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Saddle Scent Control

g2outdoors

g2outdoors

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How are you guys removing the scent from your saddles, ropes, etc? Throwing them in the washing machine? I don't want to put my tree saddle in the washing machine. Would soaking it with scent killer and letting it all line dry in the sun work? Obviously storing it in a scent proof container after the fact is necessary as well.
 
Yeah that's exactly what I do. I only turn the timer on for five mins. Then let it sit another ten and open it, then air it outside. You can overpower cloth with ozone and it will have a strong smell of its own.

In a small container like a bin it doesn't take much.
 
Curious about this as well...

I *thought* i read somewhere (probably here) that someone just fills a 5 gallon bucket with scent-free detergent, removes all the hardware they can, and tosses the entire saddled into it and agitates it by hand every couple of minutes for an hour, then removes it, rinses it clean, and air dries outdoors. Well, that's going to be my cleaning method this year anyway... I thought about giving the new tribe guys a buzz to see what they recommend.

I'm also curious the best way to launder the static and prussic rope.
 
d_rek said:
Curious about this as well...

I *thought* i read somewhere (probably here) that someone just fills a 5 gallon bucket with scent-free detergent, removes all the hardware they can, and tosses the entire saddled into it and agitates it by hand every couple of minutes for an hour, then removes it, rinses it clean, and air dries outdoors. Well, that's going to be my cleaning method this year anyway... I thought about giving the new tribe guys a buzz to see what they recommend.

I'm also curious the best way to launder the static and prussic rope.
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That's what I'm planning to do. Maybe hanging it outside for a week or so would do the trick as well. I'm not totally sure. I'll make sure to handle it afterwards with gloves on and store it in a scent free container. I'm thinking I'll wipe down all the hardware with scent free wipes.
 
I wash mine in a tote with dead down wind detergent. Then hang it outside to dry. I keep it in a Tinks carbon lined bag. I keep the bag with the saddle inside in an airtight tote. Do the same with all my scent lok.
 
Hang it out of the sun if you're going to hang it for days on end
 
So I washed mine as prescribed (by myself) above today... the washing part worked great. The drying outside not so much.

Used about 1/2 oz. of DDW detergent in about 4.5 gallons of city tap water (had to go into town to fill buckets) because our well water is so horrendous I was afraid any hardware I couldn't remove (which is pretty much all of it, unless you are cutting webbing) would rust.

Stirred it up, added my aerohunter evolution, agitated by hand for a few minutes, then came by every 5-10 minutes to agitate for another minute or so for about 45 minutes.

Removed from bucket and moved over to a second bucket filled with clean city tap water. Agitated by handed until I could no longer feel any soap slick on the saddle. Repeated process for yale bandit rope, prussic cord, and chafe sleeves.

Removed from bucket, threw it on the line at about 12pm today. Removed it about 7pm. Padded bits, webbing, and cord was definitely not dry after hanging on the line for 7 hours. And it was a pleasant 65F, Sunny, breezy day...

SO... I took it all inside, distributed rope among a few pillow cases, threw the saddled in a pillowcase hardware and all, threw it all in the dryer for 80 minutes on medium heat (do not have a low heat setting only no heat). Everything was nice and dry and couldn't find any dampness. Kind of wish I had just done that from the beginning.

And now that I think of it I probably just could have ran everything through the washer too on a gentle cycle the same way - either in a pillowcase or stuff sack of some sort. Would have probably been more effective.

Anyway, thought i'd share. Now you know...
 
Once you get it cleaned up when you kill a doe or see a road kill stop and cut both tarsals off. (use a rubber glove and a pair of scissors your not fond of) I like to put them in a pillow case or something similar to keep the hair from getting all over everything.

I just want the hair in the tote w/ the saddle. I'll hang the whole tarsal at the base of my tree or somewhere close by. They only last a few days before they get funky unless you freeze them.

For just deer hunting in general it is deadly. You can beat a deers nose provided they aren't in full survival mode. I couldn't tell you how many deer Ive shot that have come to check out the "deer" under my tree. A lot of times the does will come in softly bleating.

If you like calling that scent is all it takes to seal the deal a lot of times.
 
d_rek said:
So I washed mine as prescribed (by myself) above today... the washing part worked great. The drying outside not so much.

Used about 1/2 oz. of DDW detergent in about 4.5 gallons of city tap water (had to go into town to fill buckets) because our well water is so horrendous I was afraid any hardware I couldn't remove (which is pretty much all of it, unless you are cutting webbing) would rust.

Stirred it up, added my aerohunter evolution, agitated by hand for a few minutes, then came by every 5-10 minutes to agitate for another minute or so for about 45 minutes.

Removed from bucket and moved over to a second bucket filled with clean city tap water. Agitated by handed until I could no longer feel any soap slick on the saddle. Repeated process for yale bandit rope, prussic cord, and chafe sleeves.

Removed from bucket, threw it on the line at about 12pm today. Removed it about 7pm. Padded bits, webbing, and cord was definitely not dry after hanging on the line for 7 hours. And it was a pleasant 65F, Sunny, breezy day...

SO... I took it all inside, distributed rope among a few pillow cases, threw the saddled in a pillowcase hardware and all, threw it all in the dryer for 80 minutes on medium heat (do not have a low heat setting only no heat). Everything was nice and dry and couldn't find any dampness. Kind of wish I had just done that from the beginning.

And now that I think of it I probably just could have ran everything through the washer too on a gentle cycle the same way - either in a pillowcase or stuff sack of some sort. Would have probably been more effective.

Anyway, thought i'd share. Now you know...
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I think I'm going to put everything in pillow cases and wash in the washer/dryer. Thanks for the update.
 
I washed my saddle, pack, clothes, ropes, straps and any accessories that could handle the washer/dryer this weekend. The items that couldn't go in the washer (boots, binos, range finder, grunt tubes, etc.) were hit with Dead Down Wind spray and wipes. Right out of the dryer, or after air drying outside for the accessories, they went into the air tight container with a ScentLok Web adsorber pad.

Everything is as scent free as I can get it. I even used latex gloves to handle everything.
 
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