There has been several threads regarding Anti-Scent clothing; whether the clothing is effective and how long does it last.

Read this article. If you still believe the clothing works and is worth the money, you are a hardcore " gadget aficionado."

http://www.fastestbows.com/articles/...cent_suits.htm

Great googly moogly! Sell your scent lok clothing quick! Michael Corrigan doesn' t think they work[]sarcasm

I guess myself along with hundreds of thousands of other hunters including professional hunters who admittedly use scent containing clothing without endorsing it are just " gadget aficionado." [X(]

jeesh ! well guess what to many of belive in it i for had a great 9 pointer 2 seasons ago while i was ground hunting walk with in 15yds of me dead me with the wind blowing right into him! never knew i was there! i am sold on scent lok! but then again any advatage real or imagened (SP)

Where can the factual data for those numbers be found? The data would help those who are interested to determine if the article has merit.

c903, those are pretty much my thoughts on that clothing. A hole can only hold so much stuff and once it' s full it' s full. That' s what carbon is. Millions of microscopic holes.

As far as having animals down wind. I have had elk down wind of me within 20 yards and they didn' t know I was there either and I don' t wear the stuff. My grandfather has told me stories of deer that have walked by him within arms reach and never knew it either and he sure didn' t use the stuff.

Try contacting Scent Lok and Scent Blocker and ask them how many scent containment suits they' ve sold since it' s introduction into the hunting world. Ask them how many they sell each year. It should give a pretty good indication of the factual data you seek from that part of my reply. As for the " professional hunters" who use it without endorsing a certain product? I take it you dont watch too many hunting videos! For example , I cant count how many times I' ve heard Terry or Mark Drury give kudos to any type of scent containment suit.

As for your " factual data" ? Heres a paragraph from your link that sealed it for me.

" So, as I promised, I am going to tell you how activated carbon works and why it is my opinion that activated carbon scent elimination garments are ineffective. Then you can take the information presented here and make an educated decision for yourself."

I base my " educated decision" on field testing! It' s worked for me. It' s not going to totally eliminate your body odor if you forget to practice good hygiene for a month. But the charcoal lining does mask your scent under normal common sence hunting situations.

Tell me c903 , is this another one of those " whacking basket" products that you choose to ridicule without ever trying it out?

I once read a quasi-scentific article that said; when exposed to contaminants (sweat, chemicals, various odors, etc,) for extended periods, activated charcoal had a working life-span of approx. 40 hours.

As for deer walking close; it has happen to me many times in my 39-years and I do not wear anti-scent clothing.

What I want to know; how do you cover your face, eyes, nostrils, mouth, where body odor and breath also emit from?

BOWFANATIC:

I just put the article up for those who are more discriminating and do not buy medicine from the " Medicine Man."

As for not have owned, used, tried, etc; comparative or parallel evaluation based on known facts is the reply for today.


PS: I understand that millions of condoms are sold each year. The question is; do the buyers wear them all the time, and how would you know?

They have head/face covers for everything except your eyes. Not sure why anyone would want to cover their eyes anyway.
I read an article somewhere that talked about the odors that the human body produce. In the article the main scent producing glands were in the arm pits , the crotch , behind the knees , and the feet. As for the breath I use baking soda because I cant stand using my scent lok face mask (I cant stand having my mouth covered) but I' ll wear a scent lok cap.

I am not too sure about this idea of using carbon to reduce the amount of sent a hunter gove off while out in the field.
While it may or may not reduce the amount by some small degree the question is – is that amount significant?
I just think of bird dogs as an example of why it might not be all too significant. In my experience a bird dog will very easily find a downed bird in heavy cover if the bird is still alive and breathing. If the bird has already been killed the dog will take far longer.
Why?
A bird that is alive is a breathing bird and there is a lot of odor associated with its breath. Thus the dog can easily find a breathing (alive) bird and will take longer to find a dead non-breathing bird as there is less of a sent trail to follow.
Presumably if you are hunting you are breathing. Ergo you are giving off lots of odor in doing such. Sentlock or any other product will not effectively reduce the amount of odor given off while breathing.
Now of course deer or other big game do not smell as well as dogs however they can still smell pretty well.
I suppose though one can always put forth the argument that you can’t control the breathing issue but that does not mean its invalid to try to control other odor sources even if they are less significant.
For myself I think I’ll save the money for tags, better optics, trail cams, camo, etc… and just shower before hunting using un-scented soap made by my lovely wife while always hunting with the find to my face!! the way my father taught me to hunt.