popeandyoungchaser

I'll tell you what those particular boots have a strong smell. Thats true about the mud, i bet it would smell different. sounds like you have a plan now, hope it works for ya!

RIStrutStopper

I bought a new pair of Muck boots a little more than a week back and wore them for the first time hunting last Saturday. I think the deer I shot was more concerned with smelling acorns than the scent of my boots

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kodiak41226

I had the same problem last year. I think the only thing that makes the smell go away is time. I sprayed them with scent killer before I walked into the woods last year, and then left any residule mud ect. on them. At the end of the season I stuck them in a tote with a fresh earth waffer and the smell is gone now finally. I think the human foot stink is more danagerous than new boot stink, so I wouldn't worry too much.

peakrut

Any deer downwind will most likely scent you no matter what, sorry.
We as humans stink and no way around it, some more then others.

3stone

Fraley,

I don't completly buy that. I do believe that you can make efforts to remove any scent and that if the conditions are right a buck down wind will not smell you. YOu eed to:

1. make your body scent free
2. Wear head-to-toe carbon clothing to seal in any new scents your body makes
3. Control mouth scent (which is the biggest problem)
4. Get at least 25 to 30 feet up in a tree to help disperse your scent among the leaves
5. wipe down your gear with scent killing sheets prior to entering the woods.

I think if you do these things than there is a good chance of not getting busted downwind. Now don't get me wrong...I do not ignore the wind when picking a stand. I always try to hunt in places where deer can't come in from downwind. But that 's not always possible as wind can change directions.

Maybe it's overkll but I figiure you can never be to scent free. Just like you can never be too still.