This would mean it has some chemical compound or molecule that when it comes in contact with a deer would have detrimental effects on the deer's smelling abilities and I highly doubt this would be approved for use by any regulatory bodies. If it truly does that, it would be basically like tear gas or other toxins....extreme comparison but you get my drift. **Being honest nose jammer claims have made me want to know more about the science behind it.
Okay research yielded the following quickly from Nose Jammer's site: Nose Jammer® is designed to overwhelm the sense of smell of big game animals. Best of all, it does so without alarming the animal to danger because the Nose Jammer formula is made with naturally occurring compounds commonly found in North American woods. The key is taking these natural compounds and delivering them at concentrated levels. Just like an overly bright light can wash out a photographic image, Nose Jammer overwhelms the olfactory system. Nothing in there says anything beyond it is a cover scent simply in very high concentration....no?
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If deer had thumb's, they would take this planet over. That's why I stomp rat head's every chance I get.
One mature buck can effectively pattern a half dozen hunters...YET...maybe one out of a thousand hunters can effectively pattern a mature buck. With that type of reasoning, logic and problem solving skills....the deer will take over will happen soon.
I am a firm believer in doing every thing you can to reduce your scent signature. All those things go hand in hand. If you take each individual step that folks have written here in this thread and apply each one, they will come together as a collective effort to greatly reduce your scent. And for gods sake playing the wind is only one of the many steps.
Just to heat up the debate a little... I read an article last year, I'll try and find it. In essence it was a scientific study. Not something produced by any of the manufacturers. They compared a whitetail sense of smell and a bloodhound. As I recall, I believe they said, the whitetail has a sense of smell approx. 5 times better than a bloodhound, and a bloodhound has a sense of smell 100 times better than a human. A whitetail buck can smell urine from 400 yards away. Long story short, their wasn't one scent killer that actually worked for more than 1 second. Do I use it? Yep. I'm in too deep.
I personally keep all of my hunting clothes including under layers, and gear in either sealed totes, or carbon bags. (I have also used aired out garbage bags with dirt and leaves inside in the past). I use the scent free laundry detergant and scent free soap/shampoo etc. I will also hang my clothes in the woods outside to Air out after wearing. I keep my hunting garments inside the bags/totes while traveling to the hunt area. I walk in slow trying to sound like a deer or other animal, as opposed to sounding like a person crashing through the woods. This helps me from getting sweated up and hopefully fom spokking the deer, etc. Basically I have my routine which I try to follow all the time so I can be sure myself that I am as smell free as possible on a lower budget. Thus far I have been pretty successful with numerous deer on film all around my stands! What ever you do, remember to have some fun and enjoy your hunt!
All jokes aside, I use Weatherunderground to stay scent free. As for ground scent, I enter/exit through the areas I can't hunt (due to mechanical turbulence, ect.) and hunt where I can hunt. Applying controlled pressure and using it to my advantage.
I quit using scented deodorant and cologne in September. I use scent free soap and treat all clothes including underwear and socks. I shower in scent free soap and keep my boots CLEAN. All that being said, I never hunt a stand or use an entry route with the wrong wind. Most of my stands are placed to take full advantage of prevailing winds. I would rather sit in a stand at the top of a ridge and be 75 yards off a trail than sit on a side-hill right by the trail where the wind swirls. I figure I have a better chance of calling in a buck to the ridge top than I do of beating his nose near the trail.
I quit using scented deodorant or cologne in mid-August or late depending as well. I minimize my red meat intake to very little as it as well causes humans to be greasier quicker thus having more oils on our skins. Oh and I begin taking Chlophyll (sp) as it helps wash out toxins and fight odors from the inside out. *I seriously want a wash machine and dryer fully dedicated to hunting clothes only but not in the budget currently. Just a couple more things I forgot to mention earlier.
