Scent control

Who make the best scent control garments?

  • Scent-Lok

    Votes: 5 12.2%

  • ScentBlocker

    Votes: 1 2.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 7 17.1%

  • Save your $$$ this stuff is a gimmick

    Votes: 28 68.3%
  • Total voters
    41
  • Poll closed .
I call gimmick. I learned scent control from a bow hunter (my first deer was with a bow), and I have carried that over to rifle hunting. My lessons paid off in bow hunting, and again this year during rifle season when the buck I eventually shot came within five yards of my ground blind and didn't smell (hear or see) me. He then walked off into a field and I nailed him.

- Wash your body and clothes in non-scented soap
- Prevent subsequent pollution by storing the clothes outside (e.g. the garage), and keep gasoline, etc. off of them
- Repeat
 
cdngunner said:
Tell me why then farmers, who wear the same stinking cloth day in day out, see more deer then we do? At least thats my experience.
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Good point, and another solution. To my way of thinking, your 'question' hits on the other end of the scale. To mask your personal scent you either strive to eliminate it, or, cover it with scents that are very common in the area.
 
cdngunner said:
Tell me why then farmers, who wear the same stinking cloth day in day out, see more deer then we do? At least thats my experience.
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Maybe they don't, or maybe it's because they live where the deer live.

I would be absurd to believe that their stink attracts the deer, but it is a fact that deer become accumstomed to the sights, smells and sounds of their surroundings, a good example being farm deer.

A few years ago I shot three does in about 15 seconds, from a good hiding place on a farm. I was hidden in the edge of the bush and the deer were about 60 yards away, out in the open on the field, having entered there (after much snorting and scenting) upwind of me from the bush. They certainly heard me (two shotgun blasts), but weren't alarmed, as they were used to loud noises - they just stood there and took their medicine in turn. If they had seen me, they would have bolted (as they did earlier in the week), and I had observed them scenting their approach at other times.

I believe that while deer get used to patterns of sights, sounds and smells, they make continual use of all their senses to stay alive, and when those patterns are disrupted they get very edgy.
 
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I don't wear scent control garments per say, But I do use scent/brightner free laundry detergents and hang dry outdoors(or Scent-Away dryer sheets in the winter/rainy days).I shower with scent free body wash and wear scent free pitstick,I keep my clothes in a large tupperware container and I use Scent Shield "White Lightning" scent eliminator on my boots & equipment. I believe this system of mine works and has enabled me to get a heckuva lot closer to game than before. It has enabled my success as a bowhunter as well as blackpowder & centerfire rifle. All these scent elimination are used in conjunction with proper hunting strategies(wind etc.)
Just my oppinion/.02 cents
 
When I first sat in a ground blind made from fruit tree prunings, when I first started bow hunting, a deer walked by so close I could have hit it on the head with my bow. I had not even heard of the idea of de-scenting. Again, if you are hunting in an area where human scent is not a common occurance scent control becomes more of an issue. Here in souther ontario, the deer are so used to people that you can have a few dozen people stay in your hunting area and the next day go deer hunting.
On several camping trips we actually had deer come into our camp or run thru it at night. Again we were camping and not hunting so we had not de-scented other then the scent that was killed by spilled beer.

A hunter should know his quarry and how it reacts to things introduced in its environment. Each area/deer are different. I'm sure that in areas with extremely heavy hunting pressures or in remote wilderness area scent becomes more of an issue. All come down to spending time in the area that you hunt and understanding how the deer in that area relate to their surroundings

Hell I even walked up to a deer and shot it!!! Within 20 feet
 
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cdngunner said:
Tell me why then farmers, who wear the same stinking cloth day in day out, see more deer then we do? At least thats my experience.
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The animals get accustomed to farmers throught the year, in my experiance.
A friend of mine discussed this with me some time ago.
he couldn't get close to any coyotes on his buddy's farm, so they jumped into his tractor and drove around in that.

Three coyotes the first afternoon thry tried that!
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All these scent control items are nothing if the wind isn't in your favor. Unless, of course, you enjoy smelling like a "just humped" doe.

Hey, I'm not judging, and totally respect that.;)

Seriously though...I maintain a "scent discipline" - no fragrance soaps, hang outside to dry, store in sealed containers, and stay very conscious as to wind direction. I also make it a point to maintain personal hygene. Nothing spooks wildlife (and hunting buddies) like an acidic case of B.O.!!:eek:
 
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catnthehatt said:
The animals get accustomed to farmers throught the year, in my experiance.
A friend of mine discussed this with me some time ago.
he couldn't get close to any coyotes on his buddy's farm, so they jumped into his tractor and drove around in that.

Three coyotes the first afternoon thry tried that!
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Yup I was able to drive to within 30 feet of coyote with my ATV. Once it realize a human was sitting on it, it took off.
 
