Is Eliminating Your Scent Useful?

Jeff Murray, is a well-known author of a book called “The Moon Guide” and is an expert when it comes to whitetail deer hunting and has provided several useful deer hunting tips. He says that wearing carbon-lined clothing such as Scent-Lok has increased his personal success rate of catching  mature whitetail bucks

Deer Hunting and Human Scent: What is the Hunter’s Opinion?

Hunters’ opinion for this matter varies, there are some who swear it works but there are some who said it has no effect at all. Why do the hunters differ in there opinion? The answer is quite simple. One one hand hunters who have experienced great success when they have used scent-eliminating products throughly believe in them. On the other hand those hunters who haven’t yet experienced or used them do not. Here are some deer hunting tips for you to consider.

 

Why is it that scent-eliminating products will work for some deer hunters and not others?  Hunters who believe in and use scent elimination take deer hunting seriously, and they know there are several steps a hunters must do and go through in order to be completly scent-free. If you miss just one step these will not work for you.

 

Many claim wearing a carbon-lined suit will make you scent-free.  Alos of controversies arise whether carbon suits really work.  If you are not using your carbon-lined clothing keep it in a separate pack. This well keep foreign odors from other clothing transferring to your deer hunting clothes.

 

To make it effective, you must activated it by placing it into the dryer for at least 40 minutes. Once your carbon suit has dried it will be activated, you must then place the suit into a scent-free bag and leave it in there until you arrive to the woods. Do not place your activated suit on the back of your truck or hang in your closet because this will attract odors.

Deer Hunting Tips: Being Scent Free is Easy!

Make sure that your suit is scent-free so that it can perform well. There are also available scent-free bags so that you can make sure your suit remains scent-free.

 

Here are some more deer hunting tips before you leave your home and head to the woods, make sure to take a shower or bath to make you have gotten rid as much of the human scent as you possibly can. The smaller amount of human scent your  body has, the better off you will be. When you are wearing your carbon suit, it’s extremely important to remember to wear your gloves, hood and hats. Human hair and breath give off a large amount of odor. To make the carbon suit effective you must wear the entire suit, not just parts of it.

 

Along with the gloves and hood, you also need to remembert to ensure your feet are also scent free.  The nose of the whitetail deer detects human scent that has been left behind by your hunting shoes even days after you have left the woods. To ensure your boots are also scent free, you should keep the hunting boots also in the scent-free container anytime  you do not have them on.

 

During some point of this exciting deer hunting trip you’re most likely have to walk a great distance to get to your deer hunting stand or blind. It is pretty likely that several deer will be walking over and around the exact same trail you walked on. Rubber boots are the best for warm weather simply because the rubber boots will not hold on to foreign odors. On the boots you use for cold weather use a scent free soap in order to wash them. Always use the cover scent spray all over the entire boot and this also includes the soles .

You can also spray scent eliminating spray to your boots and be sure to wear an odor eliminating socks before going into the woods

More Deer Hunting Tips about Scent Control

There are varieties of different odor eliminators that also include a dirt covering scent. This spray helps to eliminate the odor from your boots and will make them smell just like dirt. Make sure to spray down all of your equipment that you will be bring into the forest with you like bow and any other gear .They may have odd odors on them and that could possibly spook a deer. You can spray  your clothes down also likewise your hair and mouth.

 

Your tree stand along with any other equipment also needs to be scent free. They usually pick up the human scent from people being on them.  Use some sort of neutralizer spray and/or covering scent spray on every piece of your accessories that you carry in. If any of your equipment  is washable then you should wash it and store it along with your clothing.

Before You Go Hunting

Before you leave for your wonderful deer hunting trip you should shower and use scent free shampoos and soaps.  You should not use any kind of soap or shampoos that contains a scent. You can also purchase deodorant that is scent free or possibly not use any deodorant at all before you go on your hunt. Remember, do not use colognes, perfumes, or any scented deodorants.

 

You can also try using scent eliminating shampoos and soaps when you are showering.  These soaps are used to help you eliminate more of your human scent than the  conventional shampoos and soaps can do.  Scent-free deodorant crystals is yet another one of these great deer hunting tips that can be used and it will last up to about ten years.

How to Cover the Human Scent on Your Breath when Hunting

A great deal of human scent comes from the mouth when breathing and the head. Wearing a carbon-lined hood is of great help. 

 

Chlorophyll tablets are yet another way that can help you eliminate your human body odor. It has been prescribe by doctors to cure extreme bad breath and body odor. Taking chlorophyll pills to help get rid of your human scent by starting with the metabolic level.

 

By chewing gum that containing chlorophyll help eliminates breath odor too.

 There are many ways to eliminate your human odor but regardless of what method you choose just be sure you have done that before going into the woods.

 

Anything you can do to help get rid of your human scent helps.”The nose of the whitetail deer is similar to a smoke detector. Just as with the smoke detector and smoke, it only takes a small amount of human scent to set the detector or the nose in this case off. 

 

The steps needed  to be able to eliminate all of your human scent before you climb into your stand can seem like a great deal of work and time in preparation for your hunt. But think about the extra time as a well-warranted event once you have harvested a large buck. Not to mention that by following these deer hunting tips it can be very easy.

 

Covering all human scent your body is carrying can be a hard task, but the harder you work to make yourself scent less, the more likely you will get a good, quality deer.

Can You Eliminate Your Scent?

Regardless of all these scent control deer hunting tips, trying to actually trick a deer’s nose can be a difficult task. The key is to take some time and effort in scent control and you might actually get that few extra seconds you need to pull the trigger on your trophy buck.

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