I've had a couple guys ask me how I'm able to see more deer(not here but other hunters, especially when they see me dressing next to my truck) so here's what I do:
I'm definitely no John Eberhart but I try. My wife is Asian and we eat enough garlic that vampires will never be an issue in my house. However, I brush my teeth before each hunt and I take a shower using carbon synergy shampoo and keep the water warm not hot so I don't sweat when I get out the shower. I do use scentlok clothing so while I'm doing this if my clothes need recharged I'll run them in the dryer. Next, I don clean underoos that have been washed in the same unscented detergent and carbon synergy as my hunting clothes. I do all this because I sweat alot and stink. I grab my clothes out the dryer and stuff them in a sack and proceed down to my garage where my clothes are kept. I keep all my hunting clothes in totes
and away from smells in the house. I dress in the garage only putting on my base layers, then a set of clothes including shoes I have for driving to and from the hunting properties. I tried changing at the property once and almost got arrested for indecent exposure(I hunt in urban areas, damn house wives). I grab my tote and bow case and head out. Even in winter I keep my heat off so as not to overheat and sweat. Once at my property I pull my tote and bow case out of my truck and get dressed. Travel clothes go in the truck. I grab some field wash and wash my hands, then put on my gloves first, then socks, pants and then boots. My pack stays in the tote as well. That comes out and my sticks and platform get fastened to it. My top gets lashed to my pack. Bow comes out and case and tote goes back in the truck. At this point I've touched none of my gear or clothes with bare hands. When I'm done hunting it's the reverse, clothes, boots, pack etc go back in the tote and my travel clothes and shoes go back on.
Is it overkill? Possibly. But I know for sure it works because of this picture right here:
It's difficult to tell but that's a buck just to the north of the tree and two does. Just last year in the same spot I was lucky to see one deer, this picture is taken in a draw in the evening with thermals sucking my scent right down onto the ground and down the draw where the deer came from. Now, every time I sit I'm seeing at least several deer, bucks and does and mature ones at that and this is on each property I hunt of which I rotate a few. I'm just throwing this out there to show folks it can work even if you don't want to take it to John's level. Yes I use Scentlok clothes but that's mostly because they fit me well. Scent reduction is an added bonus and make no bones about it that's what I'm aiming for, reduction. Well that and seeing more deers. Now if would just work on turkey I'd be set.
I'm definitely no John Eberhart but I try. My wife is Asian and we eat enough garlic that vampires will never be an issue in my house. However, I brush my teeth before each hunt and I take a shower using carbon synergy shampoo and keep the water warm not hot so I don't sweat when I get out the shower. I do use scentlok clothing so while I'm doing this if my clothes need recharged I'll run them in the dryer. Next, I don clean underoos that have been washed in the same unscented detergent and carbon synergy as my hunting clothes. I do all this because I sweat alot and stink. I grab my clothes out the dryer and stuff them in a sack and proceed down to my garage where my clothes are kept. I keep all my hunting clothes in totes
and away from smells in the house. I dress in the garage only putting on my base layers, then a set of clothes including shoes I have for driving to and from the hunting properties. I tried changing at the property once and almost got arrested for indecent exposure(I hunt in urban areas, damn house wives). I grab my tote and bow case and head out. Even in winter I keep my heat off so as not to overheat and sweat. Once at my property I pull my tote and bow case out of my truck and get dressed. Travel clothes go in the truck. I grab some field wash and wash my hands, then put on my gloves first, then socks, pants and then boots. My pack stays in the tote as well. That comes out and my sticks and platform get fastened to it. My top gets lashed to my pack. Bow comes out and case and tote goes back in the truck. At this point I've touched none of my gear or clothes with bare hands. When I'm done hunting it's the reverse, clothes, boots, pack etc go back in the tote and my travel clothes and shoes go back on.
Is it overkill? Possibly. But I know for sure it works because of this picture right here:
It's difficult to tell but that's a buck just to the north of the tree and two does. Just last year in the same spot I was lucky to see one deer, this picture is taken in a draw in the evening with thermals sucking my scent right down onto the ground and down the draw where the deer came from. Now, every time I sit I'm seeing at least several deer, bucks and does and mature ones at that and this is on each property I hunt of which I rotate a few. I'm just throwing this out there to show folks it can work even if you don't want to take it to John's level. Yes I use Scentlok clothes but that's mostly because they fit me well. Scent reduction is an added bonus and make no bones about it that's what I'm aiming for, reduction. Well that and seeing more deers. Now if would just work on turkey I'd be set.
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