BIGREDD said:
You are obviously not a biologist nor have you given this much thought at all. Deer do not reason nor do they have a switch that makes them run at the first molecule of airborne human scent. They do have a threshold level within their scent receptors and that will determine how much scent will trigger the flight syndrome. Less scent is a good thing.

Your opinion is not in question... it is the facts on which you base your opinion that I question.
Your motives are clear.
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Are you not capable of just expressing your oppinions regarding the Thread at hand without singling someone out to Nitpic .......:rolleyes:
Clearly if you pay attention to the Poll alot of others share my oppinion.

The only FACTS I've based anything on are my OWN experiences, I hunt and do just fine without the Latest Clothing gimmick....I suspect I'll continue to do just fine without them too;)

Like I said if Someone believes it works for them....Great ! then use it.
I don't and won't !

that's MY oppinion :)
 
Come on now kids, opinions are like a**holes, everyones got one.:rolleyes:

It's a good thing we can debate stuff here and not fight about it right?:)

I used to have a buddy that was a little nutty over this kinda stuff, he'd wash his clothes in no scent detergent and then hang his clothes out on the porch of the hunting camp in a bag full of cedar boughs. Sounds like a good idea and will get rid of the human smell but the lot we hunt is 99% maple with no cedars at all on it, those deer could smell him a mile away!;)
 
BIGREDD said:
You are obviously not a biologist nor have you given this much thought at all. Deer do not reason nor do they have a switch that makes them run at the first molecule of airborne human scent. They do have a threshold level within their scent receptors and that will determine how much scent will trigger the flight syndrome. Less scent is a good thing.

Your opinion is not in question... it is the facts on which you base your opinion that I question.
Your motives are clear.
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Red.... Yah didn't answer his question----one opinion against another.
Show us a study that proves it reduces scent and then you will have a point. Just show somthin that proves it has any effect on reducing any scent....Considering my collie dog can run a two hour old scent on dry ground from my gum boots with his head up, I really doubt it. I just want to know if there is any less scent when in them clothes.
I watch dogs work......scent is a very interesting subject. Humidity,temperature,ground surface vegitation that they brush against. Watching a hound work a cold track surprises you with were thay look and find scent as opposed to where the animal was. Airborne scent is a whole nother topic as it floats and settles like a mist on vegitation and is carried in the air sometime high sometimes low.A fast running cougar dog can run a Tom lion 100 meters off to the side of his track while scent drifting.
When you show the study.....I hope it is based on somthin that really has a nose like a hound..... A big buck has at least as good of nose.
 
horshur said:
A big buck has at least as good of nose.
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Andy.....How the hell does that Bro of yours find those 200"+ Muleys every other year without Scent lock clothes or other Gimmicks ?;)

MadDog....I appologise for getting my Panties in a Bunch:p
 
There are about thirty studies on-line with references to the ability of activated carbon to absorb odor. It is an indisputable scientific fact.
Activated carbon suits are used by the military and government to protect against chemical attack due to the unrivaled ability of carbon to absorb airborn chemicals.
This is nothing new and the technology is not mumbo jumbo.
There was some questions about the longevity of the carbon in the hunting garments when it was first released. And some people still doubt the ability of a clothes dryer to reactivate the carbon 100%. There are still no comprehensive studies done of the technology with regard to hunting. I don't know other than to say it sure works for me. JMO
Here is a link to a acouple of studies... biased of course... they are done by the US government.;)

http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/bin.asp?CID=3757&DID=94853&DOC=FILE.PDF

http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/NationalList/TAPReviews/ActivatedCarbon.pdf
 
I did some research myself. A lot of the info was for scent control/scent control garmets. Most of the hunting situations were not the same as mine.

Then i came across this little jem and I think we can all agree

It is not wise to substitute the lack of knowledge and purchase items to attempt to compensate for your lack of understanding.
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Scent control items are just some other tools available to us hunters, to be used in conjunction with everything else we use.

To think that if you are an "unsuccessfull" hunter and buying these products will magicly make you a prolific one, is a great disservice to yourself.

Unfortunately all the advertising by these companies might lead a nieve person to believe this.

Better understanding of how to use the wind and how thermals act during all stages of the day in your area will probably do as much if not even more then buying these suits.

But then again, this is only one mans opinion, mine.
 
Radar Absorbing Clothing

Careful, don't let the manufacturers hear you guys poo-poo'ing the scent blocking charcoal layerd clothing. Once de-bunked, they will invent a new gimmick to part the unwqeary with their $$$. I hear some have plans to build hunter stealth clothing made with RADAR absorbing paint and carbon fibre armpits:runaway: . Cause we all know deer have radar.:D
 
The truth is you can now buy fully breathable waterproof camo clothing with or without the scent control a lot cheaper than you ever could in the past.
Made in China has made this stuff extremely affordable... regardless of the ability to control scent the price is right.
What do you guys suggest... we go back to wool and rubber... forever the naysayers.... but I have not heard any thing to change my mind other than indiscriminate dissagreement.
 
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