Scent control

[Jon54]

how do you guys store your hunting clothing, both during and after the season?

 

[AXL78]

I don't do anything special. I try to wash them and spray down before I go. No special storage during off-season either. I do pay attention and try to avoid any strong smells, but I just do the best I can. Same with wind, I just do the best I can. I have best situation winds, but any direction is bad for me really. I have no go winds as well.

 

[Widowmaker]

Large tubs with a gasket seal. Throw in a few fresh earth discs and call it a day.

 

[AllOutdoors]

Big cedar chest (armoire) The clothes hang up and socks, boots, hats, and gloves go in the bottom in their own perforated containers. Everything is organized and smells of cedar.

 

[gator-n-buck]

I store mine in totes. I always change at the back of the truck no matter what the weather is and never wear my hunting clothes/boots in my vehicle. Keep them in totes with earth scent wafers. Always wash my clothes after every use and wear Scentblocker/Scent lok clothes.

Hard to hunt the wind when it blows 4 different directions in a 6 hour sit while hunting in the mountains.

 

[deerhunter10]

Hang what I can fit in the closet in the closet the rest in the totes

 

[Os2 Outdoors]

Kayak waterproof storage bags. Year round, they only come out when I climb a tree, back in the bag when I hit the ground.

 

[catman529]

I might put clothes in a trash bag, or a sterilite tote, but I'm not very strict about scent control in general. There are some days I really want or need to slip in without leaving a scent trail, and I am much more thorough, but other days I just throw on my clothes that were hanging on a chair and go into the woods. Only thing I do consistently is scent killer body wash in the shower, and dead down wind deodorant.

 

[Vermin93]

I use 2 products...

This: http://www.bowhunterssuperstore.com/robinson-large-carbon-p-1878241.html

and this: http://www.containerstore.com/s/sto...ear-weathertight-trunk/12d?productId=10024301

 

[GreyGoose]

wash and store in sealed containers.used to throw earth scent waffer in but is awfully strong.so a light spray down and let dry,then store

 

[Plain Old Dave]

Before the season, wash in scent free detergent a week-10 days prior to the first hunt and leave everything outside to air out and lose the Not Woods smell as much as possible.

During the season, if I'm hunting within the next week to 10 days, everything stays outside and I never wear the outer 2-3 layers of hunting clothes in the house.

After the season, wash everything in scent free detergent and put it up for the year. I may start putting pine needles in a sealed bag with everything this year, though.

 

[280longshot]

Honestly I don't think it really matters if you aren't using the wind to your advantage. Point being I do what most do above but if your scent is blowing toward any deer they are going to smell you. They smell other things on you that you can't control and it's called human scent.
If a dog can smell marijuana in a 55gal drum of oil, surely a deer can smell human breath, or a human scent easily if the wind is blowing in their direction.
I can't begin to tell you how many times I'm checking the wind direction from a particular stand. First think I do is look at the forecast, plan a particular stand, and check wind direction in that area before I hunt that stand. If the wind isn't right I'll back out and hunt somewhere else even if I have to sit on the ground cause I don't have enough time to make it to another stand. Once a person starts hunting a stand with a bad wind and the deer start smelling you, that spot is going dead soon.

 

[walker]

store mine in plastic totes I cut a few chunks from a cedar log and put in with them! leaves them smelling like cedar next year!

 

[gator-n-buck]

Honestly I don't think it really matters if you aren't using the wind to your advantage. Point being I do what most do above but if your scent is blowing toward any deer they are going to smell you. They smell other things on you that you can't control and it's called human scent.
If a dog can smell marijuana in a 55gal drum of oil, surely a deer can smell human breath, or a human scent easily if the wind is blowing in their direction.
I can't begin to tell you how many times I'm checking the wind direction from a particular stand. First think I do is look at the forecast, plan a particular stand, and check wind direction in that area before I hunt that stand. If the wind isn't right I'll back out and hunt somewhere else even if I have to sit on the ground cause I don't have enough time to make it to another stand. Once a person starts hunting a stand with a bad wind and the deer start smelling you, that spot is going dead soon.

But you missed one point... The dog has to break it down when there are masking agents and it takes the dog a little longer to work through the process. If it takes a deer a little longer to figure it out, that might be the advantage the hunter needs. That's a fact...

 

[280longshot]

Honestly I don't think it really matters if you aren't using the wind to your advantage. Point being I do what most do above but if your scent is blowing toward any deer they are going to smell you. They smell other things on you that you can't control and it's called human scent.
If a dog can smell marijuana in a 55gal drum of oil, surely a deer can smell human breath, or a human scent easily if the wind is blowing in their direction.
I can't begin to tell you how many times I'm checking the wind direction from a particular stand. First think I do is look at the forecast, plan a particular stand, and check wind direction in that area before I hunt that stand. If the wind isn't right I'll back out and hunt somewhere else even if I have to sit on the ground cause I don't have enough time to make it to another stand. Once a person starts hunting a stand with a bad wind and the deer start smelling you, that spot is going dead soon.

