breath scent control
 

I know it sounds funny, but people go through so much and spend alot of money to be as scent free as possible, but what about your breath?
I know they make gum, but what have you guys used that worked? Or is it stupid too worry about your breath?

I will usually eat an apple or drink some apple cider before I go out.

Breath through your nose.

some people are a little too much.
seriously.
50 years ago when my dad would shoot 2 deer a year they did NONE of these things we do. a little extreme guys.. dont ya think?

oh...dang near forgot....little spritz of bakin soda....

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If you're going through other scent control regimens.....and ignoring your mouth.....you're pissin' into the wind. You're overlooking the biggest human scent producer you have working against you in the woods.

My dentist is a serious bowhunter, and we got in to a conversation about scent control one day. He swears by using a tongue scraper daily during hunting season. He says there is all kinds of plaque and odor causing bacteria on the far back of your tongue that brushing doesnt get. I am trying that this year as well as Primos apple breath strips, but I have always used scent a-way tooth paste.

Any of you people worrying about breath scent control are NUTS. Or, your have chronic halitosis.

If the deer is close enough to smell your breath, shoot it!

Then why worry about ANY scent control? Is your skin (if you showered) emitting as much scent as your mouth? Is your harness/stand/bow/quiver/etc..., etc..., etc... emitting as much scent as your breathing does?

There really is no half-assing scent control (not elimination....which can't be done). So why go 1/2 way?

And BTW....no matter your oral hygiene....I can assure you the deer thinks your breath STINKS.

proven fact: 78% of human scent is produced in the mouth...jus chew some fruit flavored gum and you'll be fine...P.S. a good shower does nothin after a night of BEEF...beef makes your body put off an odor that is very alarming to deer...pork does the same thing....

Try chewing on some chlorophyl tablets. They work and they're cheap. They help with overall BO too. Of course, you'll have green #2, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, lol.

I guess no more eating sunflower seeds in the treestand for me this year..... never seem to both the deer before but hey after reading all of this, I might just cut my tongue off and say heck with, cause if your gonna go? Go All the way baby :party0007:

I usually get a dip of Copenhagen and spit down the side of the tree. Seriously, you bowhunting forum guys are too much! LOL

I have a older member of my lease that always starts a story with 'Well I had to put out my cigarette as he walked in'

His story would be more relivent if it started, "This big 'ol buck was downwind of me as he was walkin' in, so I had to put out my cigerrtte."!

Apples are cheap, easy to carry apple stripes in a baggy, good for ya, even help with bad breath!

Exactly, and I'll never believe that any "big ol' buck" is gonna come in downwind of a lit cigarette. Yeah, I've known some old timers who used to kill deer with their lit cigarette still in their mouths, but I'm convinced that they were either just plain lucky on which direction the deer came from or they REALLY knew how to hunt the wind.

I take oral hygiene seriously as part of my scent control regimen. I brush my teeth with hydrogen peroxide & baking soda, floss daily, and do not eat anything after brushing or while on the stand. Does it make a difference doing all this crap? - well, if nothing else, my dental hygenist gives me good marks in my regular checkups :D.

-fsh

i usually eat an apple before i go out.

I do go all the way with scent control with the exception of breath. I am conscience about wind and scent control. Some days deer approach and stay downwind without any idea and others days they bust me. When busted all clothes including my harness go into the wash and hang outside to dry. I leave all of my clothes and equipment outside unless it is raining. I have bought unscented oil for my bow. So I do go well beyond 1/2 way. I brush my teeth before a hunt, but not with baking soda and peroxide. Yuk! To each his own and therefore, I have a right to my own opinion. I stand by what I said - You guys are totally nuts. The breath smell suppressant manufacturers are using the P.T. Barnum philosophy "sucker born every minute". Shoot the deer if they are close enough to smell your breath. He11, you should be able to pet them!

On the other hand, when I am gun hunting my shotgun or ML is oiled with gun oil. I don't make any attempt to hide that smell. I can now reach out beyond their nose capability. I have killed plenty of deer with this approach including numerous old does and a couple for the wall. I rewash my clothes before resuming bow hunting because the gun rested on my lap.

Regarding sunflower seeds. I have had deer find the hulls at the base of my stand. Therefore, no more seeds in the stand unless I am going to swallow the hulls. No doubt I will never comprehend the deers ability to smell. I may be off base about the breath, but really...How far do you think the scent cone of a breath from someone at rest travels before dissipating or some other scent takes over? I need science not speculation. I think you're over the top.

great point gmmat-i too believe your mouth is the biggest producer of scent and if you do nothing about it there is no sense in worrying about the rest of your body. I brush my teeth with a baking soda and usually eat an apple on my way to hunt. I did try gum o flage once-alfalfa honey was the flavor-take my word for it-unless you are a horse it tastes like crap.

Deer have changed A WHOLE LOT since then. They have gotten so much smarter in the ways they detect humans

i just drink 7 or 8 beers before i go out and they dont seem to mind me

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lol

but seriously,
I don't think you can hide your breath 100%... but there are a lot of ways to help cover it up.

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i purchased some of that Huntwiser and am going to give it a try

Check it out

www.huntwiser.com

Some of you boys never leave home, do you? I hunt in a lot of different places and trust me, deer density matters. Some people live and hunt in area's with very low deer densities, either step it up or go season's without seeing a deer. And I mean up! If the densities are high, even a guy with his thumb up his... will get close enough to gimp one up and eventually take one home.

I enjoy taking deer where there are none You aint taking one there puffing on a cig I'll garontee you dat.

Do you realize how far your scent cone travels with the wind? Would hundreds of yards surprise you?

Your mouth emits WAY more human scent than any other part of your body (unless you're holding your breath for several hours).

There may be some "suckers" out there......but I ain't one of 'em.

I try to breath through my nose. I also don't eat any meat between the time I brush and floss my teeth and when I hunt. I figure the smell of rotting flesh in someone's/something's mouth has got to be an alarming predator scent to a deer. I am tryign gumoflage this year for the first time. We'll see. I will say I haven't gotten busted by scent (that I know of) in 2 years. I'm kinda fanatical about scent control. I dress in the woods, etc. I'm in agreement that deer have changed. From what I understand, 20 or 30 years ago, deer didn't look up in tress. They do now.

Scent control is an all or nothing proposition. I suck on Vapor Trail lozenges in the stand. I figure it can't hurt;)

Dan

Thanks for the replies, i think ill try gumOflague, we are just so crasy about scent control because we have no luck, no matter how scent free we are, we just cant seem to get the big buck, and this year i really really want him :deer:

I use mouthwash toothpaste, gum everything i can