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Scent control sprays

I truly believe that there is nothing you can do to control scent. Your trying to mask what you are, but your continuously creating new scent just by living. The walk in your going to sweat, even a little, that's new scent. I think that things like ozone or nose jammer are gimmicks. A guys uses it kills a buck and says that it was the key, in reality they were in the right place at the right time with the right wind and most importantly the right deer. Some deer spook with scent some deer dont, almost like personality. One buck will scent a hunter and be curious another might hit that same scent and red flags fly....wind is the only thing I feel that you can learn to use as a scent control... even then its variable..
 
I think you guys are overlooking odor longevity.
The more concentrated and intense an odor is the longer it will be stronger for game to detect it.
Odor does not last forever. It subsides as days go by. I figure the less intense my residual odor is, the sooner my stands and access will be fresh again. To me, odor isn't an just issue during the time while we are present, it lasts hours or days after we we leave. Residual odor educates deer. An educated herd is a difficult to hunt herd.

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Allegheny Tom said:
I think you guys are overlooking odor longevity.
The more concentrated and intense an odor is the longer it will be stronger for game to detect it.
Odor does not last forever. It subsides as days go by. I figure the less intense my residual odor is, the sooner my stands and access will be fresh again. To me, odor isn't an just issue during the time while we are present, it lasts hours or days after we we leave. Residual odor educates deer. An educated herd is a difficult to hunt herd.

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Totally agree to a point, my personal belief, again not to take away from yours, is that it only takes one hunt to "educate" deer that they are being hunted.. So my tactics are such that I rarely hunt the same exact spot more than once, I stay mobile and only hunt the winds I feel I can get away with.. Clearly there is more than one way to skin a cat, you tag some nice buck, so clearly what your doing is working!!

Been out yet @Allegheny Tom ??
 
ThePennsylvanian said:
Totally agree to a point, my personal belief, again not to take away from yours, is that it only takes one hunt to "educate" deer that they are being hunted.. So my tactics are such that I rarely hunt the same exact spot more than once, I stay mobile and only hunt the winds I feel I can get away with.. Clearly there is more than one way to skin a cat, you tag some nice buck, so clearly what your doing is working!!

Been out yet @Allegheny Tom ??
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Not yet. But Im off work from Oct 19th thru Dec 3rd.

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Like Allegheny Tom, I use spray for knocking down the odor inside my boots and waders and my hat bands - spray them after every hunt - it absolutely works
 
Allegheny Tom said:
I think you guys are overlooking odor longevity.
The more concentrated and intense an odor is the longer it will be stronger for game to detect it.
Odor does not last forever. It subsides as days go by. I figure the less intense my residual odor is, the sooner my stands and access will be fresh again. To me, odor isn't an just issue during the time while we are present, it lasts hours or days after we we leave. Residual odor educates deer. An educated herd is a difficult to hunt herd.

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I agree with the idea of decreasing the concentrated odor, but that all goes out the window in the south where you start sweating the moment you get out of your truck. However if I was hunting somewhere with consistently cooler temperatures I could see myself using a more involved scent control plan
 
Matki15 said:
I agree with the idea of decreasing the concentrated odor, but that all goes out the window in the south where you start sweating the moment you get out of your truck. However if I was hunting somewhere with consistently cooler temperatures I could see myself using a more involved scent control plan
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It's all relative. Yeah, you southern guys do have more odor issues to contend with but, north or south, cold or hot, airborne odor dilutes over distance and as air turbulence mixes it with fresh air. The odor of a "clean" hunter will be weaker and less alarming sooner than a "dirty" hunter at any given distance. There is a boundary to our odor stream. But along that edge, our odor doesn't go from 100% saturation to 0% saturation along a well defined line. It dissipates out along those edges. The more intense our odor is when it leaves our body and gear, the more intense the odor saturation will be along those fringes. The same goes with residual odor. The more intense the odor when it was created, the longer it will take to subside.
Yeah, odor is stronger in warm, humid climates than it is in the north. But odor does dilute and subside over time. A weaker "anything" at it's creation dilutes and fades faster than a more intense item of the same make up.
 
I used this and it worked. I shot a deer that seemed unaware of my presence high above.
I bought it at Walmart in the summer on clearance. The tag says $5.
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Scent Killer® Gold® Spray

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You either have to be ALL IN or play the wind, just spraying down the outside of your clothes, boots and gear is not enough. Occasionally you get lucky, most times you doomed your hunt and you might not even realize. I wear a scentlok suit, spray down my non washable gear and outside of my boots with Wildlife Research Center Scent killer. I soak my other clothes & pack with carbon synergy (store it all in scent proof containers) and always after a shower or after work I dust my self off with backing soda before hunting. I have harvested some mature deer that passed by me within 15 yards directly down wind. I passed on a nice 2.5 yr 8 point last Sunday that was 30 yards downwind. I hunt only public land (Ohio and NY). It works as long as you do not eat a kettle of chili the day before.
 
FORESTER said:
You either have to be ALL IN or play the wind,
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I agree with you, but what i think gets missed with your point is that both are an option. Even if i'm playing the wind, being 80% scent free minimizes my impact (entry & exit, deer getting down wind of me unexpectedly, etc). Its not realistic for me ( or most other hunters imo) to be 100% scent free, 100% of the time, since i dont have the time, money, or inclination to go to those lengths. But when i get the opportunity to hunt i feel like i need to be as scent free as possible AS WELL AS with the right wind to maximize my chances.

In my case its not worth me risking blowing up a hunt because i am 95% scent free but wind is wrong nor because i played the wind but didnt do anything to counteract my scent.
 
I was sitting in a tree yesterday and sprayed my boots and pants before going in. I turned on my ozone generator a few times while in the tree. I don't know if these things work but I figure why not try it.
 
CptFrank said:
I agree with you, but what i think gets missed with your point is that both are an option...But when i get the opportunity to hunt i feel like i need to be as scent free as possible AS WELL AS with the right wind to maximize my chances
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Clearly you don't understand how the internet works my friend. You have to pick one side or the other and defend it vehemently. You see deer natutally abhor compromise and flee in terror from any hunter they suspect of combining scent control strategies :D
 
What about the homemade sprays? I’ve heard good things about them. I forget but it’s only a few ingredients.
 
I make my own spray. I've got 3 gallons for the season. I spray myself liberally all the time. Sometimes I'll add dirt sent essential oil to the mix, or vanilla. There are Tom's of recipes on the web. I use a gallon of distilled water, 16 Oz of peroxide, and 1/2 cup of baking soda. You have to let it sit and do its thing for about a week. Shake the jug, loosen the cap, and let the foam out. Once all the baking soda is dissolved it's ready to go.

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Keenan1561 said:
I make my own spray. I've got 3 gallons for the season. I spray myself liberally all the time. Sometimes I'll add dirt sent essential oil to the mix, or vanilla. There are Tom's of recipes on the web. I use a gallon of distilled water, 16 Oz of peroxide, and 1/2 cup of baking soda. You have to let it sit and do its thing for about a week. Shake the jug, loosen the cap, and let the foam out. Once all the baking soda is dissolved it's ready to go.


Is there a shelf life for the effectiveness ? Or once the basic ingredients are done reacting and the mix is settled they will just always do what they do which is to suppress scent.
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