razor6570

I am a scent freak myself. Wash my clothes twice a week and also never wear the same clothes twice before descenting them! It will wear out the clothes quick due to washing all the time. I do wear scent blocker clothes but I cannot say they are better than any other none scent lock clothing as long as you keep them clean. I am a big believer in rubber boots also!
Ut tried the hunters chewing gum, wow it is not that good! I will take my chances without it..
I am also a believer in dead down wind spray. I have had gas on my hands and tried it on it. It did work but it took two times before I could not gas.
The biggest trouble is getting to the stand without sweating. Some days it feels impossible. I found that I need to leave early and really take a snails pace to my stand.

dvallilee

I've been hunting for over 40 years.I have kept my clothes in a scent free bag,took showers with scent free soap,used pine needles if I'm hunting an area with pines,etc:
I have found the best way to score is to get in the woods as much as you can and always have the wind in your favor if you can.There are times when the wind changes direction so much that you can't control that.
Just get in the woods no matter what.You won't score sitting on the couch.

BrushyHillGuide

I hunt primarily on the ground here in South Texas and I do some scent prevention, but not as much as I used to. The effect? I am just as successful. However, I'm VERY picky about the wind. If the wind isn't right for a stand I don't hunt it. Period.

I wash my hunting clothes separately (from other laundry) in scent free soap and keep them on their own shelf in the closet but I don't use a scent free bag. I spray down with scent killer before I leave my truck to walk to the stand and I may take the bottle with me if I'm hog hunting in 100+ degree temps in the summer; but that's it.

I hunt for a living and typically hunt around 275-300 days a year for something or other - whether it's guiding our deer or turkey hunters, controlling the hogs or eradicating predators. I used to go all out on scent control and bought thousands of dollars worth of special clothing and other scent control products. None of them ever worked consistently as advertised and I could chalk up the times I got away with murder as 'flukes' - just like the times I got away with smoking a cigarette in a stand right before a deer walked in at 20 yards prior to my getting obsessed with scent control.

The best scent control?? The wind in your favor - it works every time! It's never going to hurt to pay attention to scent control. All I'm saying is that I think it's become a target for the marketing and advertising geeks to extract huge sums of money from hunters wallets; without providing the advertised results. Heck, Scent Lock lost a MAJOR lawsuit last year when it was proven in federal court that they had grossly over-exaggerated their claims about the effectiveness of their products.

If it makes you feel confident about your hunt, by all means -carry on. Confidence in the stand is imperative. There just isn't any impirical evidence that most of the products work as advertised and with the wind right I have just as much success without the hassles of overboard scent control.

bmorris

Real and proven ways to reduce your scent footprint.

Basic discussion about scent control is driven by advertising rather than facts.

4 basic principles to follow.

1. Understand and practice good hygiene and learn how to reduce dead skin cells.
2. Understand the proper ways to use antimicrobials to kill odor causing bacteria.
3. Understand how to reduce ones odors from escaping with chemical componds. (ie. science behind fabreeze)
4. Understand and find ways to limit or reduce the escape of dead skin cells.

Contrary to what you read it can be done. I have put these principles to the test and they work. Good luck.