I am starting to think this carbon thing is crap
06-26-2008 | 02:03 PM
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RE: I am starting to think this carbon thing is crap
You do every little thing you can think of to tip the scales in your favor.
If just one time a grunt call brings in a Booner that wasn't aimed your way. Or one time scents or scent control make the difference for you it's worth it. And they KNOW THAT. THEY USE IT AGAINST US SELLING US ALL OF THIS STUFF.
I've got the carbon shirts and jacket but I think they do about as well as the rest of my stuff if I keep clean and scent free.
If just one time a grunt call brings in a Booner that wasn't aimed your way. Or one time scents or scent control make the difference for you it's worth it. And they KNOW THAT. THEY USE IT AGAINST US SELLING US ALL OF THIS STUFF.
I've got the carbon shirts and jacket but I think they do about as well as the rest of my stuff if I keep clean and scent free.
06-26-2008 | 02:09 PM
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RE: I am starting to think this carbon thing is crap
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
....re-activate them when needed....
....re-activate them when needed....
06-26-2008 | 02:14 PM
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RE: I am starting to think this carbon thing is crap
Home clothes dryers only average running about 120 degrees. And they don't have an oxygen free environment. That's the other half of the high heat regeneration process.
06-26-2008 | 02:23 PM
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RE: I am starting to think this carbon thing is crap
http://www.scentsmoker.com/
If you want a product that does work look through that. I used it successfully the entrie season last fall. I had deer downwind of me on several occasion last year and not one deer spooked as a result of scenting me.
If you want a product that does work look through that. I used it successfully the entrie season last fall. I had deer downwind of me on several occasion last year and not one deer spooked as a result of scenting me.
06-26-2008 | 02:32 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: I am starting to think this carbon thing is crap
Ialways thought it was crap and just a way to play on the what if factor that drives hunteres crazy! Nice job in advertising, but it looks like most people with half a brain have decided that it's bologna!
06-26-2008 | 02:45 PM
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RE: I am starting to think this carbon thing is crap
I dont, never said it has helped just saying i have had good luck while wearing it, but i have had also had good luck without it.
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
The thing is, bloodcreek, how do you know you wouldn't be having the same good luck without it? every time you go to the woods it's a unique experience. The deer passing through at that particular day, in those particular weather conditions with the particular air current patterns in effect at the time... So many variables to account for and they're constantly changing. That's the rub. It can't be proven either way.
Take the back support belts weight lifters wear. On a physiological basis, they don't do anything. Psychologically though, they tend to make you think more about using good lifting form. I think the scent blocking clothes probably do the same thing. They make you think more about scent control so you do a better job of it.
The thing is, bloodcreek, how do you know you wouldn't be having the same good luck without it? every time you go to the woods it's a unique experience. The deer passing through at that particular day, in those particular weather conditions with the particular air current patterns in effect at the time... So many variables to account for and they're constantly changing. That's the rub. It can't be proven either way.
Take the back support belts weight lifters wear. On a physiological basis, they don't do anything. Psychologically though, they tend to make you think more about using good lifting form. I think the scent blocking clothes probably do the same thing. They make you think more about scent control so you do a better job of it.
06-26-2008 | 03:08 PM
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RE: I am starting to think this carbon thing is crap
I'm like many who have already commented. I have not bought into the idea. Several of my friends have. Some swear by the "scent blocking" suits, but others swear at their's. All I do is try my best to play the wind in my favor, ease in and out of my hunting area as quietly as I can, and try not stinking the place up doing so. Almost always I hunt from a tree stand. Often 25+/- feet off the ground. I am convinced getting up off the ground can help hide my scent somewhat. I do nothing special to my clothing except use "scent free" washing soap. I do the same when bathing - scent free bath soap. But frankly, down here in the deep south, most times by the time I get to my stand and settled in, I am seating up a storm. Especially in early bow season.
I do very often use a "drag rag" and rubber knee high boots, hoping to somewhat mitigate my the scent trail of my foot-falls. I make the "cover scent" from urine I collect from the bladders of deer I kill. Keep the unused portion in the freezer. Pull out what I need. seems to work OK ... sometimes.
I do very often use a "drag rag" and rubber knee high boots, hoping to somewhat mitigate my the scent trail of my foot-falls. I make the "cover scent" from urine I collect from the bladders of deer I kill. Keep the unused portion in the freezer. Pull out what I need. seems to work OK ... sometimes.