My buddy has been really on a scent free kick this season (and rightly so) but this weekend he took it a little too far and it cost him a doe.

My buddy and I went out this weekend and at about 7:30 he calls and says "I have major problems over here", I'm like, "what happened?"

He proceeds to tell me that he had a doe come in, he went to draw back his bow and he couldnt get it back all the way, he said it just locked up on him.The doe actually looked up at him and saw him struggling to pull the bow back and took off. (thank god it wasnt a Pope) Anyway, I tell him to try again and he said it still wont go all the way. After some time it loosened up and he got it back again.

We get to the car and I look at his bow and he has all this white chalky stuff on the bow. I said "did you spray down your bow with scent killer this morning?" He said "yes".

I finally figured out what happened. He's been seeing all these commercials where guys are spraying down their bows before they head out in to the field to hunt. It was 22 degrees in the morning when we went in and the spray must have froze on his strings and in his cams. Probably caused some kind of blockage.

Bottom line, don't spray down your bow before going in the field. Youmight miss that deer of a lifetime.

He said he was pulling so hard, he was shaking. Couldnt get it to draw, that deer must have been laughing the whole way in to the next farm. Funny visual.

I too will attest to doing something similar.

I spray down my bow with white lightning before I leave for the field (I walk to my hunting area). I just recently got rid of my whisker biscuit....because it was too noisy (I'm getting REAL close to the deer...lol)....and I drew back on a doe Saturday....and the chalky build-up made a squeaking noise.

I think I've kinda overdone it in this instance.

I practice scent control....RELIGIOUSLY....and I haven't been blown-out, all year while in the stand (Scent control means playing the wind...FIRST and FOREMOST, too).

Good luck

Jeff

I just wipe down the grip of my bow with a scent control wipe. I don't worry about spraying down the rest of my bow because I don't like that white residue on it. Concentrate your scent control efforts on your body and the parts of your equipment that your body touches (like your bow grip) and this should be good enough. That chalky stuff on your string, cables, cams, etc can't be good for my $700 Hoyt.

Not too much scent control, just poor planning. If you spray it an hour before it dries instead of freezes.

I spray down my gloves real good ( not dripping wet ) and then wipe the whole bow down arrows and all. plus whenI go to climb my stand I leave a lil on the tree steps.

I spray my gun and bow with my scent eleminator stuff. Its 5 bucks and smells like dirt to cover up scent. Well it was raining and every drop that hit it turned like white not bright white but white, all over my gun. Took the whole thing apart last night and cleaned it. Didnt have any oil so i used gun solevent. Wont hurt it but i rememberd i have paintball gun oil for my paintball gun. So im gona use that. It will make you mad lol. Gun shot tho.

Ive never sprayed my gun or bow with scent killer. Kinda figured it didnt matter but it makes sense. I think it goes either way though.