Ozonics?
 

Has anyone tried one? I just wonder if they really work or if it's just another gimmick. This probably has been discussed here before. If it was, I missed it.

After watching many hours of White Knuckle Productions DVD'S and seeing deer down wind not bust them time and time again. I can only conclude that in most situtions they work. Nothing is 100% effective in every setting but I think they have proved it works.

Ozonics
 

I heard of its use commercially for businesses but not for hunting before.

lord love those newbies. They'll start having mortgages just to get into hunting, with the products they have to buy.
Reminds me I'm going to have to do another general survey of internet stores and products , just to see what newbies have to get to hunt anymore, and what I don't use. And I know I can't turn back progress.

Have not tried this product, but years back tried an Alpine air purifier someone was trying to sell me. Fried up some smelt with windows and doors closed, turned on the machine, and by morning there was no trace of smell. But that was a unit that ran on 120V of house current in a closed area. These units are in the open running on batteries. I could see them working quite well in a closed ground blind. I have some doubts about them working that well in a tree stand. The ozone generated (O3) oxidizes the stink molecules (organics) and breaks them apart so they no longer stink since they have been chemically torn apart into smaller molecules. The home model I had would give you headaches and a sore throat when it ran (since it was working on your throat lining), but as soon as it was turned off the O3 quickly reacted and turned back into normal O2. I sort of doubt this smaller version for hunting would give you headaches, but it is possible (and not something they will tell you about in advance). It would be a nice thing to turn on in my tiny office overnight when not in use in a closed ground blind. If I had an extra $300 laying around :rolleye0011: maybe I would give it a try. Or perhaps borrow one from Valentine since I am sure he will purchase 3 or 4 of them :s11:

one of my buddies uses one and he killed 3 bucks and a doe last year so I guess they work, but they are really expensive.

Was he hunting out of a ground blind or tree stand? If it was a ground blind, was it an enclosed umbrella type?

Of course they work on tv do you really think they would show them getting busted with it on tv? Just cause a deer is down wind doesnt mean anything its all in how the wind is moving. Your sent can go right over or around them. I would never buy one.Hey but if everyone bought one we might stop global warming:D

he killed all from a treestand but on some hunting shows I have seen them use them in all kinds of ground blinds

If you can afford it try it.I've bought things that worked and things that were a waste of money.Live and learn.
Kind of like that commercial where you see the first time mother carrying everything under the sun with her first kid and with the second kid carrying a lot less,hunting is a lot like that.

I used it last year and was shocked at how well it worked. There's a nice article on it in North American Whitetail Magazine this month, They also showed how they tested it on last week's North American Whitetail TV. They stated that the test's shows it works.

my thought is anyone will say anything if the money is right.The thing is the deer could be busting you and you dont even know it if you knew there was a 200 inch buck in the area would you trust it to hunt that deer not caring what the wind was doing or would you just hunt the wind?

IMO this technology doesn't work in hunting situations. A quick internet search will reveal much supporting evidence of my hypothesis.

If j Gregory is endorsing it its gotta be a gimmick lol that guy is a clown... Looks like he has been to hair club for men lol

Save yourself the 300 or 400, whatever it is, and just hunt the wind and use cover scents. Put the money into better stands or a better hunting rig.

Yes, save yourself the money. I have been hunting out of fifteen foot ladder stands for years with no cover scent, just staying down wind. I have had many deer come in behind me and the only times I was busted was just a couple of times the wind happened to be swirriling to the deer. I do use scent free soap and detergent and hang my clothes outside to dry, but thats pretty much it. Go up higher in a stand than I do and I would not worry about scent much at all if you are down wind. Go kill one!

Simply hunting downwind does the same thing for free.

It works! I used it a lot last year. I was sold on after reading about it on Fox News and they were worried about it throwing off drug dogs.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/14...ce-terrorists/

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The nose of a whitetail deer has up to 297 million olfactory receptors, dogs have 220 million.

Ozone generating devices (Ozonics) will chemically destroy human odor molecules as well as airborne bacteria and viruses (many doctor's offices use them in waiting rooms)...

The battery powered ones should work well in an enclosed blind (limited area)...in open air, the effect may not be worth the effort...

Whether the cost vs benefit and willingness to carry the device is up to you...

I do not use one as I always position my stands according to the wind direction (preferably in areas where deer cannot get down wind of me)... One other minor note is that I have had amazing luck with the deer that do get down wind of me in the last couple of years when I have been using a Thermocell...

I have used them in the stand and they work great. They also have the system with the big cloths bag that takes the scent out of your hunting clothes