swampsnyper
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I have a wood pile my my feeder. It smoked for a week and the deer walked right past it.
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I have a wood pile my my feeder. It smoked for a week and the deer walked right past it.
swampsnyper
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My son is a smoker. Was, I guess, is a better way of putting it. He now uses a smoke spray made locally (I think @SCSaddleman knows the guy that makes it). He gave me a bottle late last season and it does, indeed, smell like smoke, lol.
He swears by it and says he gets the same results from the spray.
I seen some at Walmart. Different brand. I don’t know if that will work the same as actual smoke. Like [mention]Allegheny Tom [/mention] said, I think the smoke rendering bacteria growth plays more of a roll than the cover scent. There is definitely more going on than just a cover scent. But I don’t need to know why. I just need the confidence in it.
This is exactly where I am on it. Last year I smoked my clothes/body/gear/boots/bow. Ended up doing it before every hunt. Looking back, that may have been excessive. Believe it will at the beginning of the season this time and maybe once again about midway through.
I used hickory chips and it produced a great deal of smoke every time.
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swampsnyper
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That will definitely keep the thermals in your favor. Lol
Looks like you'd need a buddy to help light that beast
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I didn't notice a big difference between my cheapo Amazon ozone machine and smoking except for a headache and smokey clothes. I tried it last year towards the end of season. It's easier for me to drop a little rechargable portable ozone unit into my sealed bag or cooler I use to store my clothes in than to light a fire, hang all my clothes up and try to get each piece smoked.
O3 will definitely deodorize clothing and gear but it has no effect on odor PREVENTION on gear or your body.
I think these conversations get into the weeds about odor elimination (which laundering and O3 accomplishes), cover scents (which I think is a waste of effort) and odor prevention which is most likely the reason for smoke. And to take it farther, odor prevention is better applied to the source...your body. Odor prevention (smoke) applied to gear may very well be helpful but its secondary...clean, laundered clothes shouldn't have an odor. Our bodies is what contaminants our clothes with odor. Yes, treat and deodorize your clothes, but reduce the source as best as possible as well. Smoke should inhibit bacteria growth on our bodies...and it ain't a cover scent IMO.
I've always heard smoke two joints in the morning, smoke two joints at night, smoke two joints in the afternoon, the bucks be feeling alright.
There’s a thread or two on here about this. I’ve used smoke in the past and think it is effective. I believe it kills human odor causing bacteria and offers a cover scent. The reactions I’ve seen seem much like what you hear about ozone - deer smell it and know something is there but don’t go on high alert and bolt immediately.
From my research a few years ago, hardwood smoke works best to kill bacteria and stick to you and your gear to continue doing so. The Scent Smoker had a lot of info on the theory behind it - SS is just a bee smoker, BTW. Here’s an article:
www.fieldandstream.com
I smoked all my gear in a blind one year - I felt like it was too strong, was annoying to smell constantly and gave me a headache. I think using a bee smoker at your parking spot while putting on your gear is the best way since you can get it on your skin and hair but have been fine with smoking my just my gear and putting it in a bin, too. That’s what I plan to do this year - probably every 1-3 hunts depending on how I feel.
It is pretty interesting, really - if you smoke yourself with a bee smoker, the next day when you take a shower you can smell it coming off your skin. Seems to last a long time.
From my research a few years ago, hardwood smoke works best to kill bacteria and stick to you and your gear to continue doing so. The Scent Smoker had a lot of info on the theory behind it - SS is just a bee smoker, BTW. Here’s an article:
Scent Smoker Scent-Elimination System Looks Promising
Catching on mainly by word of mouth, the Scent Smoker scent-elimination system (scentsmoker.com) consists of a stainless-steel can in which you burn hardwood chips. Heavy smoke pours out of the Smoker's spout for 10 minutes or more, enough time to de-stink a pair of hunters and all their gear.
www.fieldandstream.com
I smoked all my gear in a blind one year - I felt like it was too strong, was annoying to smell constantly and gave me a headache. I think using a bee smoker at your parking spot while putting on your gear is the best way since you can get it on your skin and hair but have been fine with smoking my just my gear and putting it in a bin, too. That’s what I plan to do this year - probably every 1-3 hunts depending on how I feel.
It is pretty interesting, really - if you smoke yourself with a bee smoker, the next day when you take a shower you can smell it coming off your skin. Seems to last a long time.
Do cigarettes count. The guy I bought my first climber from smoked 80 packs a day in his garage or something. I couldn't even get it off the metal. The summit seat...forget it. I tried everything. If I put my nose up to it 10 yrs later it still smells a little bit. Did kill a bunch a deer out of it tho. Any of this scent stuff is always kinda iffy to me. But native Americans weren't lookin for a dollar. They were lookin for a buck (pun). So maybe smoke is the secret.
@Allegheny Tom your making a lot of sense in this post, and i think im sold on smoking, if i can eliminate the sources of the smells by preventing bacteria that would go significantly further than attempting to cover or hide my scents.
Obviously playing the wind in my favor is still the main priority, but what you're saying makes a lot of sense
Obviously playing the wind in my favor is still the main priority, but what you're saying makes a lot of sense
huntin_addict
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Side note, I haven't washed my hunting clothes in at least 5 years. Still punching multiple tags yearly.
1978circa3
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Hey I'd like to see that homemade bee smoker...
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My son is a smoker. Was, I guess, is a better way of putting it. He now uses a smoke spray made locally (I think @SCSaddleman knows the guy that makes it). He gave me a bottle late last season and it does, indeed, smell like smoke, lol.
He swears by it and says he gets the same results from the spray.
more info on this please
huntin_addict
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Get yourself an old school percolating coffee pot from Wally World, drill a few holes in sides at the bottom for air, start small fire inside then put lid on top. Easy peasy.