Sometimes I'll shower before a hunt , but all I do is wear 2 or 3 layers of scentlock that I store I a bin. Wear rubber boots that I spray down with scent killer. Pick my stands according to the wind. If that's not enough so be it.

 

Sit 28ft and call it a day.

 

Spray my boots with home-made scent killer from the recipe in this forum, and play the wind.

 

Aqua Velva

 

I'm subscribing to Dr. Jim's (BioActive) routine as best I can.

Everything was washed in scent free detergent, treated with Ozone, then impregnated with activated carbon and Zeolite. Then Stored in activated carbon bags that I added carbon to, and in air tight totes. Non washable gear is all treated with Ozone, I use less on my boots now . I scent free shower with a lufa and scent away soaps, dry with scent free towel. Brush with baking soda and peroxide. Scent free deodorant. I put on base layers in the cabin, the rest in the field. Scent eliminating spray is used liberally on my boots and other things. When I remember, I use a plastic sheet over my truck seat to sit on, I bought heavy duty painters drop cloth... I also stand on that to dress.

It can sometimes drive nuts, like when. I forget something and have to go back to the cabin while I'm already dressed, or when I have to give another hunter a ride to his stand and he doesn't use any scent control. There are so many ways to screw it up! Sometimes I walk from the cabin to the stand, so I worry about walking through the shared lane all the cabins are on in my boots ect. No method is flawless, but there is good evidence that every little bit helps.

 

Wow, that just don't sound fun, to serious for me! kind of like tournament fishing, to serious to be fun.
Scent lock suit hung outside and rubber boots. Also play the wind.

 

I just play the wind.it sounds like more of a job to do all that,more power to you guys that do it.if it helps get more deer it's a bonus for ya.

 

If you guys are using a washer and dryer that has had anything but scent detergent in it save your time and money and just play the wind. Also if your not using carbon powder and zeolite your doing yourself an injustice

 

Where do you get your carbon powder or zeolite from? What brands also?

 

Scent free shower. Layers washed in good ol Cheer Free detergent (as is all my family laundry). 8 dollar British military chemial suit outer layer that has more carbon and absorption capacity than any garment or powder on the market, and most importantly, hunt the wind. I have simplified my "process" so much over the past 10 years and hunting has become more enjoyable, and I've also been more successful.

The best deer hunters in the country I know of don't even use scent control products (they obviously use scent free detergent and body wash).

Do yourself a favor and check out thehuntingbeast forum. Read, read, and read some more. It may change they way you hunt.

 

Do yourself a favor and check out thehuntingbeast forum. Read, read, and read some more. It may change they way you hunt.

Yes and no.

There is a lot of bad advice on scent control on that site. There is also a lot of common sense in regards to scent control that is lacking in many strong advocates of scent control.

So imo don't listen to Dan Infalt and his slappies unless you hunt using the same tactics as him.

Imo if you only hunt one or two small properties you better be putting in some thought into scent control.

Depending how much you hunt the more scent control minded you should be.


Once a mature buck feels hunting pressure it's not going to matter what you do.......you already blew it.

 

All of my prep goes into scent control long before I get to the property. Some days I shower before a hunt somedays I don't. Otherwise I just get dressed at the car, spray and wipe a few things down, and proceed in my merry way. Having to do too much immediately before a hunt takes some of the luster off IMO. Best to be prepped well ahead of time.


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Kick the dogs off my camo in A.M. cook breakfast drive to woods and then PLAY THE WIND !!

 

I were this so they can't smell me breathing.

 

 

Not looking to start a pissing match and really don't know details, but a buddies b.i.l.used to train police tracking dogs and told my buddy that all the scent spray was a hoax. Now I still use it as well as a scent free shower, guess because I always have.

 

Scent control isn't for everyone, if you want to make an effort to see and kill more mature bucks, then it is for you. It's not a holy grail, you still have to keep up all the other efforts as well.

I read the hunting beast, I read all I can.

BTW, I also love tournament fishing!

 

View attachment 229197 For me it's a scent free shower , eat apples while I hunt and before ( don't know if it helps with breath but for some reason I always do it ) wash my hunting clothes in scent free detergent with a hose in the tote that I keep them in instead of using my wash machine . And then let them dry on the line for probably a week or so . Then I get dressed outside my truck with base layer and then my suit ( both only worn in the feild never in truck or camp ) boots are leather Danner pronghorns only worn for hunting ( sprayed with scent killer spray ) And most important is play the wind to the best of my ability ( I've turned around many times when I get to the stand and test the wind with my puffer and it's wrong ) I know I will always smell like danger to them
So the wind direction is most important to mention.
And I try never to sweat on the way to the stand if it is warm I pack my gear in and wear shorts tell I am cooled down enough to get dressed

 

Wind direction should always be first cocern!

