This year it was time to replace my favorite pair of hunting boots. The Wolverine King Carribou III's. These boots are light as tennis shoes, are camo (even the soles), Gortex and work from 65+ degrees down to 35+ degrees. They're a great pair of boots.

Here's what I noticed........ When I'm hunting up north in Wis, be it turkeys or deer, I spend a lot of time in my buddies barn while he's milking. I wear my hunting clothes including my boots. I'll spend up to 2 hours in there helping feed cattle or just shooting the breeze. You can't help but step in cow dung while in the barn. When I leave I make sure that I wipe my feet off real good before getting into my truck. Well, this year with my new boots, they sat for about 10 days between hunts. I'd started hunting Ill and while driving there one day, I noticed that familiar "barn smell". At first I thought it was my hunting clothes. Well, I ignored it at first but after about a week of it, I knew it couldn't be my clothes. When I got home I took off my boots and looked at the bottoms, they were clean. Then I put my nose to them......Wow!!! [:-]That's where the smell was coming from. It puzzled me at how long the oder was lasting even after wearing the boots hunting for more than 2 weeks. The oder must have been absorbed into the soles of the boots!

This had interesting results.

Not once this season did my entry trail to my stand get busted!

I had tons of deer cross, walk directly on and sniff the ground where I walked and not even blink their eye's.

I had worn my old boots in the barn plenty of times and never had the oder linger for more than a few days. I'm not sure but the soles must be different. Another thing that I noticed is that when my old boots wore out, the soles delaminated slightly in a couple of spots. I believe that this allowed human (yes I am human) oder to escape from my boots and the deer were busting my entry trail! [:@]

Lessons learned....... replace all accessories when they are not performing at 100% and stand around in cow dung..... it's free!


Note: No scent eliminating products of any kind were used while harming these animals. [:-]

Here's a pic of the boots.

So..... you are saying you wear **** kickers?

Good one! That's their new name!

and then there is the quote in your signature love it!!

I actually had almost opposite results with my boots transitioning from new to used. 2 1/2 years ago when my Mickey Mouses were new, I'd have deer sniff where I'd walked and become more alert. I even had a trio turn right around and go back the way they came. This year however (3rd yr boots were in the woods) I've not been busted once by the boots. I've actually also seen and killed more deer.On 2 separate instances a 1.5 yr old deer would sniff where I'd walked and look around for a few seconds but just go back to what they were doing. On 1 instance, a mature buck walked directly across my trail earning him a trip to the taxi.

It is my theory that when the boots were new, they had that new rubber smell to them. As they wore, that went away as the smell of the woods absorbed into the soles.

You know, you may be on to something. I manage a large commercial feedlot and my boots and myself smell like crap all the time. Seldom do I get busted but never do anything for scent control.

I have a good friend that stores his outer shell of hunting clothes between saddle pads and swears by it.

I am going to be hunting the next couple of days so I guess I'll go walk around a little before leaving work. Heck, I might just lay down and roll in it like my dog.

Be careful!

Living ona farm with cows have taught me that the crap will eat a good pair of boots up ina hurry.

I don't doubt it is a good "cover scent", though!

Hey Greg. I always suspected you were full of shhit.

Without question, this is good advice, if you live and/or hunt around livestock etc.... Where I hunt, the man has 2 donkeys in a pen and the deer are all around the pen, mostly at night. Each and every time I go hunting at his place I'll slip each foot under the gate and "dig in" each boot to get it smelling like donkeys.Free cover scent!

Too bad anybody around you needs a pair of these....






I kid, I kid