wyetterp
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You use it on your hunting clothes?It may be the Tide does a better job of getting the human oder out of the clothes. I use this.
You use it on your hunting clothes?It may be the Tide does a better job of getting the human oder out of the clothes. I use this.
Yes.You use it on your hunting clothes?
beyond the fact that deer are curious, (Ive seen a young deer sniffing cigarette butts left by another hunter) i cant imagine that using tide is a good strategy for hunting mature deer. If I were to use a cover scent, and I dont, it would be deer/racoon urine, or I would possibly try smoking my clothes by the fire.. but I feel like being scent free and playing the wind together are all you can do.. I think noticing more deer is purely coincidence or confirmation bias. if it works, start bottling tide and selling it for big bucks!Shoot. I forgot about the uv brightener. Are they in tide too? I don't have a uv light to tell. Gotta go look it up. I am a believer in uv.
Okay I'm back... Regular tide is full of uv brighteners. But... They make one called tide pure clean that's all natural & no uv brighteners.
I'm gunna give it a whirl.
Especially now that I can't seem to find bacon soda in stock anywhere. Makes scents though!
I don't urban hunt much. I mostly hunt remote wilderness. That's what gets me about it. She washed them one time & the next day was hunting a 10,000 acre preserve that a untouched island dating back to the natives. That was a time when I was seeing them way more then normal & had the one come straight down my path & right under me. That's the time it really got me wondering cause I was kinda mad driving the boat out & smelling like a Lilly. Thought I was done for.How urban an area do you hunt? Is there a farm house nearby that could be a source of Tide smell? Deer, animals in general, are less frightened or things they are familiar with so if the deer heard you are hunting is habituated to Tide than they may not view it as a threat
They are curious for sure. The mature deer are why I'm debating it the most. The two nicer bucks I shot didn't appear to be as skittish as normal. That's why it's sticking with me & got me wondering.beyond the fact that deer are curious, (Ive seen a young deer sniffing cigarette butts left by another hunter) i cant imagine that using tide is a good strategy for hunting mature deer. If I were to use a cover scent, and I dont, it would be deer/racoon urine, or I would possibly try smoking my clothes by the fire.. but I feel like being scent free and playing the wind together are all you can do.. I think noticing more deer is purely coincidence or confirmation bias. if it works, start bottling tide and selling it for big bucks!
These high efficiency washing machines have issues. You have to go through a cleaning cycle every so often. If you don't they stink. Also always choose a extra rinse cycle.You may be on to something based on this review of how it smells.
Okay I know this sounds crazy but just bear with me with this one.
I know it's supposed to be a sin to wash your hunting clothes in fragrant detergents. I always make sure to only use bacon soda.
You got me on this one. I say trust your gut. Go 100% Tide detergent for a season and compare the results. I would be curious to know what you find out. Heck, I wouldn't mind trying it out in the off season during scouting.
If those types of odors spooked deer, then there would never be a road kill on a busy highway because 90% of the vehicles are carrying occupants that reek of that crap.
If it spooked deer then you wouldn't have deer feeding on lawn shrubs 5 feet from dryer vents. I still try to be as odor free as possible and I especially despise the smell of laundry products but I'm more and more convinced that deer are not alarmed by incidental chemical odors in their environment. They live with these odors pretty much 24-7.
What does alarm deer is predator odor. Humans, coyotes, bear, etc, not chemicals.
My thoughts are one that they may be curious about a strong flowery smell and two they may associate a strong flowery smell with a food source like ripe persimmons or muscadines. However, if they can smell the laundry detergent then they should be able to smell the human wearing the clothes.
What if it's not a typo? Maybe he's pouring bacon flavored soda into the washing machine as a liquid detergent.I only point out funny typos.
Okay I know this sounds crazy but just bear with me with this one.
I know it's supposed to be a sin to wash your hunting clothes in fragrant detergents. I always make sure to only use bacon soda. But...I swear, over the years, when my wife occasionally sneaks & washes them in Tide, I end up seeing more than normal or when I do see stuff it often seems really calm. I've had them come directly on my paths & under me cool as a cucumber. Never skittish. Never had them blow at me from a distance just cause they smell me with it. I also know when I use baking soda & it's stupid hot out I can smell myself more than with tide in the clothes.
I'm starting to wonder if there may be something in tide that might have a calming smell & help mask/cover our own smell a little more. Maybe it makes us not perceived as threatening or something. I'm a believer that even if we wear a hazmat suit ducked taped up & sprayed down they're still going to smell us. But also know that some sents have a calming effect & can be perceived as less threatening. Evercalm for example.
So I'm considering actually just using a lot of tide to see what happens. I know this is hunting blasphemy, but I swear there's something to tide in particular. It's not going to get rid of my scent (as nothing truly will) but may actually work as a calming cover scent.
What do ya think? I know I'm crazy, but does anyone else have any experiences with tide in their hunting clothes?
Okay, doors open for the inbound jokes. That's fine, but I'm telling ya there's got to be something in tide. Maybe it's something deeply physcological with being born & raised a alabama fan or just a by product of my Alabama education. Whatever it is, I see more & they're typically calm when I see 'em. Two of my nicest bucks were while I was smelling all pretty in my leafy suit.