread starter hakx
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I wash hunting gear in scent free detergent then store in air tight container with some sort of natural fragrance like cedar bows or the like. Merino wool is used as a base layer when i can- its supposed to resist odour retention. Then its just avoiding smellyy stuff on the day of my hunt plus washing with scent free soap. I will generally throw a scent blocker spray in the truck before i go so i can spray before i hit my stand.
Suka
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Best thing I"ve found is to cut a couple small boughs of spruce or pine, put them in a garbage bag, set your boots in, put your clothes on top of them, close the bag.
Next morning you'll smell so much like pine you'll hardly be able to stand it till mid afternoon.
Turpentine works, too. Course neither of these will work if there's no pine trees where you're hunting.
Next morning you'll smell so much like pine you'll hardly be able to stand it till mid afternoon.
Turpentine works, too. Course neither of these will work if there's no pine trees where you're hunting.
I found some scent lok liner sold as bulk cloth. I had a suit made with camo and the scent lok liner. The total cost was a fraction of buying the factory stuff. ( pays to know some wonderful ladies that are handy with a needle and thread )
All ideas are great but getting up off the ground in a stand and using the wind is really the only way to be sure.
All ideas are great but getting up off the ground in a stand and using the wind is really the only way to be sure.
Any time or money you spend on scent control is a complete waste. The whole concept is a scam.
Bloodhounds have trailed people that got into cars and drove away. Now deer may not be quite as good as bloodhounds, but most experts agree that deer have a sense of smell similar to a dog's. Drug dogs have found drugs inside plastic bags inside sacks of coffee. Dogs can smell cancer.
I have seen some evidence that attractants can attract deer, but scent control or cover scents will not work.
Any deer that passes through your scent "shadow" will know you are there if he is paying attention. Sometimes, like me, deer can be distracted by food, boredom, ###, other deer, whatever, and they make mistakes. But if a deer is paying attention to its nose, you will be detected. Your only hope is to manage where your smell goes and hunt accordingly.
Bloodhounds have trailed people that got into cars and drove away. Now deer may not be quite as good as bloodhounds, but most experts agree that deer have a sense of smell similar to a dog's. Drug dogs have found drugs inside plastic bags inside sacks of coffee. Dogs can smell cancer.
I have seen some evidence that attractants can attract deer, but scent control or cover scents will not work.
Any deer that passes through your scent "shadow" will know you are there if he is paying attention. Sometimes, like me, deer can be distracted by food, boredom, ###, other deer, whatever, and they make mistakes. But if a deer is paying attention to its nose, you will be detected. Your only hope is to manage where your smell goes and hunt accordingly.
heavyBullet
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just off the island of MTL
If your hunting farmland with cattle, and have access to the barn, just hang all your gear in the barn with the cows a couple days.
Mount Sweetness
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Ontario
Play the wind but use an attractant to help your downwind side.
So the deer you encounter will think you're a human who likes to sleep with cows???
heavyBullet
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Just off the island of MTL
So the deer you encounter will think you're a human who likes to sleep with cows???
Exactly ! its quite a turn on for the deer. I also step in all the cow patties I encounter while walking to my stand.
tactical870
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Buckhorn, Ontario
Eliminate as much human scent as you can, cover the remaining scent and hunt the wind. I shower before going out with scent killer soap and shampoo, dress in clothing washed with scent eliminator laundry soap and stored in a rubbermaid with cedar oil rubbed in. My outer layers (anything beyond jeans and sweatshirt) stay in the rubbermaid container in the back of the truck until I get to my hunting spot. I spray my boots (also kept in the rubbermaid) with scent killer before walking to my stand and once there use an attractant. I've had deer as close as 5 feet from me on the ground and directly under my stands as well. You still have to hunt the wind, but there's a lot you can do to lessen your scent.
300Spartans
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Canada of course
I know one bowhunter who puts his clothes in a box with apples for a couple days. He always gets his deer, so I'm sure something works with that technique.
On the other hand, guys I've hunted geese with are heavy smokers and smoke in the blind while they're waiting. So who knows?
On the other hand, guys I've hunted geese with are heavy smokers and smoke in the blind while they're waiting. So who knows?
