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Scent control
Posted on 12/1/22 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 12/1/22 at 6:16 pm
I’m starting to question if I’m doing enough scent control.
I keep all my camo in a hanging garment bag in my hunting closet. My guns and gear are also stored in there. It keeps them enclosed but air can definitely get in/out of the bag. I have a small ozone generator that I run in the bag between hunts that is supposed to eliminate all human odor. I spray the bottom of my boots with scent killer before walking out. I typically do not spray my clothing. I walk to my stand before putting in my coat to limit sweat. Is that good enough?
One of the old guys at the camp told me sprays Amber Romance on his boots and at the base of the tree. I’ve never heard of that before.
I keep all my camo in a hanging garment bag in my hunting closet. My guns and gear are also stored in there. It keeps them enclosed but air can definitely get in/out of the bag. I have a small ozone generator that I run in the bag between hunts that is supposed to eliminate all human odor. I spray the bottom of my boots with scent killer before walking out. I typically do not spray my clothing. I walk to my stand before putting in my coat to limit sweat. Is that good enough?
One of the old guys at the camp told me sprays Amber Romance on his boots and at the base of the tree. I’ve never heard of that before.
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Posted on 12/1/22 at 6:36 pm to LSUStjames
I wouldn't spray any amber romance or any scent for that matter on boots or base of the tree.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 6:44 pm to LSUStjames
Sit with the wind in your face
Posted on 12/1/22 at 7:35 pm to LSUStjames
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I keep all my camo in a hanging garment bag in my hunting closet. My guns and gear are also stored in there. It keeps them enclosed but air can definitely get in/out of the bag. I have a small ozone generator that I run in the bag between hunts that is supposed to eliminate all human odor. I spray the bottom of my boots with scent killer before walking out. I typically do not spray my clothing. I walk to my stand before putting in my coat to limit sweat. Is that good enough?
I mean, that's good and all, but are you just hanging your clothes and gear in the woods and leaving or are you gonna have your body inside the clothes?
Posted on 12/1/22 at 8:01 pm to SaDaTayMoses
I have a phd in scent control my friend and it still doesn’t always work. I will give you a few more ole man tricks, pine oil all ovet, pine tree scent, pine tree air fresheners. Ozone generator in the stand. Mint gum. Vanilla can work too as can doe piss.
But deer can sense you just like you or at least me can sense them. Sometimes everything works sometimes nothing does.
But deer can sense you just like you or at least me can sense them. Sometimes everything works sometimes nothing does.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 8:08 pm to LSUStjames
All that stuff is still different than the place you are bringing it. Sometimes they care, sometimes they don't. During the rut bucks don't give a flip. I prefer to hunt days when there is a consistent 8+mph wind so I can place myself downwind of where I think they might be/come from. Not that I ever know, 2 out of my last 3 came up from behind/right of me where I figured it didn't make sense.
Posted on 12/1/22 at 8:40 pm to calcotron
Hunting the wind is optimal, but what you really want to do is just control human dander, cause that’s what they smell; specifically, the bacteria byproducts from our dead skin cells that slough off our body, constantly. All other things, like fragrances and scents, aren’t alarming; in fact, deer are curious of non-threatening scents, and may comin in close to smell them, which I’ve seen them do…All kinds of things to reduce the bacteria count, like sprays, bathing, silver( bactriostatic) help reduce the airborne particles from our decaying skin. Lotions that moisturize in Winter, when our skin gets dry, and flakes more; are a new approach to decreasing sloughage and thereby reduce the airborne scent. I’ve been using the Phase products with some success, but I also hunt the wind, as you need every advantage out there in their environment
Posted on 12/1/22 at 8:57 pm to LSUStjames
I’ll let you in on a secret. They can smell you no matter what. You have an a-hole and mouth that put out more scent than a 55 gallon barrel of skunk piss. Hunt with the wind in your face
Posted on 12/2/22 at 3:56 am to CamdenTiger
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I’ve been using the Phase products
I decided to give phase a try this season. I use the laundry detergent, shampoo, conditioner, body wash and field foam. Used it when I was in Missouri. The only other season I’ve been busted that much is when I used nose jammer. 95% of the deer I saw in Missouri knew I was there. The young bucks didn’t really care, but they could definitely smell me. The older bucks didn’t come close. By the last couple days of the trip I was using my buddy’s body wash because I gave up on the phase. I should’ve just made the trip to Walmart and bought something else after the first couple days of using it to shower and I could still smell myself.
Posted on 12/2/22 at 4:28 am to The Levee
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I’ll let you in on a secret. They can smell you no matter what. You have an a-hole and mouth that put out more scent than a 55 gallon barrel of skunk piss. Hunt with the wind in your face
This x1000000
No such thing as minimizing your scent. That's like saying that you can minimize the colors you are seeing when looking at a decorated Christmas tree.