 

Thanks for your replies. I just came home from the first sit for this year. The wind would have been perfect, if the deer came from the direction I thought they would come. They didnt. They came from straight downwind. I had 4 does coming down the trail I used an hour previous to get to my stand. They came close to 5 yards to my stand before they got spooked by a noise from the distance. They had no idea I was there.
For me my routine works and today just proved it to me.

I had a total of 10+ does and fawns coming in range today. With horrible wind conditions and my stand only 19' up a tree.

 

Thanks for your replies. I just came home from the first sit for this year. The wind would have been perfect, if the deer came from the direction I thought they would come. They didnt. They came from straight downwind. I had 4 does coming down the trail I used an hour previous to get to my stand. They came close to 5 yards to my stand before they got spooked by a noise from the distance. They had no idea I was there.
For me my routine works and today just proved it to me.

I had a total of 10+ does and fawns coming in range today. With horrible wind conditions and my stand only 19' up a tree.

Also thermals can be your best friend in the morning

 

I'm not here to discuss if and to what extend scent control is important. I want to hear what you hardcore scent controllers do.

Heres my scent control morning routine:

Take a shower with scent control soap,

Dry off with a towel that was washed in scent control detergent and dried outside,

Apply scent control deodorant,

Put on scent control washed base layer.

I'm driving to my property in my base layer and get dressed before I head to the stand.

My hunting clothes have been washed in scent control detergend, dried outside and stored in a plastic bin that I sprayed out with scent eliminator.

I'm preparing to hunt tomorrow, so right now all my gear is hanging outside, including bow, pack and everything in my pack etc.

After I put everything on, I'll spray down again and make my way to the stand.

On stand after settling in, I wipe down with scent blocker wipes.

Shower before going out. Wear scentlok I keep stored outside in Rubbermaid cabinet. Rubber boots only worn hunting no in the truck. Walk in to my stands from my house. ( lucky for that option ) or change at the site. Play RFE wind with NO EXEPTIONS also use Ozonics 200. Nothing imo eliminates all your scent it just reduces it. Oh Ya and hunt like hell!!

 

Shower before going out.
All detergent and soaps scent free.
Keep clothes and gear scent free.
Play the wind.
Don't over hunt a property.

I do not use carbon clothing anymore.
Can't tell the difference with or without.

 

Same routine for me. Scent free shower, base layer, and I usually dress at my stand or whenever possible. All of my stands are a long hike and I run hot. All clothes are kept in plastic sealed totes rubbed with Scent Buster Dust. I spray my boots and pants with scent killer. No idea if that actually works.

I pay less and less attention to the wind now a days. The deer I hunt seem to fairly unpredictable and wind swirls, thermals, and backflows make hunting the wind unrealistic.

 

When hunting from home or a “modern camp” (has H2O and electric) there are more options. But when hunting from camp where a shower is dipping a ladle in a bucket of hot, no medium, no the water is getting colder by the second, the options are limited. Needless to say at some deer camps the shower might be a few days apart.

But we still hunt and what we do to control scent become that much more important.

To mitigate the bathing issue, washing clothes, air drying, and packing so the smell of the 500 mile road trip doesn’t permeate your clothing, thus ruining your preparations, is extremely important.

Plus after a daily scent killer spray down, I also hang the gear outside, up wind from the chimney, while at camp. This does make for some cold early morning prep time. But I guess it keeps me moving.

Just as important are woodsman-ship skills in our scent control plan.

However, the most important part is being in the woods, maybe teaching others the craft, and having fun. Filling the freezer is a plus as is adding to the trophy wall.

Good luck you all of the far backwoods hunters

 

I do all the scent free soap, shampoo, etc. I wear a scent blocker coverall suit and head gear, rubber boots put on at site. Any coats, heavier pants etc that are too big to go under carbon suit are stored in plastic tub with fresh cut pine, cedar, and balsam boughs. I figure anything that smells like the woods I'm hunting in should be good.

 

My regimen is similar to many others on here, but the single biggest improvement I have made is putting my rubber boots in a separate container, sprinkle carbon dust occasionally on them and shake up, and put them on only when ready to walk to stand and take them off immediately upon completion of hunting. Also important is tucking your pants in the top of your boots. I can't think of a single time deer have tracked me to my stand since doing this. If you do nothing else, I truly believe this will help your hunting more than anything else.

The second biggest improvement I have made is making my access trails wide enough so that I am not touching anything coming and going to my stands.

 

I like the boot idea (already have nice wide trails). Where do you get your powder?

 

I just posted last week in a different thread my regiment and it's similar to a bunch of of the posts here...Scentlock, rubber boots, totes, soaps etc...Biggest mistake I used to make is drying off out of the shower with a normal washed towel...Smell like Tide soap and a Bounce dryer sheet out in the woods is a no no..Scentlock is not a cure all..