Hey all, just thought i'd post my routine and see if there's anything i forgot. let me know what you think. Thanks in advance! 1. Wash all hunting clothing (including pack) in scent eliminating detergent 2. Use scent eliminating dryer sheets 3. Immediately move clothing to a scent free bag for storage 4. Shower with scent eliminating shampoo/soap 5. Apply scent free anti-perspirant deodorant 6. Change into hunting clothing at hunting site 7. Apply scent eliminating spray to boots and all clothing 8. Use scent eliminating wipes upon arrival in stand 9. Place used wipes in sealable "ziplock" bag 10. Repeat field wipe process as needed while in stand 11. Reapply scent eliminating spray as needed while in stand
Always wear rubber boots, shower, brush teeth daily, shave body hair. And You will still get busted downwind.
Don't sit on your tail gait when you change into your cloths. Providing you own a truck. Spray the inside of the sweat band on your hat. Don't wear the same watch you always do if indeed you wear one. (Velcro style)
Not if you stand on one leg facing into the wind with your eyes covered. I do all the washing and spraying and all that but you for sure have to play the wind no matter what.
How do you guys wash your clothes and other washable gear? Do you use the same washer you normally use or hand wash? I ask because many say that washing in a washer that has been used with scented detergent is a bad idea, but at the same time im not sure if it matters THAT much.
I use the same washer with a scent eliminating detergent. After that I spray the clothes and let it dry (outside) and put in a scent proof bag. I've used the spray on shoes I use for lawn work and it killed that stench so that kind of helps my faith in the products.
Even after all of that, you will not be scent free. I would focus on keeping as much of your scent off the ground as possible by wearing rubber boots and not touching anything, and then just play the wind.
You have a good routine that mimics me (except I don't wash my pack much, only 1x per year, just spray it down). You, too, could find yourself face to face with a downwind buck who can't quite figure out what that is up ahead, until the moment the arrow penetrates! Scent reduction works.
My local rural king has camo hats for about $3.00 I load up and throw them away after a few times out,you can't get the hatband smell out,after few min it smells no matter how you wash it.
A dog can sniff a bag of dope thru a semi truck sidewall or welded in a quarter panel yet a stinky human hanging in a tree with 3 day old breakfast sausage in his beard is beyond the wiley whitetails nose ability? This is as good as doe in heat real urine! How many gallons of this is sold vs. the real ounces actually collected in a kennel and sold? Gotta love it. If all this junk worked why aren't the drug cartels buying boatloads of aisles 12-15 at Cabelas?
I like this guy. I grew up close to dog kennels that trained labs for high dollar clients it's amazing what a dog can due, a deer that knows he is being hunted on full alert with a nose twice the size of a canine is the ultimate challenge . Good post
I do all the washing as some above posters. Also, after drying my clothes, I hang/leave them on my coverd porch to blow in the breeze. I'm not sure if this helps, but it can't hurt. At worst it will just smell like the outdoors.
I put scent free detergent and run a cycle before I wash my cloths. never dry them always hang them in a tree. I like to put mine in my apple tree for a couple days.
All I do is hunt a stand where the wind will blow from the deer to me. I could be wearing the same clothes that I wore to a rocking wedding reception from the night before.
Right on! I typically wash my base layer clothes after 2 or 3 hunts, my outers less than that. I keep them in 5 dollar plastic tubs with a few scent wafers and call it good. Hunt the wind, wear rubber boots and don't touch anything on your way in. Being a successful hunter has as much to do with confidence than anything else. If a strict routine gives you more confidence by all means stick to it. Heck I know guys that use a strip of duct tape in the crack of their... you know what to prevent any scent from escaping. Thats just not my bag fellas.
Looks like a good routine. All I do is wash my clothing after each hunt, keep them seperate from the rest of my clothing and out of reach of the others in my house and apply scent control before each hunt and it seems to be fine for me.
