My apologies if I missed the location part of his question. And yes I am a bit frustrated I guess. I have seen offers to fix people scent control problem just because they made the comment that they've been busted. Not by you specifically. I don't understand how assistance can be offered without direct knowledge of someone's location/situation. So based off of your experience how many times would you say I could wash my scent Lok and it still be effective? And would you say I would have to wait until temperatures or cool enough that I don't sweat at all? That would really cut into my hunting, but we have a late rut. I've heard it stated that folks should wear scent Lok in as to not leave contamination of human odor as you walk through the woods to your site. If I did this every hunt I would have sweat at least between my back and my backpack on my scent Lok garment. If I don't wear my scentlok garment I at least have sweat through my shirt on to my backpack Another question I have is about the rubber boots. I wear rubber boots but not because of scent control but because I have to walk through extreme wet conditions( a lot of times these must be hip boots). If the bottom of my pants are constantly getting wet is that not damaging the garments ability to hold carbon in those areas? If they're tucked into my boots now I'm releasing human scent. And if I tuck them in for the walk-in and then untuck them at the tree they are now sweaty and contaminated with human scent on the outside of my boot. I must admit that when I first looked at this system on I was sold a hundred percent based off of John's write-ups. But now I am much more skeptical. I'm not trying to hate as I stated before. But I am asking questions from more of a skeptical point of view. I don't know if it would help or be fair at least to state people who hunt in the hotter climates should have a different approach and scentlok garments may not be as effective. Or maybe it just needs to be stated that scent Loc is not for everybody and not the second most important piece of gear people should buy. I don't know what the answer is, but I'll be honest I feel slightly mislead and I'm a bit disappointed in my purchase. I'm not trying to personally degrade or tear down anybody's reputation based off of their use of scent Lok. I'm honestly just trying to ask the hard questions that I think a lot of guys would like to hear the answers to. Possibly the answers would help them make an informed decision before also being disappointed in a purchase. And maybe the answers can come from John to help me with this system and make it more effective for me and other Southern Hunters. I'm open to all sides of the argument or at least listening to it. Again I apologize for overlooking the location part of the other gentlemen's question.Well, first of all, that response I gave was specifically for the person I was responding to otherwise I would have posted it on a separate reply to the entire thread… I happened to already know (because he said in his post/reply) that that particular person lives in the same state as me which is Michigan. I am obviously quite familiar with my own states temperatures throughout the season. Second of all, this particular person is looking for one outfit to cover the entire season, so options are limited. I gave him the best reply and option for where he lives and his particular situation.
As for you and your situation? I can understand why you’re frustrated. In Michigan, I don’t hunt if it’s well above average temps and I’m going to get soaked with sweat. It’s literally the only weather condition short of a verified tornado that’ll keep me out of the woods. That being said, you’ll have to be creative if you’re going to hunt in that kind of heat. All I can tell you is what I did when I hunted public land, opening day of Kentucky one year and it was 93°… I wore clean regular hunting clothes to my hunting location, brought my ScentLok clothes in a plastic tote. Changed at the base of my tree. I wish I could tell you I shot a monster that day but I did not. I did see a spike and a doe at close range. Unfortunately that trip made me realize that I hate hunting in the extreme heat. Now, when I hunt southern states, I wait until at least late October. I don’t envy you or your situation and wish there was a quick fix solution for sweating and ScentLok. Their site does say you’ll have to wash more often if sweating is a problem. I did want to set the record straight though that I was answering his question with full knowledge of his location.
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