I don' t know how well this will work for bow, but it has helped me in the past while gun hunting .....

A couple of weeks before you hunt, go to the spot and gather leaves, brush, weeds, etc. - whatever is in the immediate area.

Get a large garbage bag full (no sticks).

Now, this part can be a little tricky ......

Get an OLD blender (use your wife' s new one and you' ll see just how " tricky" this can be). Take the leaves, bushes, grass, or whatever you gethered from your area and put it in the blender. I add a half a cup of water - it seems to grind the material up much better. Continue addding the material until the blender begins to strain. Pour this into an OLD bowl or kettle. (again, just try using your wife' s good cookware and you' ll find out all about the " tricky" part).

Grind up at least half the bag of material, pouring it into the bowl as it gets too thick for the blender.

Take some tinfoil and line an OLD baking pan/cookie sheet. (yes, the " tricky" rule applies here as well).

You don' t want a deep pan/sheet - only about a 1/2 inch or so. Pour the soup/slop into the pan and bake on 200 until dry. You end up with a " brownie cake" made of stuff in your hunting area. Pull the stuff out with the tinfoil under it and then peel the tinfoil off. Grind the baked material in you hands and put in a ziplock bag.

I spread this mix on my hunting clothes, roll them up, and put them in a garbage bag so that they absorb the smell. It works, it' s cheap, 100% natural, and site-specific to your favorite area.

The tricky part ? Try sleeping in your treestand for the next couple of weeks while your wife calms down beacause you " ruined" her kitchen stuff ! (It actually doesn' t hurt anything, but try telling that to her).

Patrick

Sounds like a worthwhile venture to look into...and all it takes is a little time and effort.

I am known to use home made cover scents.

I use anything dirt, cedar branches,pine needles and acorns

All gathered from my hunting spot.

Just have never been game to put them into the blender

Sounds good to me. I might actually try that. Instead of a garbage bag I use a big plastic storage container. It is full of pine bark, needles, etc. Easy to pack in truck and I heard that garbage bags actually let scent in. You can smell garbage when it is in there so why shouldnt other sccents get into it. Just food for thought.

DW.
It all depends on how you tie the garbage bag closed.

I have often used garbage bags as scent bags you just have to make sure the bag is sealed properly and dont use the thin cheap bags.

After all alot of the scent bags they sell are just another form of a garbage bag with a ziplock