Scent control for cheap.
 

The price of scent control products for hunting are pretty expensive for the little amount you get.

What about All free & clear for scent free laundry detergent? Anybody use it?

And what about basic scent free antibacterial hand soap for hair/body wash? Think that would work?

I think most of that scent control stuff is hogwash... Just a bunch of re-packaged and re-labeled products.

Scent free deodorant, laundry soap, bath soaps, etc is all you really need.

The fact is is that your body perspires and your breath gives off plenty of material to drift down wind. No amount of soap is going to stop that.

That said, I do believe the activated carbon clothing may help hide some of what you perspire.

I wash my hunting clothes in plain water with baking soda added and leave them somewhere that they won't pick up odd smells from the house.
I shower in scent free soap. (Neutrogena from the grocery store)
And I use unscented deodorant. That's the whole program. Very little expense or effort.

Even with all that some of what I do is probably unnecessary. It's all about watching the wind, not making your body scent invisible.

All the overhype scent control. Nobody farts in the deer woods?

To prevent yourself from farting in the woods, drink some apple cider vinegar with your meals.

10ml of ACV into a cup of water with some ice. Tastes like crap but will stop the farts. Good for digestive tract also and since its made from apples, the deer don't mind the breath. There was a study done, but I forgot where, that people who used it with olive oil on their salads had lower cholesterol..

As good as a deers sense of smell is I like to narrow my odds at least a little. In my opinion there's nothing you can do to stop a deer from smelling you if the wind is blowing his way, but it doesn't hurt to try to to eliminate some of your scent. Especially bow hunting and here in ky where it's pretty hard to "play the wind". If I actually did that I'd probably have to change stands every 30 minutes.

My dad has sat in the stand and smoked all his life and more times than not killed a deer. But pretending they can't smell me makes me feel better anyway

I use it,I think it helps.If you wish not to don't,I'm not hunting near you so do as you wish.

Baking soda works as good as anything, if the science I saw was correct. I don't bother with any of it myself. I just hunt the wind.

Holy moley! If I drank cider vinegar before going into the woods I would be leaving a trail of more than farts.

To me scent control is not about trying to shoot deer at 20 yards down wind. I don't even expect scent control to result in a shot right now. If a mature deer is in bow range down wind they are probably going to smell you no matter what.

That doesn't make it useless. When I leave my stand at 7pm and a big buck comes through at 8pm I don't want him to know Ive been there. I think using scent control on my clothes and boots makes that more likely to happen.

Obviously we all hunt the wind but sometimes were wrong. I don't expect that my use of scent control will get me a shot when I'm wrong but what I do hope for is if I'm wrong and that buck comes through at 100 yards downwind he doesn't detect me and maybe I get him next time around.

To much hype put into the short term effect of scent control and not enough into the long term effect IMO.

Charcoal and baking soda are probably the cheapest way to go.

Hunt high, 25-30 feet and you can get away with a lot. The right wind is the real ticket though.

Plain old baking soda works great, get mine at Sam's club for three bucks or so for a five pound container. Don't go to breakfast in your hunting clothes.

Use Baking Soda and save a ton of wasted money!

How do you guys use the baking soda?

I wash my hunting clothes in it, sprinkle it in my dried clothes and use it as a body powder.

You can find unscented products without a deer on it for a fraction of the cost.

Look for Arm and Hammer unscented laundry detergent. Its a ton cheaper.

I've hunted over 50 years, killed over 300 whitetails...I have never bought any scent control clothing or washed my clothes in something special...I do buy non scent baking soda deodorant and use scent free soap during the season...On top of this, I use to smoke, on stand and have killed deer with a cigarette in my fingers...I also spend a week every year camping out with no indoor shower, sometimes wearing the same clothes a couple of days in a row...

The secret to deer not smelling you is as simple as making sure you are down wind of them...

Scent Control Formula

2 Bottles of hydrogen peroxide 16oz
32 oz of distilled water
¼ cup baking soda
1 oz sportsman's wash laundry detergent or any unscented detergent.
(option) You can use ½ oz hunter soap earth scent. If you use the earth scent soap, cut the laundry detergent to 1/2 oz.

First poor hydrogen peroxide in bottle or some large open container. Then add the distilled water. Then you add the baking soda and the unscented soap. STIR DO NOT SHAKE!
Use a wood spoon and stir the ingredients together. Add very small amounts of baking soda at a time stirring until it is completely dissolved. Let this ferment for three days stirring one or twice a day. Do not seal tight in the first 3 days because it may build up pressure. After the three days, store the scent killer in dark containers like the peroxide containers and in my spray bottles. Light breaks down hydrogen peroxide.

Many have mentioned the wind... How much cheaper can it get, it's free?

That said, it also pays to understand thermal (air currents rising)and inverse (air currents being pushed down to the earth) conditions. A smoker can detect either of these conditions by simply watching their cigarette smoke. If you hunt in a camp with a wood stove, or have one at home, you no doubt have seen both of these conditions revealed by the chimney smoke. Also a simple campfire will reveal these conditions.

Just some food for thought.

I use a giant plastic storage container, soak clothes with baking soda and water. Rinse really well and air dry on the fence. My neighbors laugh cause they know bow season is coming soon when the fence goes camo!!!

Be careful farting in the woods. It attracts bears.

So when you mix that up does it stink?

I agree - free scent repellant. It just takes a little thought and prep is all!

I've never personally used scent control of any sort. All of our gear is stowed in our mud room so normally it smells like the outdoors. I do hunt down in a valley though so the wind doesnt blow to much through the area.

Dove shampoo an soap scent free an A&H deo.

I take Irish Spring soap and rub it all over my clothes. Then I bathe in it and use it to wash my hair. After that I rub it all over the bottoms of my boots and when I get to the stand I rub it all over my stand. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A DEER THOUGH.

Actually I agree with the baking soda as laundry soap. I also use the Dove scent free soap and Arm & Hammer deodorant. I don't buy the other stuff any more.

Irish spring is what I use on neighbors hunting areas when the hunt property lines.

We keep a bulldozed path on our side for a fire break and the neghbors see is as a free shooting lane.

its simple..no need for all that stuff all that money spent etc..keep your clothes in a tote with some sticks and leaves...keep a unscented deodorant on and when you go in the woods just spray down with any brand of the earth scent stuff...whats better than a dirt smell?

Also high rubber boots with pants tucked in.

I do own some carbon scent control clothing that I bought 5+ years ago, but I wouldn't buy it again. I don't believe you can do anything to eliminate your scent (nevertheless, since I already own it, I still use it, just in case I'm wrong, lol). I do use scent free soaps and deoderants, line dry my hunting clothes outside and get them into a plastic bag with a handful of dry leaves, and leave the outer layer in the bag until I get into the woods. I do believe in cover scents, primarily fresh earth spray and a little fox or racoon urine on my boots.

Deer smell in layers. One scent cannot cover another.