De-Stink Yourself article in last months field & stream mag.
12-24-2009, 11:21 AM
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 295
De-Stink Yourself article in last months field & stream mag.
Field and Stream magazine, November 2009 edition posted an article entitled "De-Stink Yourself All year for $30." Wondering if anyone has successfully used this proposed approach as a cover scent? I've always strive to be scent free but I also do late summer and early fall hunting when the temps are still high and scent control is difficult, I think I may give this approach a try. As a beekeeper in Virginia, I already have a smoker. Is the argument "Since the smell of smoke is common it doesn't spook deer" valid?
Article: "DE-STINK YOURSELF ALL YEAR FOR $30
Catching on mainly by word of mouth, the Scent Smoker scentelimination system (scentsmoker.com) consists of a stainlesssteel can in which you burn hardwood chips. Heavy smoke pours out of the Smoker's spout for 10 minutes or more, enough time to de-stink a pair of hunters and all their gear.
According to the manufacturer, the smoke saturates your clothing and other gear with phenol, a naturally occurring antibacterial and antimicrobial. It also deposits lignin (the sticky substance found in woodsmoke), which keeps odor-causing bacteria from growing. (Phenol and lignin are also what prevents smoked meat from going bad.) Activated carbon is released in the smoke as well. Since the smell of smoke is common, goes the argument, it doesn't spook deer. At just $30 for a product that will last for years, burns cheap hardwood chips, and can be applied to clothing you already own, it's worth a try.
Article: "DE-STINK YOURSELF ALL YEAR FOR $30
Catching on mainly by word of mouth, the Scent Smoker scentelimination system (scentsmoker.com) consists of a stainlesssteel can in which you burn hardwood chips. Heavy smoke pours out of the Smoker's spout for 10 minutes or more, enough time to de-stink a pair of hunters and all their gear.
According to the manufacturer, the smoke saturates your clothing and other gear with phenol, a naturally occurring antibacterial and antimicrobial. It also deposits lignin (the sticky substance found in woodsmoke), which keeps odor-causing bacteria from growing. (Phenol and lignin are also what prevents smoked meat from going bad.) Activated carbon is released in the smoke as well. Since the smell of smoke is common, goes the argument, it doesn't spook deer. At just $30 for a product that will last for years, burns cheap hardwood chips, and can be applied to clothing you already own, it's worth a try.
12-24-2009, 12:40 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Camp Lejeune, NC
Posts: 3,869
Doesn't seem legit to me. It doesn't "de-stink" anything. All it does is make you smell like smoke. If you think for one second a deer won't be able to smell BO through a little smoke, you'd be wrong.
12-24-2009, 01:03 PM
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Spike
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SW Penn.
Posts: 78
Some of my friends say that I go a little overboard with my scent control, but I can honestly say that in the past 4 or 5 years I have only been winded one time. Why would anyone want to "smoke up" there clothes then go out to hunt. Doesn't seem like it would be a good idea to me. But, to each his own.
12-24-2009, 03:10 PM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Jackson, Michigan
Posts: 381
6 or 7 years ago, I tried those smoke sticks like incense that is supposed to have a deer attractant in them. It is supposed to work like a deer lure. I let it blow back into the woods one evening. I've never heard such snorting the rest of the night and that was that for that gimmick as far as I was concerned. Smoke might be a common smell, but not in the woods coming from a small isolated spot like you'd get if you smoked up your clothing.
