skeeterfogger
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Put them on then roll in the dirt.
For those of you that are concerned about scent, what do you do about your body? I haven't seen anyone say they bathe with scent free soap the day before hunting, don't put on deodorant, not brush your teeth etc.
Edit: not trying to be snarky, I am actually curious. I have known people that didn't wear deodorant, etc when hunting, and others that hunted out of an idling truck with the radio on, both with equal success.
I bathe/wash my hair only with scent free soap for the duration of the season, I use a scent blocker deodorant, and I don't brush my teeth in the morning before I head out.For those of you that are concerned about scent, what do you do about your body? I haven't seen anyone say they bathe with scent free soap the day before hunting, don't put on deodorant, not brush your teeth etc.
Edit: not trying to be snarky, I am actually curious. I have known people that didn't wear deodorant, etc when hunting, and others that hunted out of an idling truck with the radio on, both with equal success.
Fine, but that is not an argument in favor of being smellier. I'm not going to spend $000s on scent-killer suits, but scent free soap is no more expensive, so why not?Been there, done that. Again, "scent-free" usually only pertains to what people can smell. You don't really ever see testing done on "scent free" products to see how animals react to them.
So you wash in scent free soap and maybe you don't have soap smell. Great. You can't stop the loss of skin cells from your body. You can stop your breath from leaving your body. You perspire. You may have pheromones (debated subject). You have hormones such as adrenaline that generate odor. You can't stop these things. Your ear wax has a smell to it, for crying out loud. You belch. You fart.
You cannot hide all of that, though may companies will sell you products for that very purpose. A level 3 or maybe level 4 bio suit might do a good job of keeping all that in, but that would be extraordinarily cumbersome and complex.
Fine, but that is not an argument in favor of being smellier. I'm not going to spend $000s on scent-killer suits, but scent free soap is no more expensive, so why not?
Maybe that’s correct, maybe not. I’ve not seen a source that indicates deer smell in a different way than humans. My understanding is their sense of smell is just more acute. My approach is if I can smell it then so can the deer. So I will take low cost, low effort steps to reduce the scent that I can detect.I wasn't making an argument for being smellier. Smellier is in the nose of the animal. People like to make a big deal out of using 'scent-free' soap without a clue as to whether or not the animals smell it or how strongly. What you think is 'smellier' may or may not be smellier to the animal in question.
Maybe that’s correct, maybe not. I’ve not seen a source that indicates deer smell in a different way than humans. My understanding is their sense of smell is just more acute. My approach is if I can smell it then so can the deer. So I will take low cost, low effort steps to reduce the scent that I can detect.
Again, this is a failure of simple logic. You are basically saying "I can't be perfectly scent free so I'm not even going to try." That just doesn't make sense. Do you make any effort to be quiet while walking through the woods? If so, why bother? You can't be perfectly noiseless, so why not just tromp through the woods? Do you avoid shiny clothing or certain colors? If so, why? You can't be perfectly invisible, so why worry about it?
How many here treat or spray their hunting clothing? About a week or 2 before season I hang all my outfit on the clothes line for 2 days to air out. Then pack them in scent free bags. For archery I add the white oak acorn wafers. For gun season I add the doe in heat wafers. After season I air them out again and if dirty wash them in a UV killer detergent. Spray them down with scent killer and pack them away till next season. I very rarely have deer blowing at me. I have had them come in with nose up looking around from downwind.
How do you know that the plastic bag doesn't make it worse? You don't. Without a double-blind, randomized controlled trial proving that your method spooks fewer deer with 95% confidence, you're just wasting your time. But if it makes you happy, whatever. /sarcasm.If I’m hunting whitetails or bear, where shots may be close range and odors are the Achilles Heel ......I put my (clean clothing) in a plastic bag with some foliage ( crushed, broken) indigenous to the area that I’m hunting. The clothing picks-up the scent of the plants and seems to be a good “natural” cover scent! memtb
How do you know that the plastic bag doesn't make it worse? You don't. Without a double-blind, randomized controlled trial proving that your method spooks fewer deer with 95% confidence, you're just wasting your time. But if it makes you happy, whatever. /sarcasm.
Oh please. Superstition is wearing your team's jersey and eating the same food on game day because they'll have bad luck if you don't. That's superstitious because there is no plausible causal relationship between eating your game day meal and the performance of your favorite team.You don't make something less like superstition by doing more superstitious stuff.