A deer can smell better than a dog. A dog can smell every single animal that passed on the ground in front of him.
You could put a gas mask on and a rubber suit and that deer will still smell you. You're not beating a deer nose ever if you're not downwind of him.
Being in the right place at the right time is what matters in your success. That's it. Nothing else to it.
This post was edited on 12/2/22 at 4:30 am
Posted on 12/2/22 at 5:00 am to LSUStjames
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One of the old guys at the camp told me sprays Amber Romance on his boots and at the base of the tree. I’ve never heard of that before
Sounds like the old guy at one of our old camps that told everyone that deer loved honeysuckle and commenced to spraying each one down with honeysuckle potpourri as they walked out the door. I think every deer within 10 miles of Port Gibson was blowing that morning.
Posted on 12/2/22 at 5:42 am to Capt ST
Dude that is hilarious!
Posted on 12/2/22 at 6:36 am to LSUStjames
Is the OP killing deer?
Posted on 12/2/22 at 6:52 am to LSUStjames
I wash my clothes with scent free soap and hang dry outside. Then store in scent free bag. Take scent free shower the night before or morning of the hunt and wear scent free deodorant, but best thing is rubber boots. Don’t stop and get gas or track in foreign scents. Doing all of this matters just not sure to what level. I pay attention to the wind and how I walk in to an area.
There is always the guy that smokes or dips on the stand that kills a buck, but I’m not going to be that guy.
There is always the guy that smokes or dips on the stand that kills a buck, but I’m not going to be that guy.
Posted on 12/2/22 at 7:10 am to LSUStjames
I’m sitting in a chair on the ground waiting on deer now with no kind of scent control except for the fresh dirt I stirred up where my boots are, and that was mainly for moving leaves for noise control.
FWIW, I haven’t seen a deer this season yet, so take this with a grain of salt. Lol. Good luck anyway.
FWIW, I haven’t seen a deer this season yet, so take this with a grain of salt. Lol. Good luck anyway.
Posted on 12/2/22 at 7:13 am to LSUStjames
Like most I do what I can. I'm not one of those who change clothes at the bottom of the tree or anything. I will be purchasing an Ozonics for next year though. It's definitely not a gimmick.
I don't even play the wind a whole lot, only some. Reason being the areas I hunt there is not a two way travel pattern or "bedding" that's exclusive of anything else. They can come from anywhere and the wind constantly changes also. About a month ago I saw a total of 6 deer on 3 separate hunts, 2 of them being bucks. 3 deer came from one direction, 2 from another and 1 from another. I was more crosswind of all of them at the time, and 2 of them definitely smelled me (they ended up underneath me) but they didn't bolt and run or panic. They just kept moving along until out of sight.
I don't even play the wind a whole lot, only some. Reason being the areas I hunt there is not a two way travel pattern or "bedding" that's exclusive of anything else. They can come from anywhere and the wind constantly changes also. About a month ago I saw a total of 6 deer on 3 separate hunts, 2 of them being bucks. 3 deer came from one direction, 2 from another and 1 from another. I was more crosswind of all of them at the time, and 2 of them definitely smelled me (they ended up underneath me) but they didn't bolt and run or panic. They just kept moving along until out of sight.
This post was edited on 12/2/22 at 7:15 am
Posted on 12/2/22 at 7:51 am to The Levee
You can't eliminate your scent. Even the ground you walk on, the leaves you break give off a scent that can be detected. There was a podcast posted here not too long ago. Guy trained blood hounds and had great info on this type of stuff. I don't remember the parts per unit smell is measured, but humans were like 30 mil, dogs 200mil, deer 300 mil, and beer was 600 mil
Posted on 12/2/22 at 7:57 am to LSUStjames
Lol.. so much time and energy wasted on scent control. 1-wind is all that matters. And 2- when its rut, nothing matters.
Posted on 12/2/22 at 8:33 am to LSUStjames
The best thing you can do in my opinion is wear clothes to the stand that’ll trap your scent. I don’t believe cover scents work, they only mask the scent and an animal can differentiate between a mask odor and your odor.
I’m big into tracking dogs (SAR type). And from I’ve learned, the faster you run, the more cells your body sheds and the animal will pick this up. If you move slowly or have proper clothing to capture this scent from shedding then you’ll be better off.
I’m big into tracking dogs (SAR type). And from I’ve learned, the faster you run, the more cells your body sheds and the animal will pick this up. If you move slowly or have proper clothing to capture this scent from shedding then you’ll be better off.
Posted on 12/2/22 at 9:35 am to LSUStjames
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Scent control
Smoke some weed in the stand and the deer will come. They love that smell
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