have you bought this year??? and by gimicks i mean any new idea or product that has a very large ad campaign or following by people. What did you think about it and did it work?

so far this year i've bought

a thermacell: which works great exactly like promised
a scentcheck antimicrobial and antiscent shirt: not sure about the
anitimicrobial part but it breathes very well.
bug proof 3-d camo: the camo works great but the bugproofness is iffy
at some points.

i bought the primo's can..i have heard excellent things about it, but yet to hunt with it so i'll let ya know how i like it.........

Nothing this year really though I made my own STS system to see if it really worked or not.

Over the long term the biggest gimmick I bought was probably that scrape dripper that works on temperature. What a waste of money.

How did you amke your own STS?

What's a Thermacell??

it's a mosquito repellent that uses a butane heater to heat a repellent pad and keeps mosquitos like 15ft away. the think works great and it isn't very expensive.

I bought some misc. Dead Down Wind products this year. We'll see I guess.

Hunter06 I am a firm believer inanitimicrobial technology. Good luck.

yeah i didn't realise that it was antimicrobial until after i bought it. is there any special way to wash it and do you need cover scent with it?

I just scent wash and use scent wafers. Having TSC blinds this year should help. Try licorice(sp) soap. Doesn't seen to spook the deer at all. They seem to actually be a little curious about it. I was suprized that they actually walked towards me within 10ft. Weird???????? I can't afford the gimicks. All our money go towards improving our food plots. I will invest in trail cams. Any ideas on that????

I bought a new safety harness vest. You know, one of those climbing system vest. I already had one that worked just fine. I just wanted the one they call "The Professional" series that's made of mesh material. Just trying to lighten the load and make it cooler in warm weather. SO it's not exactly a gimmick, but I already own one so it's a "Why in the heck did you buy that" thing-a-ma-jig. The answer of course, "I just had to have it. I needed it. The old one may break because it's old".[&:][8D] I also bought a new camo outfit Friday. Did I need it ...NO! Will it help me shoot a deer...> NO! I just had to buy the "NEW" pattern from Skyline. DUHHHHHHhh.