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Scent Control #2251544
10/09/17 07:23 AM
10/09/17 07:23 AM
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Henry County, AL
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Henry County, AL
I'm just wanting to get some opinions on scent control from some veterans. I used scent control all through the season last year and honestly saw the most deer out of anyone else I hunt with...and they don't use it...they say its only a money maker. I was walking a ridge below a food plot and came back up on the other side. A doe was standing in the plot and the wind was blowing from my back, directly toward her. I watched her 10 minutes and she never saw/smelled me. Guy I hunt with say I'm full of it, lol. What do you guys think?


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Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251546
10/09/17 07:24 AM
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tell the dumbasses to show you the bucks they are killing without it...


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Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251550
10/09/17 07:27 AM
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I believe in it. I wash my cloths in some sort of scent neutralizer and use fresh earth cover scent. With all the pines we have, ill get fresh pine needles and store with my clothes a few days before hunting too... It works good for me


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Re: Scent Control [Re: BhamFred] #2251556
10/09/17 07:32 AM
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Henry County, AL
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LOL exactly! 1 guy killed a couple bucks but they didn't weigh much and were young IMO. These cats don't care anything about wildlife management either.


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Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251559
10/09/17 07:36 AM
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After anytime I swear I wash my clothes in odor free deodorant. And before any and every hunting I take an odor free shower. Spray down my boots walking in and then spray down in the stand. Started this two years ago and was far and away my best season. The best hunters I know are big on scent control.

Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251575
10/09/17 07:48 AM
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I personally dont use any scent control just the wind. I see just as many if not more than everybody else. But hunt how you like its all about having a good time anyhow.

Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251590
10/09/17 07:57 AM
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By far the most effective and cost efficient method that absolutely works is activated carbon, you can buy it in 1 lb mesh bags for about $2 bucks, I just ordered 6 bags off ebay for $12 with free shipping. I keep one or 2 in all my totes and every piece of hunting equipment/apparel I use stays in those totes. I also keep one in the bottom of my back pack. I still use sprays on my boots and stuff, but the carbon is the way to go. Oh, I also keep a bag in my bow and gun cases.

Re: Scent Control [Re: Bamahunter01] #2251602
10/09/17 08:02 AM
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Henry County, AL
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You're right about having a good time. But if I'm out there, I'm gonna put my best foot forward. Thus use the scent control. I feel like there are certain places, like a draw or valley that the wind will swirl and you really need SC to not run off everything within sight.


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Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251612
10/09/17 08:18 AM
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I think if they deer paying attention they are going to smell you no matter what you do.


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Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251619
10/09/17 08:22 AM
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It's not 100% effective, but I can afford to buy it and use, so I will. Wash clothes in scent free wash, store in scent lok bags, shower, change in the field, spray down boots, clothes, hat, gear and go hunt. When I'm done I change and clothes go right back in the scent lok bag. I don't wear my hunting boots in the truck either. That's how I roll.

Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251755
10/09/17 10:37 AM
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I practice scent control. No cover sprays just minimize scent as much as possible. My father in law doesn't...we hunt together often ...he's always complaining about getting busted..of course play the wind as best you can also...

Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2251893
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Dixie Deer pee.

Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2252168
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I have been smoking my clothes for the last couple of seasons and have noticed a considerable difference. Especially on public land where they do controlled burns. Works for me.

Re: Scent Control [Re: jhogeland] #2252216
10/09/17 03:56 PM
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Between the coosa and cahaba
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Originally Posted By: jhogeland
I have been smoking my clothes for the last couple of seasons and have noticed a considerable difference. Especially on public land where they do controlled burns. Works for me.

Do you do a dry rub or a sauce

Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2252437
10/09/17 06:28 PM
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Scent spray dont work. Deer can smell up to seven different smells seperately. Drug dogs would get thrown off if it worked. Spray scent control on you....you can smell it really strongly. The shampoo, soap smells strong. If i can smell it, a deer can smell it. Read about a deers nose. A deer can smell your breath, your scent spray, your sweat, and what u ate for breakfast if the wind is rite. All seperately at the same time. Its a gimic. What turned me off was when my wife said...why are u sprayin that stuff on you cause it stinks real bad? Plus i did total scent control and drenched my rubber boots in spray. Just to have 2 dogs trail my scent rite to my stand and circle my tree. That crap dont work. It just makes you stink more. Leave your clothes and gear outside wrapped in pine needles. Get dressed when u get out of your vehicle and play the wind. I have killed bucks while the wind is blowing rite to them while im eating on the ground. Friends smoke cigarrettes and kill monsters. Sometimes they spook and sometimes they dont. I do use the soap but that crap smells like chemicals too. I wont ever buy scent spray. I kill nice bucks while im peeing and dippin and spittin everywhere. Sometimes they smell me and disappear...sometimes they dont.

Re: Scent Control [Re: Jakethesnake] #2252486
10/10/17 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted By: Jakethesnake
Scent spray dont work. Deer can smell up to seven different smells seperately. Drug dogs would get thrown off if it worked. Spray scent control on you....you can smell it really strongly. The shampoo, soap smells strong. If i can smell it, a deer can smell it. Read about a deers nose. A deer can smell your breath, your scent spray, your sweat, and what u ate for breakfast if the wind is rite. All seperately at the same time. Its a gimic. What turned me off was when my wife said...why are u sprayin that stuff on you cause it stinks real bad? Plus i did total scent control and drenched my rubber boots in spray. Just to have 2 dogs trail my scent rite to my stand and circle my tree. That crap dont work. It just makes you stink more. Leave your clothes and gear outside wrapped in pine needles. Get dressed when u get out of your vehicle and play the wind. I have killed bucks while the wind is blowing rite to them while im eating on the ground. Friends smoke cigarrettes and kill monsters. Sometimes they spook and sometimes they dont. I do use the soap but that crap smells like chemicals too. I wont ever buy scent spray. I kill nice bucks while im peeing and dippin and spittin everywhere. Sometimes they smell me and disappear...sometimes they dont.


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Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2252632
10/10/17 03:53 AM
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I think it’s worthwhile to use it but I also think hunters rely too much on it. For all the “I had a stud at 20 yards with my scent blowing right at him and he never smelled me! Hell I even farted!” you have the “I had a doe walk close to where I walked in to get to my stand and bolted.” There is no way to ever truly beat a deer’s nose, I don’t care what you use. You breath sitting in your stand and you sweat at least some climbing your stand so you are putting out human odor, even if it’s faint.

I use Dead Down Wind detergent and just rub cedar limbs on my clothes before heading to the stand and that has been enough. Basically, I get more out of a spot if I don’t over hunt it and only hunt it when the wind is right.


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Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2252642
10/10/17 04:00 AM
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it's your money, spend it how you want. i'll keep mine though


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Re: Scent Control [Re: HenryCoHunter] #2252665
10/10/17 04:16 AM
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Don't use it. Hunt the wind as best as I can.

Re: Scent Control [Re: FlyinRN] #2252762
10/10/17 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted By: FlyinRN
It's not 100% effective, but I can afford to buy it and use, so I will. Wash clothes in scent free wash, store in scent lok bags, shower, change in the field, spray down boots, clothes, hat, gear and go hunt. When I'm done I change and clothes go right back in the scent lok bag. I don't wear my hunting boots in the truck either. That's how I roll.

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