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Scent free storage

Garbage bags. Long term storage goes into rubbermaid tubs but day to day during the season I use heavy duty contractor garbage bags...good for pumping O3 into as well.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
Garbage bags. Long term storage goes into rubbermaid tubs but day to day during the season I use heavy duty contractor garbage bags...good for pumping O3 into as well.
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Some bags have antibacterial agents in them and they have a smell to them. Industrial bags usually do not just watch what bags do you use.
 
Cajunshooter said:
Why not use these?
https://www.amazon.com/MAXStorage-C...ocphy=9027623&hvtargid=pla-489674128042&psc=1


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They would work.
I think guys make treating with O3 a little more complicated than need be. Getting gear exposed to O3 is easy...Get an O3 generator with a discharge hose so it can be directed into a container. Garbage bags work fine for that, and they stuff into car trunks or other tight spaces better than a tote.
The way I look at it...small containment is the most efficient and probably the least hazardous to your health. Garbage bags get the job done, for less money with minimal O3. Treat what you need for the day in a bag. Simple.
I like to long term store my clothes clean and organized in totes. I really don't see the need for clothes to be "sterile" for longer term storage...just have them laundered and semi ready.
I do O3 treat my clothing before the hunt and I just do in bags...I will admit, maybe I'm just being anal doing that...the clothes were laundered, right? They should be pretty much odor free.
My theory on what deer smell, and HOW THEY ARE ALARMED ENOUGH TO SCREW A HUNT, is that humans really have no clue what and how deer smell. They are individuals and they make minute to minute decisions. One deer freaks out and the next doesn't. The next day, or even hours later, those deer may react differently to odor, or to a lure or a call or rattle, or ??? ...they are moody critters...take that to the bank! A hunter misjudges a deers reaction and thinks what he did for odor reduction "worked"...none of us can really define "worked" when it comes to deer reaction to odors. Add into that, all the complexities of wind patterns. That's another related topic that a lot of guys really don't understand..."downwind" is not 100% definined. There are fringe areas of odor cones and individual deer react differently when exposed to minuscule amounts of human odor. What an individual deer accepts today may freak out tomorrow.
The point...take every odor reduction effort you can.

Hunt the wind?? Bull crap. Wind may be stable in some parts of the country, but not where I hunt. Wind will screw me just when I least need it to. Must be nice to hunt in terrain where wind is always stable...frankly, I really dont think stable wind exists in very many areas. Hunt the wind?? Sorry guys, I know I'm probably insulting some of you...but I call BS on depending on wind being stable at the moment of truth. I think guys that claim that are not really understanding actual wind patterns. Again...sorry, I know a lot of you believe you can depend on wind stability. We can discuss wind patterns...I like to discuss that topic. 46 years of bowhunting has taught me that the wind WILL SCREW YOU. Why wind does what it does is yet another discussion.


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Allegheny Tom said:
They would work.
I think guys make treating with O3 a little more complicated than need be. Getting gear exposed to O3 is easy...Get an O3 generator with a discharge hose so it can be directed into a container. Garbage bags work fine for that, and they stuff into car trunks or other tight spaces better than a tote.
The way I look at it...small containment is the most efficient and probably the least hazardous to your health. Garbage bags get the job done, for less money with minimal O3. Treat what you need for the day in a bag. Simple.
I like to long term store my clothes clean and organized in totes. I really don't see the need for clothes to be "sterile" for longer term storage...just have them laundered and semi ready.
I do O3 treat my clothing before the hunt and I just do in bags...I will admit, maybe I'm just being anal doing that...the clothes were laundered, right? They should be pretty much odor free.
My theory on what deer smell, and HOW THEY ARE ALARMED ENOUGH TO SCREW A HUNT, is that humans really have no clue what and how deer smell. They are individuals and they make minute to minute decisions. One deer freaks out and the next doesn't. The next day, or even hours later, those deer may react differently to odor, or to a lure or a call or rattle, or ??? ...they are moody critters...take that to the bank! A hunter misjudges a deers reaction and thinks what he did for odor reduction "worked"...none of us can really define "worked" when it comes to deer reaction to odors. Add into that, all the complexities of wind patterns. That's another related topic that a lot of guys really don't understand..."downwind" is not 100% definined. There are fringe areas of odor cones and individual deer react differently when exposed to minuscule amounts of human odor. What an individual deer accepts today may freak out tomorrow.
The point...take every odor reduction effort you can.

Hunt the wind?? Bull crap. Wind may be stable in some parts of the country, but not where I hunt. Wind will screw me just when I least need it to. Must be nice to hunt in terrain where wind is always stable...frankly, I really dont think stable wind exists in very many areas. Hunt the wind?? Sorry guys, I know I'm probably insulting some of you...but I call BS on depending on wind being stable at the moment of truth. I think guys that claim that are not really understanding actual wind patterns. Again...sorry, I know a lot of you believe you can depend on wind stability. We can discuss wind patterns...I like to discuss that topic. 46 years of bowhunting has taught me that the wind WILL SCREW YOU. Why wind does what it does is yet another discussion.


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Yeah I have a small closet I put my hunting clothes, boots, backpack, saddle and bow in with small ozone generator. Then I put all my scentlok clothes in these bag and press all the air out. What’s nice about these bags is they take up about 1/10 the space of all the totes.

As fare as the wind goes. I can tell you I waisted almost all of last year hoping to play the wind when there was none. I don’t know what the deal is with where I hunt but we almost never have any wind and when we do it is definitely swirling, unless we have some kind of a storm coming. I’m just about giving up entirely on the both the wind and being “scent free”. Not truly giving up but hunting in spite of.


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Cajunshooter said:
Yeah I have a small closet I put my hunting clothes, boots, backpack, saddle and bow in with small ozone generator. Then I put all my scentlok clothes in these bag and press all the air out. What’s nice about these bags is they take up about 1/10 the space of all the totes.

As fare as the wind goes. I can tell you I waisted almost all of last year hoping to play the wind when there was none. I don’t know what the deal is with where I hunt but we almost never have any wind and when we do it is definitely swirling, unless we have some kind of a storm coming. I’m just about giving up entirely on the both the wind and being “scent free”. Not truly giving up but hunting in spite of.


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You'll never be scent free but you can be scent reduced which can make a difference when deer are on the fringes of our scent cone.

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I smoked mine then put them in my deer sled in the back of my truck for most of the season.
 
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As you can tell, I’m a fan of the Remington/iris totes. I’ll never buy anything other than these things again. Well built and should last a lifetime. Only downside is that the plastic smell lasts a long time on the inside. But I’m not buying these for scent control.
 
Where is everyone buying the carbon pad to put in them?
 
Walmart also has the Iris containers, online only. I got 3 feet of carbon filter from amazon. Now just shock cord it to the top lid and I saved a lot of money.

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