Just curious how everyone controls their scent in the woods consistently.

I take a bottle of sent away earth scent and spray down every hour or so unless it is a hot day then I spray down every 30 mintes.Plus I also carry some scent away anti perspirant.


Aussie by birth Texan by choice

First of all take a shower before going out. If possible by some special soap from a sporting goods store and wash with that. They sell a liquid form that you can use for your hair and body. Otherwise don't use soap, but use really hot water. If all else fails use Baking Soda.
Next is make sure you wash all your clothes in baking soda. All your camo and long underwear. You can also buy stuff from a sporting goods store for this, but again Baking Soda works.
Next is make sure you keep your clothes in a Plastic bag when not wearing them.Throw some oak leaves in with them for the woods smell. Pine needles if you hunnt in pines. A Rubbermaid container also works really well, but you have to tape up the vent holes underneath the handles. Don't pump gas with them or go to a store , etc.
Last but not least is get some Scent-Away spray or similar product to spray on your boots and outer garments before leaving to go in the woods. Spray a good layer on your outer garments for sure but they reccomend you spray it on every layer. Also I spray it on my hands and run it through my hair and face too.
Again another alternate cheap way for this is a mixture of baking soda and water in a spray bottle. It works as a scent eliminator and is a lot cheaper.
There may be a few things I forgot, but you get the hint.

I shower with ivory soap (hair too) and use scentless deoderant for my body. My clothes stay in a rubbermaid tub after washing with scentless detergent and I spray everything with scentblocker earth scent before going out.

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- I shower with the green hunters soap.
- Use unscented antipersperant. (Right Guard)
- Wash my clothes in Sport Wash or baking soda.
- &quot;Try&quot; to keep my clothes in a plastic tub, but that usually falls apart through the season. By mid-season, my hunting clothes are in the bedroom, where I can put them on without having to do it freezing outside at my hunting spot.
- Use black walnuts, leaves, and hemlock needles for cover scent.
- Try to play the wind if it's blowing in a steady direction.

-Still prefer supple leather boots (for stillhunting), leather quiver, armguard, and shooting glove over rubber or plastic varieties. I use Montanta Pitch Blend to dress those items. It has a wonderful pine scent.

I do the same things you all do. i have 3 simple rules for deer hunting #1 IF A DEER SEES YOU. CURIOSITY WILL STILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TAKE THAT DEER. #2 IF A DEER HEARS YOU. CURIOSITY WILL STILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TAKE THAT DEER. #3 IF A DEER SMELLS YOU. PARTYS OVER!!!

buckmaster68 you sound like you really know what you are doing. I do all of those things too. I had 2 8 pts and 2 does come directly down wind of me yesterday and never even acted vervious

My two cents. You will never fool the nose of a mature whitetail buck. All the washing of your clothes and washing of your body with the soaps is a great idea, but it comes down to hunting with the wind in your favor. That means entering your stand area in such a way that your scent won't be blown or left where the deer will be coming from. If you don't have the wind in your favor, don't hunt the area. I heard this years ago, and slowly learned it the hard way. I've gotten to the point where if the wind changes direction while I'm on stand, I'll climb down and go home or hunt elsewhere. It doesn't pay to try and fool the nose of a mature buck or doe. You will just screw the area up for future hunts. Also, if you hunt with buddies who disregard the wind, that's a sure way to screw up your hunting area. One other thing I've done is switched to knee high rubber boots too to try to prevent leaving much scent in the area.

Right on Big Louie I was ground hunting a pasture at my mothers place the other day where we have been seeing four nice bucks feeding. I did the typical scent free soap, scent free deoderant, scent blocker suit, and even a supposed scent supprescent Double Bull blind. Guess what I saw. Nothing is exactly right. Why when these deer feed here like clock work every day?? After talking it over with my mother who actually lives there and sees them at least once a day. My set up was wrong. The wind was in my face, but blowing right to the area they enter the field. I assumed they would be entering at the opposite side where I had seen deer enter in the past. My mother informed that they had started entering the pasture at that place just recently. So to clarify the wind in your face thing. Remember that means wind in your face as well as the deer traffic area in your face. Scent free isn't always what it is cracked up to be. The nose knows!!!!

I totally disagree! Too many hunters dont go to a certain stand because the wind isn't right (I used to be one of them). Your only limiting your opportunities. If your not out there , you aint gonna get him. The buck I shot on halloween came from down wind and never knew I was there. The majority of October hunting is done with a S-SW or SE wind. I have stands that I literally have to hunt upwind of the bedding areas if I want to hunt period. Especially for those who have a limited hunting area , dont limit your hunting time based on wind direction. If your hunting huge tracts of land , then I'd hunt the wind as an added precaution.
Scent elimination is the best tool for hunting whitetails!
JMO

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