Scent blocker sprays ?

Total waste. Nothing but hype. If you are worried about scent a favourable wind is your best friend. Avoid getting all sweated up and any other strong scents. Gettin up in a stand helps a lot at close quarters.

Trust me other than a air tight glass ball around you a deer will smell you. It is the strength or concetration of the scent that will make it react or not react.

Deer in populated areas know what the scent is and react to concentration and deer that have little or no experience with it will give it a WTF and may or may not react. Save your money.
 
I found it does work. Take a cleaning patch or cotton ball, put a bit of perfume or some doe or buck piss on it. Give it a wiff, then spray with some sent killer. You will be supprized. (Depending on the brand, ymmv). I recomend primos silver.
 
Qhergt said:
I found it does work. Take a cleaning patch or cotton ball, put a bit of perfume or some doe or buck piss on it. Give it a wiff, then spray with some sent killer. You will be supprized. (Depending on the brand, ymmv). I recomend primos silver.
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The fact it can fool you is no proof whatsoever that it will fool anything with a good sense of smell. Your belief that such a test is relevant makes all the marketing guys smile.
 
While it may reduce some of your scent I wouldn't count on it. Like someone else said you are better off working the wind.

Also avoid washing your hunting clothes with laundry detergent that contains phosphorus. This stuff actually glows with a wave-length of light that we can't see but deer can.
 
this debate has been around for years and will continue to be. Its simple science that they work to a point. It is also simple science that you will never be odourless (maybe if you can stop breathing). It really comes down to "how much you smell". Obviously the less you smell, the less you will disturb a deer and the less distance your smell will travel. Whether the improvement these scent killers give you is worth it to you, it totally up to you to decide.
No doubt many people who smell bad, smoke, fart etc will still see deer. The thing is you can never know how many more deer you would have seen with better scent control.
I firmly believe that I see more deer now that I practice scent control. I could improve more at it if I really tried, but it isn't worth the extra effort to me. I take the easy steps. Wash everything in scent free detergent. Wash with scent free soap. Try to avoid any contamination if possible.

At the end of the day, you still need to use the wind to your favour and realize that you still will smell. But did that deer scent you at 200yds, or 50yds? I like to try to improve those 50yd or less shots.

FishHog
 
It works.....

I cut a slit in tennis balls, and put a deer tarsal gland in it and throw it to train my dog...Just for an experament I spayed one with scent blocker...My dog took alot longer finding the ball that was sprayed..
 
Very interesting experiment with your dog. I do believe they help but I refuse to pay for the commercial products when you can make your own for 10% of the cost that work just as well.
 
captonion said:
It works.....

I cut a slit in tennis balls, and put a deer tarsal gland in it and throw it to train my dog...Just for an experament I spayed one with scent blocker...My dog took alot longer finding the ball that was sprayed..
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So, you trained him to find one smell, then changed the smell, and think that because he "took alot longer" to figure out that the tarsal smell inside the new smell was the target, that he couldn't smell it?

You confused him. He could still smell the tarsal gland in spite of the spray, and still figured out the "puzzle" you created. But you think he couldn't smell the tarsal gland, in spite of the fact he still found it?

That was a really bad experiment, and proves nothing except he could still smell it in spite of the spray.
 
rral22 said:
So, you trained him to find one smell, then changed the smell, and think that because he "took alot longer" to figure out that the tarsal smell inside the new smell was the target, that he couldn't smell it?

You confused him. He could still smell the tarsal gland in spite of the spray, and still figured out the "puzzle" you created. But you think he couldn't smell the tarsal gland, in spite of the fact he still found it?

That was a really bad experiment, and proves nothing except he could still smell it in spite of the spray.
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I wouldn't say his experiment is all that flawed. If he could fool his dog for even a small amount of time, its not a big leap to expect that it may very well work to confuse a deer for a short time (long enough to line in a good shot). Its not conclusive evidence but it does have some value.
 
Its a tool one can use, it might not be perfect but on days where the wind is changing, it can help, also with cover scents like some doe pee, on your boots can help keep the deer from busting.

Working the wind is best, but its not always perfect either.
 
It's not any better than any other bad science used as "proof" of superstitions. Marketing departments love such anecdotal evidence.

You may, of course, use anything you think will help, but I believe it's simply a waste of money. The only scent control that reliably works, is to control where your scent goes.
 
I think it does work. I do take other measures tho as well. I keep all my gear in a rubbermaid tote, clean clothes with unscented detergent, clean myself with unscented body wash, and use the wind.

I suppose the spray is a little overkill, but it helps get rid of any trace amounts of smellies left on my clothes.
 
i only bow hunt and i have no problem getting close to deer and rarely get winded. i wash my camo twice a season and wear street clothing underneath that has been washed with whatever pretty smelling laundry soap we have at the time. i spray my boots, gloves and hat because ive always sweat more than most and your boots and gloves are the worst culprits for leaving your scent behind.

playing the wind is far more important than scent killers, but i still think they'll help out if the wind shifts.
 
rral22 said:
That was a really bad experiment, and proves nothing except he could still smell it in spite of the spray.
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LMAO professor...

May not have been a very complex experament but it showed me it does make a difference...We threw the balls into an area where scent was needed over sight..This over a few hours, switching up balls...The dog could even find an ordinary ball without tarsal gland quicker than the spayed ball...Bad or not, what I seen has me convinced it does indeed help. If you can trick a dog, why not a deer?
 
captonion said:
LMAO professor...

May not have been a very complex experament but it showed me it does make a difference...We threw the balls into an area where scent was needed over sight..This over a few hours, switching up balls...The dog could even find an ordinary ball without tarsal gland quicker than the spayed ball...Bad or not, what I seen has me convinced it does indeed help. If you can trick a dog, why not a deer?
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I think its a great experiment and definitely proves a point.

Like I said before, it is simple science that it works. They are either activated carbon based, peroxide based or baking soda based. All are known to either oxidize or absorb odour. That can only be debated if your too stuborn to belive the facts of the world.

The question is does it work well enough to make a difference to you. That is an individual choice that only you can make. It kills me these guys who say its voodoo and doesn't work. Of course it does, to a point. Your certainly not odourless, and never will be, but you will have less odour. Enough to make a worthwhile difference is again a question only you can decide.
 
It definitely works to some degree. Perfect, no. But enough to confuse them long enough. I don't think anyone can claim 100% either way.

I do spot and stalk with archery. I'm thinking, other than spear chucking, it's probably the hardest to get close to a deer. If I don't spray my clothing I definitely spook deer more often from further away.
 
It works but it's only a small part of any days preparation for the field. I use clean clothing (scent killer soap), sealed containers for my clothing, scent free soap and shampoo, a good cover scent and hunt the wind. I harvest good bucks each year thanks to a good scent control system. This was last season.....

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Note the rubbermaid for my clothing in the back of the truck.... ;)
 
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