Here's a homemade scent killer recipe I pulled off the internet at the beginning our last season. I've used it religiously and I haven't heard a snort all year. I was directly downwind at ground level on several occasions and was never winded. I also took my archery deer and can credit this stuff. I had leather boots on and had walked all over the area looking for a tree (first time I hunted that particular tree). I missed this deer on the first shot and it proceeded to circle downwind of me, nose high in the air. He never caught wind and I ended up getting a second shot that took him.
1 gallon distilled water (or clean creek water, just no chlorines or iodines in it)
1/2 box of baking soda
16 oz peroxide
2 shot glasses of Hunters Specialty green liquid soap
Pour out enough water from a gallon jug to get the other stuff in and let it fizz for a while after mixing (about 1 hour or the top will pop off). Then just transfer to a spray bottle and you're set.
128 oz cost about $4.50 vs $8-$10 for 16-32oz of some other fancy kind.
Other guys have tried it as well and say they've had success. I won't hunt without it again.
These paragraphs from an earlier post in this thread were written by me............oh, I'd say late last year sometime. It's a recipe I pulled off the Realtree.com forums and I stick by it today. My latest "tests" invlove the making of mock scrapes. I use this formula to cover my scent going in and I've had positive scrape responses so far.
I've heard reaction to this formula on Realtree, Eders, and this forum, and people who have tried it all believe it works well. Try it and post your results!
Happy hunting............Fritz.