I have always wondered the same in regards to scent lok clothing hanging openly instores.

-I wear it and everything that I have personally bought has been sealed. I do believe that the fabric traps and holds human odor. Especially in the early stages of use. When I pull it out of the hot dryer, it definately has a smell to it. A very clean smell if you will. I always place it directly in an air tight container. I put it on in the woods and take it off outside.

-I suspect like with rubberboots having a distinct odor that I am positive deer can smell, once any deer or deer begins to assoicate those smells (rubber boots) with danger it begins to work against you... I guess thats why its mostimportant to play the wind and mix it up. With scent lok I would rather smell clean like it does versus like human sweat..but on the other hand I have wondered at times if that smell even becomes a red flag to say a deer that I have hunted for many days in and around his bedding area.. just my thoughts..they really do have incredible noses..once ANY odor that we are using strikes them as dangerous.. the gigs up when they smell that smell again.. again.. if you use the wind there is really no better way.

-to me, these days, scent lok in my arsenal has its place. I agree I am guilty in the past of putting TOO MUCH stock in it, sprays etc.... Today I look at is as added help or aiding how much residual scent I leave in an area versus how much I would have left without it.. I do know this. Deer track and pattern us as hunters and they do a lot of that snooping around after dark, in and around our stands and set ups... This is when they often learn to skirt us, its not always in the daylight. I then feel its important to minimize as much human odor as possible .....OR get a good rain, which is probably best for residual odor..

Anyway.. I will keep wearing it and I do feel that coupled with a very strict cleasning routine and spraying down that we can minimize human odor to the point that many deer will tolerate it.. still at times.. some deer, especially old bucks and old does tolerate very very little..

peace