But you missed one point... The dog has to break it down when there are masking agents and it takes the dog a little longer to work through the process. If it takes a deer a little longer to figure it out, that might be the advantage the hunter needs. That's a fact...

Those sound like facts, I was just trying to make a point on recommendations.
Even you got my point!
I hunt with three guys on my club and we all hunt with the wind to our advantage.
If the wind isn't right, don't hunt it.

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[Matador]

Store clothes mostly in totes. Hunt mtns. And wind can swirl or change direction at any time. Just do the best I can.

 

[Deer Assassin]

never worry about it

 

[Gravey]

I wash mine in scent stuff and hang them in the closet. Pack them in a duffle bag and haul them to camp. I spray down with scent control stuff as well but primarily as mentioned try to hunt the wind. No matter what you do you can't beat the wind.

 

[tn24]

Scent free detergent,shampoo,soap and deodorant. Store clothes in totes with cedar needles. My wife says I smell like a Christmas tree all deer season.

 

[JeepKuntry]

I use a couple totes. That or scent free trash bags. Sounds redneck, but it's a lot cheaper than the marketed scent free bags sold at BPS.

 

[southernjet]

i never done anything to my cloths. i use the same cloths for hunting as i use for working and playing in. never found where it would do anything to help me
i do all spot and stock hunting with bow or rifle and work with the wind. using the wind to my favor has worked good so far so no reason to change
this elk was with 75 other elk 4 miles out in the open sage flats and i stocked to 47 yrds before i felt it was time to pull the trigger.

 

[deerhunter10]

I personally don't see it making a difference how you store them right now if you not hunting the wind starting the end of September then you probably already lost the chest match. I used to be a scent control freak now I save a lot of money by playing the wind all the crap on the shelve will not consistently beat the nose of a whitetail except maybe an ozonics.

 

[cecil30-30]

never worry about it

I'll second that. I just Hunt the wind the best I can.

 

[AT Hiker]

i never done anything to my cloths. i use the same cloths for hunting as i use for working and playing in. never found where it would do anything to help me
i do all spot and stock hunting with bow or rifle and work with the wind. using the wind to my favor has worked good so far so no reason to change
this elk was with 75 other elk 4 miles out in the open sage flats and i stocked to 47 yrds before i felt it was time to pull the trigger.

Im a Western hunter too. Since then I seldom do anything special here in the SE. If I bow hunted here more I would for sure.


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[Headhunter]

Waste of time, effort and money IMO. Also, for the most part I pay no attention to the wind.

 

[Mike Belt]

I grew up hunting. I learned early how to stalk and cover my movement and noise. When I started deer hunting I wore jeans and Fruit of the Loom long johns; the same clothes I wore doing anything outside in the winter. When I hunted I camped. When I camped I sweated walking long distances to hunt, dragging deer all the way back to camp, chopping firewood, etc. I got smoked up sitting around the campfire. I wore those same clothes to the woods hunting either from the ground or sitting in the old Baker death traps. Although there weren't a lot of deer I almost always saw deer and could have made close range killing shots on lots of does that were illegal at the time. I took at least 1 buck every year. Point being.... with the lower numbers of deer we had then I was able to see and able to kill almost as many deer as now without all the hype about scent control. Jump forward over the years and I'm much more knowledgeable about a deer's sense of smell and how thermals and wind currents operate and all the scent control products on the market. I even use some of them and now handle my hunting gear different from my every day wear. Does it make any difference? I've seen it work great. I've seen it fail miserably. I haven't seen a company yet capable of bottling common sense and woodsmanship.

 

[WRbowhunter]

I like most play the wind but a lot of times the deer don't get the memo about the direct they are suppose to walk. This is where scent control comes into play. If you can fool or confuse them even a little it could mean the difference. As far as storage in the off season I don't really worry about it to much except I keep them in storage tubs. I wash my cloths before the season starts in scent free detergent.

 

[huntforme7909]

I store mine in totes. I always change at the back of the truck no matter what the weather is and never wear my hunting clothes/boots in my vehicle. Keep them in totes with earth scent wafers. Always wash my clothes after every use and wear Scentblocker/Scent lok clothes.

Hard to hunt the wind when it blows 4 different directions in a 6 hour sit while hunting in the mountains.

x2 ....you can say that again about the 4 different directions....its almost impossible to predict the wind in the mountains...

 

[deadeye 77]

how does everyone keep their climbing stand scent free during the off season I was going to use big space saver bag and put cedar limbs in and take the air out to seal in the cedar smell

 

[deerhunter10]

how does everyone keep their climbing stand scent free during the off season I was going to use big space saver bag and put cedar limbs in and take the air out to seal in the cedar smell

You're over thinking it.