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Scent controll ( no shower)
We live a hour away from our hunting property and that means getting up real early to make it there in time to get in the woods before the light comes up. We have always shower with scent-a-way before we left and with my kids it mostly been a haft day hunt.This season we are going to use our camper and do some evening and morning hunts.The camper does not have a shower. So what can we do to help with scent control for the next morning hunt.
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Keep your hunting cloths completely seperate from the camp. we take the no-scent baby wipes and wipe our selfs down, some no scent deodurant and spray. might not be the best but you have to go with the best you can do.
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Like WNY said, keep your hunting cloths away from camp or in a sealed container and wipe down with the scent wipes and spray yourselves down, you should be fine. When I hunt our farm in Iowa I stay in an old pump house for up to 5 days at a time and do all that. I haven't had a problem with getting winded yet. I chew the hunters breath gum also.
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I think that people are getting way too technical here.
A few years ago, a friend of mine shot a nice 7 point buck with his 30-30 rifle, open sites and the whole 9 yards. When I asked him the particulars, he said that he was in his old clothes that he wears when he works on the drilling rigs and was standing under a tree at the top of a hill, smoking a Camel Wide menthol. Yellow duck Carhardts and a orange vest and orange hat. There is no such thing as scent control. No matter what you do, you are always going to have a scent. A person that was teaching how to hunt coyote's once taught us the first rule of hunting is - YOU STINK. His opinion was - the first thing that you need to do is to divert the attention away from you and onto another object. In the case of hunting coyote's, one of their favorite foods is rabbit. So he went out and bought this big pink bunny rabbit and he put his speaker for his electronic call somewhere near the rabbit and he sits about 40 yards away with his shotgun and shoots these poor defenseless little coyote's. The same holds true for deer. We have guys at hunting camp that goes practically a whole week without a shower, and yet they get these monster bucks all the time. They drink, they smoke cigarettes, they eat pork and beans and Limburger cheese. How do they do it? They get organized. They realize that there is two ways of hunting deer. You can sit on a stump until something comes your way, or you can put on organized drives where some people posts and some people drives. It doesn't matter if it is archery season, rifle season, muzzle loader season - they get deer all the time. I know of another successful hunter that doesn't like to get cold, so he builds a fire in the woods and hunts next to the fire. If it isn't too cold, he carries a bucket of charcoal and just lights up the charcoal when he gets cold. He has a metal bucket with holes in it that he carries around. Those people have all gotten plenty of deer and none of it involved scent loc suits or taking a bath in some sort of chemical. I have a 10 year old bottle of Tinks 69 and I put a little Tinks on the bottom of my boots if I get desperate and more then once - I have had deer walk right up the trail that I had just walked, sniffing the ground like a old hound dog. They didn't even look up when I shot them. Where I live, deer gets used to seeing the farmers do their chores at different times of the day and more then one farmer told me of how he was successful hunting by just wearing his old barn clothes. The deer knows what cows and chickens smells like and they don't pay them no mind. They were also used to seeing him walking around his fields and riding around on his tractor and when he decided to carry a gun and shoot one of them, they didn't know that it was going to happen until it happened. |
put all your scent free stuff on at the blind, or close to it, and take it off before leaving, keep it in a scent free bag. you can even leave it hangin in a tree so you dont have ta carry it in and out all weekend.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Deer Hunter
(Post 3684857)
I think that people are getting way too technical here.
A few years ago, a friend of mine shot a nice 7 point buck with his 30-30 rifle, open sites and the whole 9 yards. When I asked him the particulars, he said that he was in his old clothes that he wears when he works on the drilling rigs and was standing under a tree at the top of a hill, smoking a Camel Wide menthol. Yellow duck Carhardts and a orange vest and orange hat. There is no such thing as scent control. No matter what you do, you are always going to have a scent. A person that was teaching how to hunt coyote's once taught us the first rule of hunting is - YOU STINK. His opinion was - the first thing that you need to do is to divert the attention away from you and onto another object. In the case of hunting coyote's, one of their favorite foods is rabbit. So he went out and bought this big pink bunny rabbit and he put his speaker for his electronic call somewhere near the rabbit and he sits about 40 yards away with his shotgun and shoots these poor defenseless little coyote's. The same holds true for deer. We have guys at hunting camp that goes practically a whole week without a shower, and yet they get these monster bucks all the time. They drink, they smoke cigarettes, they eat pork and beans and Limburger cheese. How do they do it? They get organized. They realize that there is two ways of hunting deer. You can sit on a stump until something comes your way, or you can put on organized drives where some people posts and some people drives. It doesn't matter if it is archery season, rifle season, muzzle loader season - they get deer all the time. I know of another successful hunter that doesn't like to get cold, so he builds a fire in the woods and hunts next to the fire. If it isn't too cold, he carries a bucket of charcoal and just lights up the charcoal when he gets cold. He has a metal bucket with holes in it that he carries around. Those people have all gotten plenty of deer and none of it involved scent loc suits or taking a bath in some sort of chemical. I have a 10 year old bottle of Tinks 69 and I put a little Tinks on the bottom of my boots if I get desperate and more then once - I have had deer walk right up the trail that I had just walked, sniffing the ground like a old hound dog. They didn't even look up when I shot them. Where I live, deer gets used to seeing the farmers do their chores at different times of the day and more then one farmer told me of how he was successful hunting by just wearing his old barn clothes. The deer knows what cows and chickens smells like and they don't pay them no mind. They were also used to seeing him walking around his fields and riding around on his tractor and when he decided to carry a gun and shoot one of them, they didn't know that it was going to happen until it happened. |
Well a few members got what I was asking about controlling some of our body odors before we go in the woods.
Its a simple question what would you use if you did not have a shower to help with your body odor. Mr. Deer Hunter--IMOP your post is BS marlin30/30_drabe--- Did you even read my question I did not say scent free I said help with scent control. washing with a scent free soap and using a scent free deodorant is in no way "some of these guys just dont get it." you do the same with keeping your clothes is scent free bags and using cover scents is that not a wastes of money. Sounds to me like you get it you just dint want to buy it to it. just my opinion. smell you latter.:happy0001: |
No I think Mr. Deer Hunter has part of it right and he did read your question. Scent control and being scent free are in the same chapter. Scent free is like being perfect, it is a relative statement meaning scent control. scent free whipes, just plain water to wipe up no soap, keep hunting clothes outside of the camp. But the key is if you are a set and wait guy scent control is "some what important", if you are a stalker, not as important in your goal is to see them before they see you. Scent Control, and Camo are the same commerical money schemes. Paying 400 for you camo paints and coat isn't going to make your success better than wearing old clothes. Just stay away from blues and yellows and you are good to go. And deer don't see blaze orange. I am forester with a blaze orange vest. I can't tell you the number of times I have stood on plot and have had deer just walk up to me. I was on plot a week ago in a old burn over (open woods), stunk to high heaven. My vest should have a hazardous material placard on it, plus wearing bug spray. A doe walked right up me to just feeding, got within 8 steps and looked at me for a minute, then turned and feed off. Not a bit alarmed.
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If possible, avoid sweating. Even in cold weather, I walk to my stand without heavy clothes, and put them on when I get there or even after I get into a stand. I know guys that get fully dressed at the house, then ride in a truck with the heat on, then walk to their stand and they are sweating when they reach their stand. Not only does this lead to increased human scent, they get cold fast and end up leaving their stands too early.
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The whole thing boils down to ....It's not for you to be scent free which is impossible. It is for the deer not to smell you until AFTER he walks within range. TOO LATE. Get it?
Live it up! Doug |
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