wayne county
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- Dec 11, 2015
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I too have been thru the no scent ritual. When I was young I would quit eating meat and drinking coffee a month prior to season....and take chlorophyll capsules. I would drive to my hunting location and strip down then re-dress into scentless clothes, brush my teeth and gargle with baking soda then go hunt. This ritual was done day after day. I used scent lok and do believe it helped cover my scent when it was NEW.
I don't go to that extreme any more. I feel it did work to some extent. I too enjoyed the ritual...the attention to detail and have harvested some nice whitetails over the years.
Now days I keep my clothes scent free and shower with scent free soap etc but don't go to the same extreme. I hunt the wind and thermals. I try to set up where they cannot get 100% downwind of me (this is not always possible). Some natural barrier that makes it impossible.... a ravine, cut bank, water, downed tree, open field etc. They are walking the edge of my scent stream. Yes I get busted once in a while but I can tell you if a mature buck thinks he has the wind he will come in on a string IF he has any doubt....good luck!
There is no right or wrong just another way to play the game.
I don't go to that extreme any more. I feel it did work to some extent. I too enjoyed the ritual...the attention to detail and have harvested some nice whitetails over the years.
Now days I keep my clothes scent free and shower with scent free soap etc but don't go to the same extreme. I hunt the wind and thermals. I try to set up where they cannot get 100% downwind of me (this is not always possible). Some natural barrier that makes it impossible.... a ravine, cut bank, water, downed tree, open field etc. They are walking the edge of my scent stream. Yes I get busted once in a while but I can tell you if a mature buck thinks he has the wind he will come in on a string IF he has any doubt....good luck!
There is no right or wrong just another way to play the game.