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Originally Posted by iowa whitetail
Scent free stuff is a waste of money hunt the wind.

and wind is free!

I do hunt the wind... And do the best I can with my scent. Admittedly, I am very type A. I believe that success is defined in the details. The scent suppresion clothing I wear is just a small part of those details. If I get an extra half a percent chance of killing the buck I am targeting then it is worth it. Minimizing my scent is not something I do because I am, "drinking the commercial hunting kool aid." I wear the stuff because I believe that it can slightly improve my odds. Anything less than my best efforts in all aspects of my season is unacceptable to me and careless and lazy. It seems like I have become the scent suppression spokesperson. I wear it, but it's not like I won't go out in the woods unless I have it. The truth is I've killed decent deer with the stuff and without. I've stated before, scent suppression clothing is definitely not the key to a season's results. However, I will argue to the death that minimizing scent in general is a key. Maybe some guys on here don't have to walk to their stands, but I do. I want as little scent as possible permeating the woods. Maybe some folks have perfect, constant winds every time they hunt. Around here, winds tend to vary a little bit more often than not. If I were to only hunt "perfect" winds, I wouldn't get out more than a few times a year - even with multiple stand options. Hunting mature deer is very different from trying to shoot 2 1/2s. And that's not a statement against anyone that shoots younger deer. Just making the point that you can't treat hunting 3 to 6 year old deer the same as hunting just for meat (I do my best to not waste an ounce of meat, but I also hunt to spend time outdoors and to challenge myself)... In response to a couple other posts, I don't know what moron thinks you can fool a deer's nose that's directly downwind of you if you wear certain clothing. I've never heard a reasonable hunter (that either wears scent suppression or doesn't) make a claim like that. I certainly never have.

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Originally Posted by NebBuckHunter
But hell, if people want to throw big money at magical suits, I guess there is worse things they cold spend money on.

I've addressed the "magical suit" comment a bunch of times already. As far as throwing money away - I paid $139 two years ago for a Scent Lok coveralls suit. Compare that to buying tops and bottoms of any quality warm season set up (scented or not). I felt great about the price. I paid $319 for a cold season Scent Blocker suit that is silent even in single digit weather and keeps me comfortable into the upper teens. Compare that to a $600 Sitka gear suit, Cabela's MT050, or any other high quality cold season suit and the prices are more than reasonable. The day I went to Cabela's to get the cold weather suit I was going to buy a Cabela's berber fleece set up, but ended up paying less and liking the one I bought more. I don't know, maybe some guys out there do think the suits are magic and maybe some guys are overpaying. I'm not one of them though.